Hi all,
I have a page where a button is calling an "open new browser window" behaivour. The button opens an htm file that displays only a gif file.

The problem is that when I modify the gif file on my computer and upload it again to the server, the server replaces the original one, but the browser remains showing the original gif whenever I call the htm file that contains it.

I can't understant why this is happening, since gifs show properly updated on all other pages. The only problem appears with this page that is called on the "open new browser window" behaivour.

Please any help or advice will be highly appreciated.

Angie.

There is nothing wrong with your browser or the behavior. The images are in your browser CACHE, that's how it works. Next time, try hitting the F5 key to REFRESH the new window and see if it doesn't bring up the RIGHT image. You could also try SHIFT+F5 to force a call to your server for all files.

The other thing to do is clear out your Temporary Internet Files.

Thanks for your reply.
Well I understand what you mean, but:
-Why all other pages refresh well just when i navigate them without F5. It is just that popup style page that does not refresh.

There must be a way to make people see new uploaded gifs and not expect them to clear offline content every time they surf my site., i guess....

You can add:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache, must-revalidate">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="0">

There,your pages can't CACHE in anyone computer.

And if you have a high-bandwidth site that WILL crank up your bandwidth usage.

The lack of refresh probably has something to do with the way the page is called. I've never run into the problem, so it would mean doing some research.

There are better solutions than opening new windows anyway.