How to refresh IE from command line?

Question

We have five tv's in our office displaying a local web page written in .net. This web page can be updated by three managers at any time of the day to tell staff about events.

the problem is the page doesn't refresh - i can go in remotely and hit f5 which wouldn't be a big deal but the page is updated about 4 to 6 times an hour.

what i really want is either a command line script or batch file that refreshes ie and sits on the pc that displays the web page - then i can add a shortcut to it on the managers computers and after they've updated they can click on that.

Is there either a command line to refresh ie or a batch file? or even a command line that fires f5 as a keypress?

Answer 1

Yep, I'd definitely go autoit:

#include <IE.au3>

while (true)
    $oIE = _IEAttach("sample.html", "URL")
    _IEAction($oIE, "refresh")
    Sleep(60 * 1000) ;sleep for an hour
WEnd

You can compile the script to a standalone exe too

Answer 2

How about AutoIt?

Maybe this link helps. http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/114106-ai-refresh-tool-mouse-click-or-f5/

Answer 3

How about building in a Refresh to the webpage if it's under your control? E.g. Every minute with
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60">