You would use setInterval() http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/14/creating-timers-using-the-setinterval-method/
However, I recommend looking into LCDS (LiveCycle Data Services). It does this automatically. --- In [email protected], "Shoukat Ali" <a.shou...@...> wrote: > > this is my mxml file :: > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" > creationComplete="realData.send()"> > <mx:HTTPService id="realData" > url="http://localhost:8080/real/test.jsp"/> > <mx:DataGrid x="63" y="53" id="sfssfs" > dataProvider="{realData.lastResult.response.data.row}"> > </mx:DataGrid> > </mx:Application> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > i am using jsp as dataprovider, now i want to refresh the page per 5 seconds, > so that the jsp is called per 5 sec. and pull the updated data from database. > database is being updated regularly by other application. >

