(Scroll Bar + Ajax)Problem

[Eyeinstyin]

Basic Problem is Every scroll of scrollbar makes an ajax call.So if user play with scrollbar say 100 times 100 ajax calls go and server starts processing 100 calls.So abort won't help.The last time the scroll bar has stopped scrolling(say for 1000 millisecond),aj ax call should go.My function uses object function call.So how can i use setTimeOut()

My function looks likes this

temp contain xmlHTpp object

var temp=new xmlHttpObject();

div.onscroll={temp.makeAjaxCall()};

here temp.makeAjaxCa ll should not be called until scrolling is stopped alteast for 1000 millisecond

[Dasty]

I would like to know answer too. But I would make it that way:

[HTML]<script language="javas cript">
var timeoutID = null;

function ajax_function()
{
timeoutID=null;
alert('i am in ajax function');
}
</script>
[/HTML]

and set onscrollevent this way:

[HTML]<div onscroll="if (timeoutID){cle arTimeout(timeo utID)}; timeoutID=setTi meout(ajax_func tion,1000);">[/HTML]

But I am not sure how "hard" it is for browser to start/terminate timeouts (because browser will process onscrollevent many times). Test it and let me know .. If someone else know "cleaner" solution, I would like to hear it too.

[Eyeinstyin]

:( i want object passed to setTimeOut

[acoder]

Here is something I've not tested, but worth a try:

Use the Date object. Whenever a scroll action takes place, update a variable with the time in milliseconds.

At the same time, a setInterval is continuously running a function every 500 milliseconds. It checks this variable to see if 1000 milliseconds have passed. If not, nothing happens. If they have passed, make the Ajax request.

[Eyeinstyin]

Here is something I've not tested, but worth a try:

Use the Date object. Whenever a scroll action takes place, update a variable with the time in milliseconds.

At the same time, a setInterval is continuously running a function every 500 milliseconds. It checks this variable to see if 1000 milliseconds have passed. If not, nothing happens. If they have passed, make the Ajax request.

Thnx acoder

BUT
The problem is that the function that is to be called from setInterval is object funtion call :(. That is it go be like this

setInterval(obj ect.function(), 100);
but setInterval takes only string to be passed as function call
Any Help

[acoder]

No, that's not the case. See, for example, this link.