[OpenLayers-Dev] refreshing layers in open layers

[Volker Mische]

On 03/31/2012 06:03 PM, ragunaat wrote:
> hi guys!!!!. . . . .Im doing a project in openlayers and im facing a problem
> in refreshing layers. . . .i have two layers in my program . . . .First one
> is to read a gpx file and it has to keep refreshing for every some time!!!.
> . . . .And second layers is having a mapfile to display images. . . . so i
> have to refresh the mapfile also when a gpx file get updated.
> 
> So here my problem is:
> 1)need to refresh the gpx layer for every sometime
> 2)and while refreshing the layers i have to change a external file by means
> of some functions
> 
> 
> 
> Any kind of coding example pleaseee!!!! 
> 
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Hi,

have a look at the refresh strategy [1].

BTW, for questions about how to use OpenLayers, the chance of getting an
answer is way higher on the users mailing list, as opposed to the dev list.

[1]
http://dev.openlayers.org/apidocs/files/OpenLayers/Strategy/Refresh-js.html

Cheers,
  Volker