Applescript for reloading web page

[stephenpen543]

Sometimes, on Safari (or any web brower)
I have to keep on reloading the page.
I want an apple script to to do this rather than keep on pressing Command-R, but can't find any.
Can anybody help.
I done a type of version, but its a bit rubbish, and doesn't work!
Here it is neway:
tell application "Firefox"
keystroke command + (ASCII character 114)
repeat 10 times
end repeat
end tell

the problem is the command button, as I can't find an ASCII character, can anybody help. Also, is there any way that I can make it repeat it self after something like a minute?
Thanks in advance, and sorry if I put this in the wrong place.

[Carl Stawicki]

The gist of what you need is simply this:

repeat
	open location "http://www.apple.com"
	delay 60
end repeat

"Open location" is part of the Standard Addition, so you don't need to script a particular browser; it will work on whatever browser you have set to your default. It will repeat infinitely, every 60 seconds.

Carl.

[cudaboy_71]

im just learning AS myself. but, as far as i know the only access you have to the command, control, option, shift buttons is via UI scripting. to enable that you need to go to System Preferences->Universal Access and check the 'Enable Access for Assistive Devices'.

then, you can communicate directly with system events as opposed to the application itself.

additionally, if you want to reload pages periodically but dont explicitly release the script from hogging the processor you will cause AS to eat up cycles. so, i'd use the idle command to page the system for the action.

something like this:

on idle
-- the applescript only calls attention to itself when the idle period is up

tell application "Safari"
--confirms your browser is the front application
		activate
	end tell
	
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "Safari"
			keystroke "r" using {command down}
		end tell
	end tell
--sets the idle period in seconds. i.e. safari will refresh every 10 seconds
	return 10
end idle

save this code as an 'always open' application. when you run it, safari will refresh indefinitely every 10 seconds.

[stephenpen543]

Thank you both, Carl and cudaboy. You both helped a lot.
I know a bit more about AS! Yay!
Thanks again