Author: Real Gagnon
Author's WebSite: http://tactika.com/realhome/realhome.html

Actually this is only HTML!

 <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" 
       CONTENT="5;URL=http://www.somewhere.com/aPage.html";>

"content" is the delay in seconds. Here we will wait 5 seconds before jumping to the specified URL.

To auto-refresh (reload) a page after the delay, the HTML solution is still good. A JAVASCRIPT alternative would be :

 <SCRIPT>
 var aTimer;

 function aReload() {
   location.reload(true);
   }

 function startReload() {
   aTimer = setTimeout("aReload()", 5000);
   }

 function stopReload() {
   clearTimeout(aTimer);
   }
 </SCRIPT>

Posted On: 10-Jul-1999

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