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   Jason S to Karl E. Peterson   
   Re: VB to refresh IE window based on cap   
   14 Jun 06 10:02:18   
   
   From: jst3712@iprimus.com.au   
      
   "Karl E. Peterson"  wrote in message   
   news:e6l3fl$pdo$1@nntp.aioe.org...   
   > "Jason S"  wrote in message   
   > news:448d2c4b$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au...   
   >> Hi, is there any way of getting my VB (6.0) program to automatically   
   >> 'Refresh' an IE window that might be active (window status not   
   > applicable).   
   >> It needs to be able to determine which active IE window to refresh, based   
   > on   
   >> its caption.   
   >>   
   >> For example, there is a web site that I want to keep active where I   
   > normally   
   >> have to refresh it manually before it times out (every 15 min or so).  I   
   >> might be doing something else at the time so I don't want to have to   
   > refresh   
   >> it manually every time (sometimes I even forget), but I want this web   
   >> page   
   >> to be remain active unless I manually close it.   
   >> Can this be done?   
   >>   
   >> Please include code if possible or refer me to a site that may assist.   
   >   
   > Easiest way is to create a frameset that includes the page you want to   
   > update every X minutes, then include this tag in the header:   
   >   
   >     
   >   
   > Where "300" is the number of seconds before the page is automatically   
   > refreshed.  Far less overhead than trying to do it with a separate   
   > process!   
   >   
   >   
      
   Thanks Karl, but I don't understand what you mean =(   especially about the   
   frameset.  Could you please be a little more specific?  I am still learning.   
      
   Ta   
   Jason.   
      
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