And also (don't know how IE reacts to this), it should be:

MyWindow.location.reload(true);  // The boolean true is for a 'hard
refresh', as opposed to a 'soft' which just gets the page from the
browser's cache.


/Robert



-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr=E5n: Joe Fawcett [mailto:joefawcett@r...]
Skickat: den 11 september 2002 08:05
Till: javascript
=C4mne: [javascript] Re: Force IE to refresh child when URL and name are
not changed.


I think it's reload:
MyWindow.location.reload();
Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Griffiths" <greg2@s...>
To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:42 PM
Subject: [javascript] Re: Force IE to refresh child when URL and name
are not changed.


> you may be able to do something like
>
> if (myWindow)
> {
>          // window exist, so just call a refresh
>          > }
> else
> {
>          // need to open it.
>          var wid
>          wid =3D 
window.open('DisplayReport.asp?ID=3D<%=3DID%>','MyWindow')
> }
>
> At 14:41 10/09/02 -0500, you wrote:
> ><Script>
> >var wid
> >wid =3D window.open('DisplayReport.asp?ID=3D<%=3DID%>','MyWindow')
> ></Script>
> >
> >I have this little script on a page.  The ID in the url is used to
> >get session information which is used to build the report.  If the
> >child window is already open, IE seems to come to the conclusion that

> >since the NAME and URL are equal to a currently existing child it
> >doesn't have to get anything from the server and just reserves the
> >existing page.  So,
how
> >can I make IE go back to the server and build the new page?  The
> >whole system works just fine in Netscape.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Jerry
> >
> >
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