Auto Refresh a page but with a twist....

[SteveAudus]

I have a page of ever changing information, I have staff opening the page and leaving it open.
So I added the command
<META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;refresh&quot; CONTENT=&quot;300&quot;>
To refresh the page content every 5 mins, but....

Staff continue to work on their computers with the web page
minimized so when it refreshes the I.E maximizes the page.

Is there any way of refreshing a page without it maximizing?

Is there a bit of code?
or is there a setting I could change in IE?

Any suggestions?

Steve Audus
Network Manager
Chaucer School, UK

http://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk

http://www.educationinternet.co.uk

 

[adamsoderqvist]

Well, I´m not sure if I read you correct, but here´s a javascript that will relaod a certain frame. The 5 mins intervall I´m not sure on how to do but I´m convinced that you could set an ASP command to do that!

[<script language=javascript>
{
document.parent.frame(&quot;MyFrame&quot.reload()
}
</script>]

(could be another javascript syntax, but try it out and replay if it doesn´t work out!)

 

[SteveAudus]

Could you explain how to impliment this piece of code, as I 'm not sure how to use it.

I have no knowledge of asp.

Thanks for the help

Steve Audus

http://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk

http://www.educationinternet.co.uk

 

[adamsoderqvist]

just insert the code in the top of your html document and then call it every 5 mins...

you could also put: &quot;ReloadFrame = &quot;(and the document.parent... code) and then call the function &quot;ReloadFrame&quot; every 5 mins, and the fuction will execute, meaning that the reload code will run!

Simple, huh...

On how to call the function, I´m not much of a javascript programmer, so I couldent really say, but try the javascript forum on how to execute a function on a specific time/miniute etc!

good luck