Joe,

The only way to do this is to spawn a new browser window and display the "Please Wait" message in it. Add an onClick handler to the Submit button's HTML and use the javascript window.open function to pop up the new browser window.

>I need to make a label visible on a click event. The trouble is that event is the last event before a redirect. I have to validate input against a web service and that takes 3-10 seconds at times. I have done all the tricks I know. Any help would facilitate a code free weekend. :)

>    Private Sub ValidateAccountAndRedirect()
>        Dim bolGoodAccount As Boolean
>
>        Try
>            lblValBank.Visible = True                   ' Show the wait for validation message
>            'Application.DoEvents()                     ' <- Too bad this is a fantasy
>
>            bolGoodAccount = ValidAccount(True)         ' Validate the account against our web service
>            If bolGoodAccount Then                      ' Its good
>                lblValBank.Visible = False              ' Hide the wait message
>                ignoremsg.Visible = False               ' Hide the ignore msg
>                lblBankingMsg.Visible = False           ' Hide the detail message
>
>                If SaveBankInfo() Then                  ' If we can Save the record
>                    Response.Redirect("Financial.aspx") ' Go to the next page
>                End If
>
>            Else                                        ' Bank validation falied show msg
>                lblValBank.Visible = False              ' Hide the wait message
>                ignoremsg.Visible = True                ' Make the ignore message available
>                lblBankingMsg.Visible = True            ' Show the detail message
>                cmdIgnoreBankError.Visible = True       ' Allow the ignore command
>            End If
>        Catch exThread As System.Threading.ThreadAbortException
>            ' this error is always expected on respose.redirect
>        Catch ex As Exception                           ' customer error trapping
>            Dim err As New MailError
>            err.eMailError(ex, "ValidateAccountAndRedirect() " & Me.Page.ToString, context)
>        End Try
>    End Sub

>
>My humble thanks in advance,