Force a page refresh

[Rob]

Hi everyone

Is it possible to force a page refresh i.e. getting latest content from out
intranet server without using the http refresh= whatever time specified.

I am asking on behalf of a colleague who wants the latest content to be
viewed when navigating from page to page on out intranet if he has done an
update. The scenario is, someone leaves their browser open all day and has a
quick look round - we want the latest version of any page to be displayed
when navigating without burdening the server with continuous refreshes. i.e.
get the latest versionon page load, not a predetermined time span. We are
not ASP.

Is there a little scripty trick for this please.

Thank you very much

Rob

 

[Steve Easton]

If I understand your question correctly......
Without some definite action from the browser on a client machine No.
You can't "push" a web page from a server, it has to be "pulled" by a browser http request.
You can add a meta "content expires" tag to the page which will ensure the latest version is opened
when the page is visited but the viewer / client still has to either open or "refresh" the page.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[Rob]

Thanks Steve

That may be an avenue to explore.

Thanks for your input.

Rob