cfml

Anyone know how I can display a &lt;cfcatch&gt; message on screen for a few seconds before executing a redirection using &lt;cflocation&gt; ?

I suspect this can't really be done, as the cflocation will run before anything goes to the client, and what will go to the client will be a 302, which won't have any body.

I'd also think about the UX of having a message that is clearly of some importance that is only displayed for a few seconds, without any user intervention to indicate that they have seen the message and have made an informed decision as to what to do about it.

Maybe back up a bit and discuss the problem you are trying to solve, rather than diving into the implementation of said solution...

Yeah your right - Im just reloating them to login with an aid passed in to excplain the error on the login page,. This will do :slightly_smiling_face:

In that case I'd display the message on the login page once they get there.

Legacy system so they dont want to spend too much time on it

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&gt;  Legacy system so they dont want to spend too much time on it
I think it's more they don't want to spend too much MONEY on it.

No point spending money at all if it's gonna be a bad &amp; unhelpful solution.

They should be prepared to pay for a minimum VIABLE solution. One that does the job, and nothing fancier than that. But it needs to do the job. Otherwise it's not a good use of money (or time).

I totally agree - Im battling this with them at the moment