Chris,
One way is to use frames and poll the server for changes. Create a
frameset w/ your current jsp in the entire window and a new jsp in a size 0
frame. Set the refresh interval for the invisible frame to 5 seconds or so
and have it poll the server to see if the main page requires updating. When
it does, use javascript to tell the other frame to refresh itself.
Let me know if you need more details,
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: forcing browser refresh from JSP/servlet
>
>
> It's slightly obscure but my problem is as follows:-
>
> I have a JSP page which allows the browser to submit a query
> to the server
> and populates the page returned with values retrieved from a javabean.
>
> This works fine but as well as refreshing the page after a
> request I also
> want to refresh the browser every time the javabean's
> properties change.
> These properties can change at any time so I need a way that
> the server can
> force the browser to refresh but using meta tags in the JSP
> page is no good
> since I don't have any advanced warning of when the bean
> properties will
> change.
> ...
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