Re: javascript timer & php problem

On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, kapil bodhankar wrote: > hi folks, > iam developing a site for online test. my main screen contains two horizontal > frames. in the upper frame i've got a timer which i wrote in js.and in > the lower frame i have question and 4 choices for selection.which iam > calling from a mysql database using $PHP_SELF.well, the time period to > complete the test is 1 hr. but then if i reload my page the lower frame > is not reloading.and only the upper frame is reloading thereby restarting > my timer again. what i mean is suppose i've started my test and am attending > some 12th questn.in between i'll reload the page then what i have on > my screen is 12th qtn. is as it is displayed but my timer in the upper > frame restarts.is there any other way of using timer on the same web > page?? but if i use $php_self the moment next qtn gets displayed on > the screen the timer also gets restarted which shouldn't happen at all.?? > if there is any other way please help me out. > thanks in advance. > You could use the javascript to reload the container document that loads the two frames. This should reset the timer and present a new lower frame. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA