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Jul 08.2010

Hello. I currently have a link generator on my page that will create a hyperlink based on the users input. Once they generate the link, and click it, it opens the webpage in an iframe.

I was wondering, is there a code out there for me to add a box next to the link that says “Refresh [ ] Times”? This way, instead of them having to click the link over and over, they can just pre-set how many times to click it and let it refresh on its own.

It is also important that there be a 300ms delay in between refreshes.

Even if you don’t know the exact code, if you can just get me started I can probably look up and figure out the rest.

Thank you in advance for any guidance you may give me.

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@KDLAJul 08.2010 — Why not put a meta refresh in the HTML of the page displayed in the IFRAME, which would require nothing of the user?

Reference: http://webdesign.about.com/od/metataglibraries/a/aa080300a.htm
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@ridah007authorJul 08.2010 — Thank you for your reply, I can't do that however, because I don't own/run the third party site in the iframe.
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@mrhooJul 08.2010 — To force a new download of the page in the iframe, add a unique string to the tail of the url of the iframe's src attribute.

First, strip any previous tail off the src.

var url=iframe.src.replace(/?tail=[d]+/,'');

iframe.src= url+'?tail='+new Date().getTime();
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