Re: Quick questions -- how do I place the cursor (i.e., set focus) to a field on page load?

Hi Tedd: > > Also, while I'm asking questions, let me ask another one: I've > >seen several pages (frequently, pages that come up after a login > >page has been filled out) that provide some user mollification (you > >know, the typical "Please be patient, don't get your nylons in a > >knot, we're typing as fast as we can" message), often with some type > >of moving text or graphics (probably an animated GIF) that then goes > >away after a certain time and a third page is displayed. > > Here's a collection of animated wait gifs: > > http://webbytedd.com/bb/wait/ > > Steal as you need -- I did. Thanks. I'll check that out. I'm still wondering, though, how the redirection works if it is supposed to occur only before any text appears in the <BODY>. > >I know that the headers("Location") code can do this, but I was > >under the (probably mistaken) impression that this will NOT work if > >information has already been displayed on the page. If that's the > >case, how are these other pages doing this? Knowing how to move > >from page to page this way would really be helpful. > > Check out php sessions for passing data between pages. > > http://www.php.net/session > http://www.tizag.com/phpT/phpsessions.php I guess these will help explain things. Thanks. Greatly appreciated! Jon