Application Express 5.1.0.00.45 - but upgrading shortly
I have a page that has several timers displayed and is being refreshed every 10 seconds using: <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10" >
This works well and allows timers to display how much time is left to complete a task.
Now I have been asked to add a way for the user to add a comment as the process is running. I have tried to do this by opening a popup (modal) for them to enter the comment and then they manually shut the modal window.
the problem is that the automatic refresh of the “base” page closes the modal window, before the person can enter their complete comment. I can length the refresh time which reduces the number of conflicts but does not eliminate them.
Is there a solution that allows the refresh to pause while the modal window is open?
Many thanks for your thoughts