Subj : Re: Threading in JavaScript To : comp.lang.javascript,netscape.public.mozilla.jseng From : Gordan Date : Sun Feb 02 2003 01:43 pm Steve van Dongen wrote: > On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 17:40:17 +0000, Gordan > wrote: [snip] >>I was thinking about working around this by using IFRAMEs instead of DIVs, >>but I have found that the single-thread paradigm also spans frames within >>a single browser instance. >> >>The only workaround I can think of is creating a Java applet or a >>plugin/ActiveX control combo (I need the app to be cross-browser) that can >>take a URL, or a list of URLs and start downloading them independently. >>Then I could fudge the delay loop using a recursive setTimeout() based >>function for polling the status, and working around the problem that way. >>It wouldn't work around the parallel page generation issues, but it would >>at least work around the issue of not being able to fork multiple >>simultaneous downloads. [snip] > Sounds like you should look into XMLHTTP > http://jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html Thank for the reply, Steve. I am already aware of the XMLHTTP method for downloading things. Unfortunately, it only allows the download of one file at a time, which is why I was looking for a different solution that allows me to download multiple files simultaneously. Regards. Gordan .