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Automatically refresh page after some interval

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20 Jun 2011CPOL 16.8K  
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Description


Refresh page using JavaScript.


Code


XML
<html>
<head>
<title>Refresh page using Javascript</title>
<script type="text/JavaScript">
	function RefreshPage(Period) 
	{
		setTimeout("location.reload(true);", Period);
	}
/* Optional code */
	var Today = new Date();
	var day = Today.getDate();
	var month = Today.getMonth();
	var year = Today.getFullYear();
	var hours = Today.getHours();
	var minutes = Today.getMinutes();
	var seconds = Today.getSeconds();
	document.write(day + "/" + month + "/" + year + " " + hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds)
/* End of Optional code */
</script>
</head>
<body  önload="javaScript:RefreshPage(1000);">
</body>
</html>

Browser Compatibility


I have tested this script in the following Web browsers:



  • Internet Explorer
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera

Output


20/5/2011 17:56:51

You can see the running date-time of today on page refresh. Here I gave 1000 milliseconds (1 sec) in the code (for page refresh) and you can change the value based on your requirement.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)