[JS] Strange execution problem

[guybrush]

Hi everyone!

 

I'm trying to make a script like this schema:

 

1) ...start...
2) change text value with "loading...."
3) execute operations
4) change text value with "done!"
5) ...end...

 

Problem: does not execute the number "2" or did it so fast that feel unseeable

 

This the easy code:

 

parent.document.getElementById('BUT01').value='ELABORAZIONE... ';
<? sleep(2);?>
parent.document.getElementById('BUT01').value='FINITO';

 

what I can Try?

 

P.S. Sleep(2) is like an elaboration of 2 seconds

P.S.2. I call "parent" 'cause the execution is in a iframe

[guybrush]

Update: the problem is pretty different.

The client-side run run then server-side is done...

So i need to find any function that can empty buffer or .... anything else

 

donno if it's php or js

[fenway]

Huh?

[nogray]

you can't sleep in JS, use setTimeout instead

parent.document.getElementById('BUT01').value='ELABORAZIONE... ';
setTimeout("parent.document.getElementById('BUT01').value='FINITO'", 2000);