HTML Support - Client Pull

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/author/htmlspec/clientpl.htm (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)

Client Pull

Client Pull provides the ability to automatically load a new document in the specified time or reload a document on a regular basis.

Internet Explorer supports client pull using the META tag. The META tag must be inside the HEAD tag of the HTML document. The URL attribute requires a fully qualified URL (for example, http://www.sample.com/reload.htm).

META

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
HTTP-EQUIV= "REFRESH"	Causes a document to be automatically reloaded on a regular basis, specified in seconds.	<HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT=2><TITLE>Reload Document</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <P>This document will be reloaded every two seconds.</BODY>	Netscape
CONTENT="n; URL=URL"	Tells the browser to reload in n seconds. If a URL is specified, the browser will load the URL after the time specified has elapsed. If no URL is specified, it will reload the current document.	<HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="5; URL=http://www.sample.com/next.htm"> <TITLE>Load Next Document</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <P>After five seconds have elapsed, the document "http://www.sample.com/next.htm" will be loaded.</BODY>	Netscape

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