Subj : Re: Javascript infinite loop
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.java,netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?= <georg@bioshop.de>
Date : Sat May 10 2003 08:35 am

Andrea wrote:
> function SaveData() {
>     ....
>     ....
>     ....
>     <write data in the second frame>
>     while (<frame 2 has been reloaded>) {
>         window.status='Saving data ...';
>     }
>     window.status='Data saved!';
>     ....
>     ....
>     ....
> }
> 
> But it don't work because while the loop run nothing else can run (including
> the interval in the second frame!) so this loop became infinite!!!
> Exist a Javascript istruction to put in the loop that enable the execution
> of the other process? (something like the DoEvents istruction in VB)

Events are not part of the language but part of the environement, where 
the language is used. DoEvents is a library function not a feature of VB 
it self. An event similiar mechanism inside the language are exceptions.

Your algorithm allways will loop endless, because the machin is 
completely busy with doing nothing and checking whether doing nothing 
has finished.

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