Is there anyway to output to the user the chat part without having to use a refresh command? I dont like that it has to download a new html file every time. I know with the older slow modems it will take forever to load and then it will refresh. I know big chats dont use refresh or they use it in a special way. I would like to know a way so that this problem doesnt exist and how to implement it. Thanks a whole ton.
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Chat script
- Thread starter mike101
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paulfrance
Programmer
Try adding these tags into the header of your htm page containing the chat.
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="7">
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache">
content="7" will make the page refresh automatically every 7 secs. In order to speed things up it's sometimes better to have the chat contents in their own frame with just the barest anount of html possible to speed up downloads. Also, the refreshed page is always loaded at its beginning so you need to add new messages to the top not the bottom or the user will have to scroll down to read them. AFAIK this is about all you can do if you're using html, but it does work.
The only other way I can think of is to use a java applet to prevent this reloading problem but I guess you don't want to hear that since this is a perl forum.
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="7">
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache">
content="7" will make the page refresh automatically every 7 secs. In order to speed things up it's sometimes better to have the chat contents in their own frame with just the barest anount of html possible to speed up downloads. Also, the refreshed page is always loaded at its beginning so you need to add new messages to the top not the bottom or the user will have to scroll down to read them. AFAIK this is about all you can do if you're using html, but it does work.
The only other way I can think of is to use a java applet to prevent this reloading problem but I guess you don't want to hear that since this is a perl forum.
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Yeah I'm trying to stick clear of meta refresh and java applets but I guess I will do the refresh thing. I was thinking of doing the frames thing you said but I hate frames 
Is there anyway to just refresh a part of the html page that perl generates. Cause I would prefer no frames but if not oh well. Thanks.
Is there anyway to just refresh a part of the html page that perl generates. Cause I would prefer no frames but if not oh well. Thanks.- Status