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Want to refresh a window I have first opened using a batch file.

  • 15-02-2014 03:54AM
    #1
    theaaao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭


    Completely new to batch files but I've been messing around with them today.

    I created a batch file which opens a firefox window.

    However, I cant seem to find any source to tell me how I would be able to refresh this already open tab automatically.

    Essentially I want to run the batch file to open the webpage and then refresh said webpage once after 5 seconds or so.
    @echo off

start chrome -new-window ''www.insertwebpage.com''

timeout /t 1

start chrome -new-window ''www.insertwebpage2.com''


    PING seems to come up a lot but cant seem to incorporate it correctly.

    Any thoughts? can it be done?
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  • #2
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Is it your own web page? If it is you could put a piece of Javascript in the page itself to do the refresh.

    If it's not your webpage, you could create a frame set which also contains the webpage you want to display and again us some Javascript to refresh.


  • #3
    theaaao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭theaaao


    Thanks for your response. No, its not my own website.

    When you say frame set, is this something I can write within the .bat file?

    Probably a stupid question (completely new to this but loving it so far!) , but I am presuming Javscript is different from a batch file?

    Edit: Wait I see that its possible to use javascript from within the .bat file. Is there a code available that will do the refresh, which I can just slot in? Or is it more complicated then this?


  • #4
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Nope, the frame set is more like a web page.

    http://www.quackit.com/html/examples/frames/

    The frame set would be on your local machine but would would load your target web page in one of the frames.

    Javascript is different from a batch file as it runs in the browser but to simplify the explanation it does have some similarities. Gazillions of examples out there in Googleland

    There are alternative approaches:
    Find a browser extension for auto-refresh. **THIS MIGHT BE THE EASIEST FOR USE WITH YORU BATCH FILE**
    Search google for something like web page auto refresh kiosk mode


  • #5
    theaaao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭theaaao


    Found some extensions all right but they seem to only activate once prompted meaning even if I run my batch file and open pages, I still have to manually go to them to press the auto refresh feature.

    Looking at how to incorporate javascript now.


  • #6
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    This is not going to be possible unless the browser you are using has some command which allows you to specify a refresh interval. None do this as far as im aware.

    If you have any C# or VB programming experience you could very quickly create a browser app which takes an argument specifying a refresh interval.


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  • #7
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Ive just knocked a quick one together with C# in Visual Studio 2008.

    It takes the parameters of the website and refresh interval in seconds.

    eg. AutoRefresh.exe www.google.com 5

    NOTE: The website shouldn't have http:// in the address. I was lazy in my coding. :)


  • #8
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Create a local web page with this:[HTML]
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
    <title>Untitled 1</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    // set your interval in milliseconds
    var reloadInterval = 5000;
    // this will run when the document is fully loaded
    function init() {
    setTimeout('reload()',reloadInterval);
    }
    // this reloads the iframe, and triggers the next reload interval
    function reload() {
    var iframes = document.getElementsByTagName('iframe');
    if (!iframes) return false;
    for(var i=0; i<iframes.length; i++)
    iframes.src = iframes.src;
    setTimeout('reload()',reloadInterval);
    }
    // load the init() function when the page is fully loaded
    window.onload = init;
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <iframe src="http://boards.ie&quot; width="176" height="128" scrolling="no" id="reloader" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border: 0px 0px 0px 0px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" ></iframe>
    </body>
    </html>[/HTML]

    Change http://boards.ie to the page you want to display, change the 5000 ms interval to however many seconds between refreshes x 1000


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