Progress Bar in JavaScript

> From: Peggi & Ben Rodgers <woodduck(at)mbay.net>
> Subject: Progress Bar in JavaScript
> 
>  >I'm trying to create a progress bar using JavaScript that will play while 
> I'm waiting for a Java applet to l>load.  I would like it to appear in a 
> particular text box in a form that will provide the results of the 
> applet >once it's done it's work.  Can anyone help with this?  I'm pretty 
> green at JavaScript and totally at a loss >as to how to write it.
> 
> I agree that it's probably impossible to have Java talk to JavaScript on 
> the applet loading.  I certainly haven't found anything about that and our 
> Java programmer didn't know any way to do it.  I was thinking of using a 
> timeOut function as it's a small applet and we can estimate loading time.
> 
> How would you write the progress bar?

I use some applications that use a animated gif that does things while the applet is loading or busy. It's actually a tiny applet that checks the status on the big applet. Rather than using a progress bar, this gives at least an indication that something is happening. A creative choice of gif could be topical as well.

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