[AlienWebguy]

Hey guys -

I have some content being loaded into a div via an ajax call, and depending on how long it takes the content to load (its a recordset of a various number of products based on checkbox criteria) the sIFR headers inside the new content may or may not replace. A similar thread on another forum suggested the replace function be placed in a timeout to ensure all the elements are loaded and visible before sIFR attempts to replace them. This works, but it leads me to my question which is, is there a better way of doing this without having to pre-assume how long the content will take to appear?

Here's my ajax call:

	<script type="text/javascript">
		var ajax = new sack();

		function whenLoading(element){
			var e = document.getElementById(element);
			e.innerHTML = "Sending Data...";
		}

		function whenLoaded(element){
			var e = document.getElementById(element);
			e.innerHTML = "Data Sent...";
		}

		function whenInteractive(element){
			var e = document.getElementById(element);
			e.innerHTML = "Getting data...";
		}

		function whenCompleted(){

			/** HERE WE NEED TO ADD A DELAY TO THE sIFR REFRESH SO THAT ALL ELEMENTS ARE PRESENT UPON SIFR REFREH */
			setTimeout( function(){
				sIFR.replace(verlag, {
					selector: 'h2',
					css: '.sIFR-root { color: #000000; }',
					wmode: 'transparent'
				});
				//alert('done');
			 }, 1000) // increase number if users are experiencing blank headers on ajax load
		}

		function filterProdQuery(){

			var formobj = document.getElementById('filter_form');

			/** DEFINE OPTIONS CHECKBOXES ************************************/
			var opt = document.getElementsByName('p_options')
			var i;
			var j=0;
			var options= new Array();

			/** ITERATE LENGTH OF CHECKBOXES ARRAY AND, IF CHECKED, ADD TO ARRAY TO BE POSTED */
			if(opt.length != null){

				for(i=0;i<opt.length;i++){

					if(opt[i].checked){

						options[j]=opt[i].value;
						j++;

					} // end if

				} // next
			}

			//alert(vals);
			ajax.requestFile = "{$C->WWW}/ajax.filter-prod-query.php?p_options=" + options;
			ajax.element = 'prod-query-results';
			var onloading = whenLoading(ajax.element);
			var onloaded = whenLoaded(ajax.element);
			var onInteractive = whenInteractive(ajax.element);
			var onCompletion = whenCompleted(ajax.element);
			ajax.runAJAX();
		}

	</script>

That above script works fine if the content takes a second or less to load. If it's a quick load, there's a delay on the header refreshes and if it takes longer than a second to load, the headers stay blank. I guess what I'd prefer is to refresh sIFR when all the elements are confirmed to be visible. Am I doing this completely the wrong way here or am I missing something obvious?

Thanks in advance!

--Sean