Javascript: Suppress "Stop running this script?", or how to use setTimeout?

Question

I'm building a js library that reads binary files, including zip files.

Because there's no direct native support for arrays of binary data, when the zip files get large, there's a lot of copying that has to go on (See my other question for details).

This results in a "Stop Running this script?" alert. Now, I know this can happen if there's an infinite loop, but in my case, it's not an infinite loop. It's not a bug in the program. It just takes a loooooong time.

How can I suppress this?

Answer 1

This message is for security reason enabled, because otherwise you could simply block the users browser with a simple never ending loop. I think there no way to deactivate it.

Think about splitting you processing into serval parts, and schedule them via setTimeout, this should surpress the message, because the script is now not running all the time.