I have a simple HTML form to create a spreadsheet using PHPExcel. When the form submit button is clicked, a PHP page is called that creates the spreadsheet with PHPExcel and then exits (exit;). So, to the user, the page never changes and they just get a Excel workbook pop open.
I've been trying to figure out how to make the cursor change to an hourglass when the submit button is clicked, and then change back to a normal cursor before the PHP script exits.
I've tried several methods and nothing I've tried for adding or removing a wait cursor works. There's something about calling the PHP file on a form submit (without changing pages) that causing normal methods of changing the cursor not to work (I think).
Would anyone know a working method of setting a wait cursor on the submit of the form, and then setting the normal cursor back when the PHP script exits?
I am using jQuery and have tried normal and jQuery methods of changing the cursor. Thanks for any help.
<form action="export_updates.php" method="post" name="form1">
<input type = "image" src = "../../images/excel_icon.png" name = "submit" value = "submit" id="make_spreadhseet_1"/>
</form>