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[alex1]

Hello - I made a simply code:

#include <fstream>

#include <iostream>

#include <conio.h>

#include <windows.h>


using namespace std;


int main (){

    char ch;

    char buffer[256];


    MessageBox(NULL,"WELCOME \n press ok to continue","WELCOME",MB_OK);

    

    ifstream urls ("urls.txt");

    while (! urls.eof() ){

    urls.getline (buffer,100);

    {

   ShellExecute(NULL, "open", buffer,

                NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

    }

                          }

  cout<<"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nURLs Loaded successfully!\n";

  cout<<"-------------------------\n\n\n";

  getch();

  return 0;

}

Ok this is loading a bunch of pages,wich are saved in a file called "urls.txt"

My question is - If there is just 1 page loaded,how can I refresh it every 5 seconds?

Any help is high appreciated!
I'm just going crazy with this :D

[denarced]

If your goal is to merely achieve the refreshment, use Opera browser.
In it you can define the automatic refresh interval. If on the other
hand your purpose is to find out how to do it programmatically, I'm
thinking you're gonna have a hard time with that. A few ideas come
to mind that could have some merit (haven't tried most of them):

• A browser has command line command for the refresh. I highly
  doubt that there is one.
  
• A browser offers some kind of plugin or API through which you
  issue commands. This is most likely true to some extent but it
  might require for you to create it yourself.
  
• Use a tool designed to control a browser. Selenium is one with
  which I'm most familiar with and it's a great tool but I'm thinking
  there's no support for C++ as that'd be pretty insane.

[alex1]

Oh..Thanks for your answer!I suppose that I will not do it trought a c++ code :P

Thanks again!

[Flying Dutchman]

Isn't refreshing simply sending a (http) request for that page again?

[alex1]

hmmm..if I send a http request its opening the same page in a new tab...maybe I'm mistaking on somthing...

[denarced]

alex1 said:

hmmm..if I send a http request its opening the same page in a new tab...maybe I'm mistaking on somthing...

I actually considered this option and thought that it'd open a new tab or window so didn't mention it.