APEX

Okay, here is where I feel like an idiot, but I'm sure there is a clever solution out there.

I was trying to build a simple ApEx wait page for long running report. Instead of linking straight to a report, link through the interim page, the interim page shows the animated "htmldb/icons/wait.gif" image and a message and then redirects using onLoad="javascript:window.location='...'".

Simple, dirty...and it doesn't quite work. The problem is the image doesn't animate in IE while waiting on the follow-up page and the IE progress meter in the status bar doesn't show up. Both give the impression that the page is stuck, but the report will eventually pop-up on schedule.

Hoping for a much more clever solution, or an obvious tip for those of us that haven't done javascript in awhile.

Thanks,

Barney