Need to write a 'PROCESSING, PLEASE WAIT' page in ASP.

[Will192]

My page has grown enough so that now enough backend stuff happens that I need some kind of window or something that tells the user to wait while processing. I have seen this in many places across the web.

What's the easiest way to do this?

Thanks in advance to any responses to this post.

Will192

[Will192]

My asp calls another asp page that does the backend processing. When the backend processing finishes, it calls the original page. I can't put a Response.End in the backend asp page. Will the Response.Flush clear the page while the processing occurs?

Thanks for your reply.

Will192

[Will192]

I have tried to put this at the start of my processing page:

Response.Flush;
Reponse.Write('Processing');

The page doesn't change when it hits these lines. I have also tried this with the same results:

Response.Flush;
Reponse.Write('Processing');
Response.Flush;

These statements were put at the start of the processing page, so I know that they are being called. Nothing seems to happen. If I put an Response.End after either of the above code snippets, then the screen is cleared and the text 'Processing' is all that is on the screen. I can't put the Response.End in the processing page because I have to call a different page when the processing is finished.

Thanks for your replies.

Will192