Question

On my php webapp i have to generate some pdf files(between 5 and 20). A this moment I generate the files just before the pages loads, which is not a smart decision at all.

I wish to display the links to the pdf files, and a gif animation for each pdf link, which ‘tells’ to the user to wait, because that specific file is not available yet. I need to animaion to stop when the file is done.

Do you have any idea about how to implement this?

Answer 1

Do it as following.

• Generate your loading image
• Download your image
• Add following code anywhere you want to show it

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<img id="loader" src="image-loader.gif" style="display:hidden" />

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• Add following code before sending ajax request/doing another time-taking operation

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<script>
$("#loader").show();
// do ajax
$("#loader").hide();
</script>

you’re done