Hi,
does anybody know how to refresh the Internet Explorer (like by pressingthe F5 key) but using some "backdoor" like PostMessage or SendMessage? The internet Explorer Window is not active so I can't use the keyboard.
Thanks
(Language doesnt matter)
I think I understand your need a little better now.
Create a new webpage on your machine with the following:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5"/>
</head>
<body>
<iframe src="http://google.com" height="100%" width="100%" frameborder="0">
If you see this - Get a new browser.
</iframe>
</body>
<html>
Then double click to open that in your browser window.
If you are the developer of the webpage, simply add the meta-tag you see in the HEAD section to auto refresh the page.
There are IE add-ons that auto refresh pages for you. Fist random freeware tool I found: AutoRefresher for IE. If you don't like this particular one, there are others to try.
You can use the keyboard... to start a macro doing this!
With AutoHotkey:
#^x:: ControlSend Edit1, {Enter}, ahk_class IEFrame
Win+Ctrl+X to refresh the window. Note I have the following settings in the script:
SetTitleMatchMode RegEx
SendMode Input
It works, even if the window hasn't the focus.
You can also do a loop for periodic refresh.
Problem: the address bar must be present, and the URL to refresh must be there...
But it is the most reliable way I found, I tried:
#^x:: ControlSend ahk_parent, {F5}, Microsoft Internet Explorer
but it wasn't working each time. Working better with a minimized window, curiously...