RE: "Tracking" submission progress?

Well, you could complete the circle by adding a "receiving data "
event on the xml-http side as well.

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@x-port.net> writes:
    Mark> Hi Allan,
    Mark> 
    >> How about adding a "progressvar" attribute to submission.
    Mark> 
    Mark> We had been thinking just the same thing!
    Mark> 
    Mark> Our approach was to do it via events though--have an
    Mark> "xforms-submit-progress" event that fires periodically,
    Mark> and one of the properties on the Event object would be
    Mark> the number of bytes transferred so far, and another
    Mark> would be how many bytes should be transferred in
    Mark> total. You could then use the event and the values to
    Mark> do whatever you wanted, such as your example of showing
    Mark> a progress bar.
    Mark> 
    Mark> (It's also worth noting that a progress event is one of
    Mark> the things that the WEBAPI group are talking about
    Mark> adding to good old XmlHTTPRequest.)
    Mark> 
    Mark> Regards,
    Mark> 
    Mark> Mark
    Mark> 
    Mark> 
    Mark> Mark Birbeck CEO x-port.net Ltd.
    Mark> 
    Mark> e: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 b:
    Mark> http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/ w:
    Mark> http://www.formsPlayer.com/
    Mark> 
    Mark> Download our XForms processor from
    Mark> http://www.formsPlayer.com/
    Mark> 
    Mark> 

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