Method, system and program product for providing a status of a transaction with an application on a server

A program product stored on a storage unit computer readable storage medium for providing a status of a transaction with an application on a server, which when executed, comprises:

• agent program code configured to received a HTTP request for the transaction from a browser on a client, and to initiate the transaction based on the request;
• generator program code invoked by the agent program code configured to generate a first polling code having a first Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that includes a first set of parameters, wherein the first set of parameters includes a delay time and a polling count, and to send the first polling code to the client, wherein the client communicates the first URL in the first polling code to the agent program code after expiration of the delay time to request the status of the transaction;
• wherein the agent program code is further configured to process the first URL to determine the status of the transaction, and to invoke the generator program code to generate a second polling code having a second URL that identifies a second set of parameters and the transaction requested if the transaction is incomplete and the polling count does not equal a polling count limit, send the second polling code to the browser and communicate the second URL in the second polling code from the browser to the server after expiration of the delay time to request the status of the transaction, wherein the second set of parameters comprises the delay time mad a new polling count.