Posted by dorayme on 11/26/07 01:35

In article <Bqn2j.17023$CN4.10215@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote:

> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-FD8BD3.07570326112007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> > In article <B7l2j.43768$9Y3.32439@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>,
> > "Amos E Wolfe" <amos.wolfe@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Rule-Ur-Wayz" <iamanobody@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:bba49a52-c4a3-4f9e-9bbc-f779960db70b@d27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > My website has 4 frames, namely: top, left, right (mainFrame), bottom
> >> > The right frame is linked to other website which has content that
> >> > changes frequently.
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible to write a refresh code on the left frame that will
> >> > refresh the content on the right frame every 5 seconds?
> >> >
> >> > The following code does not work,
> >> > <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3" target="mainFrame">
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> a nested frameset could work - simply refresh the
> >> frameset that contains the target frame.
> >
> > OP is asking how to make it happen on his audiences computers not
> > his own.
>
> Then the refresh of the page in the frame would be done with something like,
> say, javascript then. There are a number of ways I can offhandedly think of
> to do this, each of which would just sit there eating up my bandwidth,
> especially if it is every 5 seconds, not even considering the flashing that
> would go on as the page is "refreshed" and repainted. I would be long gone.

You are not wrong about this, it is a nasty thing for OP to want
and the sort of thing that should worry anyone with a smallish
download limits (like my plan). Imagine leaving the computer for
a good while without noticing ...

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dorayme

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