I've got a custom url set to load an html file from my server. In the Advanced Screen Properties, I've set Document Behavior to Force a Refresh. But it is not refreshing the content. It only refreshes if the app itself is refreshed. I would like it to force the refresh anytime someone selects the menu item. Can you help with this? I tried commenting out the conditional statement in BT_screen_customHTML.m like this: //if we are forcing a refresh each time... //if([[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:self.screenData.jsonVars:@forceRefresh:@] isEqualToString:@1]){ //if([[self dataURL] length] > 3){ [self setLocalFileName:@]; //} //} But that didn't work. Plus that would affect my other custom urls. Thoughts?

I see what you're doing, make sense. If you're using a Custom URL Screen the class file to tinker with is BT_screen_webView.m and not BT_screen_customHTML.m. Have a look at the viewWillAppear method in BT_sreenWebView.m and look for the little snipeet that checks to see if the screen has already loaded: if(didInit == 0){ didInit = 1; [self initLoad]; } When the screen loads it flag this to 1 so it doesn't reload each time the screen becomes visible. I think you want it too. So, something like this maybe: if(didInit == 0 || didInit == 1){ didInit = 1; [self initLoad]; } I just added the 'or didInit==1' part with the double pipes.

That worked perfectly. Thank you!

what about force refresh in the custom text screen? would like to force refresh custom text changes but only happens when closing then opening app...thanks!! i thought enabling force refresh in document behavior would auto refresh any changes made to the custom text screen? edit: so after editing the code in bt_screens_customhtml.m using the || didInit == 1 piece of code it seems as if the allow caching & force refresh is working as i would have expected in document behavior...this sound right? thanks!!

Hi Ian..long time no chat. Not sure what you're asking here. Maybe you're on to a bug we need to fix. If you got it to work, but only after altering the code, sounds like somethings wrong with the original code?

Hi David, i made some custom text screens that i was gonna update every week and figured the force refresh in document behavior would update changes while the user still had the app open and came back to the custom text screen...this doesn't seem to be the case...one i messed with the code it works as i'd expected...hope this makes sense? Just got home from my gig...piano app worked like a charm for requests and sing alongs tonight...cheers!

Got it... looking ;-)

Hi David, just wondering if u found anything with this issue...no rush...thanks!

Um, actually I did. Just updated the change log - fetch the source-code, compile, see if it works without any modifications. Also..for .PDF's and other docs you can now add an Email Document link ;-)

Awesome! Do you think the mod to the source code i made is fine? don't really want to redo push notifications and other changes in my code but will if i have to...very cool about the email document link...cheers!!

The mode should be fine. No worries if it works. Next time you download a project you shouldn't have to re-do it though (because I fixed the force refresh thing).

sweet thanks!!

Actually i'm gonna man up and redownload the source-code...too many update goodies... cheers!!

Hi David, Force Refresh is working great,,,thanks for all your hard work!

Funny too cuz' I broke something else while fixing that! Not sure if you say the posts from this morning, bunch of broken web-views not loading. Had a little triage for breakfast! Hee hee.

oops!! does that mean i should redownload source code again? good ole triage

If you havn't since this morning - yup. I know you change things after downloads so my fingers are crossed that you have an elegant solution to integreate you fancy-code into each new download. Scared that you don't and it sucks to re-paste everything?

i actually downloaded the code around noon today so i should be all good (looks like you had the code fixed around 10am)...everything seems to be working fine...yes i have my quick fixes all ready to go...probably takes me 5 min. to get all coding on my end updated

I know this thread is way old but I'm having the same problem and the fix mentioned above is not working. I have both, Custom URL and Custom HTML screens that I want to force the refresh on every time they get opened but the 'force refresh' in the Document Behavior section does not do the trick. I went into both (BT_screen_webView.m and BT_screen_customHTML.m) and changed this: if(didInit == 0){ didInit = 1; [self initLoad]; } To this: if(didInit == 0 || didInit == 1){ didInit = 1; [self initLoad]; } But still nothing. The only way to get the CustomHTML or the CustomURL to refresh is if I hit the refresh button that was provided by the 'Show Browser Refresh Button' in the Document Behavior. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks!!!