Refresh a webpage?

[Joshjosh]

I have a script that runs a webpage and automatically opens it again when closed (and locks the mouse top right). What i need to do is have it refresh the page every x seconds/minutes but load from cache if the page hasn't changed. Any ideas?

thanks

code:

While 1

If Not ProcessExists("iexplore.exe") Then Run(@ProgramFilesDir &"\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe -k http://www.xyz123.com.au/channel_1.htm")

MouseMove(@DesktopWidth + 100, 0, 0)

WEnd

[Kickassjoe]

you can press F5 to refresh the webpage dont no about the cache part!

[ame1011]

I recommend looking into IE.au3

Edited August 25, 2006 by ame1011

[sshrum]

I think I'm reading your post right (if not, my bad)...

Correct me if I'm wrong but the only way to know if a page has changed is to reload the page from the host site, right?!?!

You still need to reload the page every time and compare it to the last time you looked to determine if anything changed.

The only thing this line of coding will allow you to do (IMHO) is:

1. Launch IE to open the page when it changes, or

2. Generate a note/dialog/email that the page has changed

Caching the actual web page nowadays is pointless; too much changes. Back 10 years ago when bandwidth was governed by modems and pages never really changed, yes...THEN caching was useful but it meant that if the page updated, you didn't get to see the updates cuz you were pulling the older version of the page from the cache.

Just my 2 centavos

[Pieter]

WinActivate("Internet Explorer")
Send("{F5}")

Is this what you're looking for?

[BPBNA]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Ctrl+F5 will do a complete refresh of the web page and ignore the cache.

[livewire]

_IEAction ($oIE,"refresh")

[big_daddy]

This will reload the current page from the server.

#include <IE.au3>

_IEErrorHandlerRegister()

$oIE = _IECreate("www.google.com")
$oIE.document.location.reload(True); True reloads from server