Auto Refresh in Internet Explorer

Sweetchuck

Does anyone know if it's possible for me to set my Internet Explorer browser to refresh itself at specific intervals? I know that you can download utilities which do this for you, but I'm on a very prohibitive network with no admin privileges.

Is there a feature in recent versions of IE which will refresh the page you're on every 5 minutes or so?

I'm using IE6 on XP, by the way.

Cheers for any help anyone can give...

GreenNotM

try pressing F5 - but you are probably on a restrictive network so they can save bandwidth ....... why have a page refreshed if you are not reading it ?

Sweetchuck

GreenNotM wrote:

try pressing F5 - but you are probably on a restrictive network so they can save bandwidth ....... why have a page refreshed if you are not reading it ?

That's not an auto refresh, that's a manual refresh.

I just want to be able to make IE refresh my page automatically - it's not for secure data or anything like that. It's just that I need to do a lot of offline reading for my job, but I also need to keep as up to date as possible with several messageboard sites. By having the page refresh automatically every couple of minutes, I can just glance up quickly to see what the state of play on screen is without having to worry about breaking off my reading too much. Time is a major factor in my work so it would make my life a hell of a lot easier.

Anybody? I know you can download software to perform this easily, but as I say, I don't have admin privileges. If there's any way of doing this automatically (even if slightly complicated), I'd be really grateful to hear about it.

Chippy_Minton

I'm not sure if you'll need admin permissions to run VBscript, but the script below does the job. Copy and paste the code into Notepad and save it as "IErefresh.vbs". Then double-click IErefresh.vbs to run it. The first prompt asks for the web site URL (the http:// bit is optional) and the second asks for the refresh interval (default 60 seconds).

'IErefresh.vbs

option explicit
dim ie, url, refreshSeconds, i

url = InputBox("Enter web site URL (http:// optional)")
if url = "" then WScript.Quit
refreshSeconds = InputBox("Enter refresh interval in seconds",,60)
if IsEmpty(refreshSeconds) then WScript.Quit
set ie = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application", "ie_")
ie.Navigate url
ie.Visible = true
do until ie.ReadyState = 4 : WScript.Sleep 100 : loop 
while true
	i = 0
	while i < CInt(refreshSeconds)
		WScript.Sleep 1000
		i = i + 1
	wend	
	ie.refresh2 3	'3=REFRESH_COMPLETELY
wend

sub ie_onQuit
	WScript.Quit
end sub

NastyMatt

you won't need admin rights. Nice bit of vbs there Chippy.. does that pay for the grale??

mynamesnotdave

Heres a handy site for you that does exactly what you want:

http://urlrefresh.harrybailey.com/

Sweetchuck

mynamesnotdave wrote:

Heres a handy site for you that does exactly what you want:

http://urlrefresh.harrybailey.com/

You're a diamond mate, cheers for that. It's exactly what I was looking for.

Chippy_Minton

NastyMatt wrote:

you won't need admin rights. Nice bit of vbs there Chippy.. does that pay for the grale??

No, you must be thinking of a different Chippy , and my first name isn't Martin

streetscholar

yeah you do not want to refresh pages where you have your credit card #'s on... you'll get charged the # of times you refresh :rotfl:

zand210

'IErefresh.vbs
 
option explicit
dim ie, url, refreshSeconds, i
 
url = InputBox("Enter web site URL (http:// optional)")
if url = "" then WScript.Quit
refreshSeconds = InputBox("Enter refresh interval in seconds",,60)
if IsEmpty(refreshSeconds) then WScript.Quit
set ie = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application", "ie_")
ie.Navigate url
ie.Visible = true
do until ie.ReadyState = 4 : WScript.Sleep 100 : loop 
while true
    i = 0
    while i < CInt(refreshSeconds)
        WScript.Sleep 1000
        i = i + 1
    wend    
    ie.refresh2 3    '3=REFRESH_COMPLETELY
wend
 
sub ie_onQuit
    WScript.Quit
end sub

I tryed this code, but for some reason, it does not refresh it once it submits the url page.

please help

inamabilis

zand210 wrote: »

I tryed this code, but for some reason, it does not refresh it once it submits the url page.

please help

Works fine for me, what version of windows and internet explorer are you using?
On a side note I cant decide whether you're more likely to be praised for using the search feature or flamed for reviving a post from more than 2 and a half years ago :rotfl: