Re: [webmin-devel] automatic refresh using javascript

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 19:25, Hugo Cornelis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to write a webmin module that automatically
> refreshes the display every x seconds.  Before I try
> to hack something together using javascript, I thought
> it was a good idea to ask people on this list if (1)
> webmin supports this scenario, and (2) if perhaps
> other people already have written such a module and
> are willing to share their experiences.

The trick I use is to set the Refresh: HTTP header, with code like this:

print "Refresh: 5\n";
&header("Your title", "");

This will tell the browser to refresh the page every 5 seconds, and it
more reliable that Javascript.

 - Jamie