Need Help Interpreting Log File

I have an asp page which simulates a bank of alarms.

To create an alarm, I use a div tag and I assign
the 'alarm' class to the div tag's class attribute.

In the style sheet, the 'alarm' class uses the background-
image property and specifies the url of the image that is
used as the flashing alarm.

In the IIS log I'm seeing many references to this image -
once for each time I use the CSS class. (I have 43
alarms in this page.) Moreover, I use these alarms in a
div tag, allowing the user to hide or show the alarms by
using the display:none/display:block styles. Each time
the user chooses to display these alarms, I see another
batch of entries in the IIS log.

Can anyone explain to me why I'm seeing this. I would
have expected one "GET" in the log similar to if I had
used an <IMG> tag to reference the alarm image. Using
this technique, I could reference the image any number of
times and still see only one entry in the log file.

I'd also be interested in any comments regarding
performance using these two techniques.

Thanks for your help.

Can you post the IIS log entries in question? I particular, I'm interested
in the HTTP status code.

Cheers
Ken


"Don Hauri" <don.hauri.DeleteThis@townportals.com> wrote in message
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: I have an asp page which simulates a bank of alarms.
:
: To create an alarm, I use a div tag and I assign
: the 'alarm' class to the div tag's class attribute.
:
: In the style sheet, the 'alarm' class uses the background-
: image property and specifies the url of the image that is
: used as the flashing alarm.
:
: In the IIS log I'm seeing many references to this image -
: once for each time I use the CSS class. (I have 43
: alarms in this page.) Moreover, I use these alarms in a
: div tag, allowing the user to hide or show the alarms by
: using the display:none/display:block styles. Each time
: the user chooses to display these alarms, I see another
: batch of entries in the IIS log.
:
: Can anyone explain to me why I'm seeing this. I would
: have expected one "GET" in the log similar to if I had
: used an <IMG> tag to reference the alarm image. Using
: this technique, I could reference the image any number of
: times and still see only one entry in the log file.
:
: I'd also be interested in any comments regarding
: performance using these two techniques.
:
: Thanks for your help.