All, Hah!!, it does actually work after all. I sent the last message out at the end of the day, after all vehicles got parked, so nothing was moving at the time to test the code with.
bobb >>> "Bob Basques" <[email protected]> wrote: Ok, so I got the code to reload a new image every 15 sec. : http://pwultra5.ci.stpaul.mn.us/cp_tiles/OpenLayers/OL.AVL.09-rlb.html but I don't think it's display the new images, only downloading them (so far) . . . getting closer though . . . nothing moving around right now, so, back to it in the morning. ended up taking a different route with things : var timer=setInterval(Layer_redraw, 15000); function Layer_redraw(){ mslayer6.params.counter++; mslayer6.redraw(true); } var map; var mslayer6; var counter=0; . . . . var mslayer6 = new OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer( "<br /><img src=\"http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/DB/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/AVL/STREETS/plots_last_public.map?mode=legend\";>", "http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/DB/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/AVL/STREETS/plots_last_public.map?";, {layers: 'mslayer6', format: "image/png", transparent: "true", 'counter':0}, {singleTile: "true", transitionEffect: 'resize', ratio: 1, displayInLayerSwitcher:'false'} ); bobb >>> Stephen Woodbridge <[email protected]> wrote: Bob, have your tried: layer.redraw(); -Steve On 3/26/2012 6:05 PM, Bob Basques wrote: > I have tried this (last). I can't get it to reload anything. I tried a > few different approaches, Help!! NOTE: Map displays fine on load, just > won't refresh automatically at any interval. Thanks : > > > var mslayer6 = new OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer( "<br /><img src=\" > /http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/DB/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/AVL/STREETS/plots_last_public.map?mode=legend/ > <http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/DB/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/AVL/STREETS/plots_last_public.map?mode=legend> > \">", > > " > /http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/DB/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/AVL/STREETS/plots_last_public.map?/ > <http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/DB/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/AVL/STREETS/plots_last_public.map?> > ", > > {layers: '', > > format: "image/png", > > transparent: "true"}, > > > {singleTile: "true", > > transitionEffect: 'resize', > > ratio: 1, > > displayInLayerSwitcher:'false'} > > ); > > > function init() { > > > . . . some other stuff . . . > > > window.setInterval(refreshData, 5000, mslayer6); > > > } // END init > > > function refreshData(layer){ > > //setting loaded to false unloads the layer// > > layer.loaded = true; > > //setting visibility to true forces a reload of the layer// > > layer.setVisibility(true); > > //the refresh will force it to get the new KML data// > > layer.setUrl('http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/DB/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORKS/AVL/STREETS/plots_last_public.map?'); > > > } > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users
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