Calling struts action with specified time interval using ajax

[nick angel]

Hello to everyone. The problem I am currently facing is the following. I have created a jsp where I wish to call a struts action using ajax. The pertinent code in my jsp is as follows:

  
 
<script src="./ajaxticker.js" type="text/javascript">
 
/***********************************************
* Ajax Ticker script (txt file source)- � Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit [url=http://www.dynamicdrive.com/]http://www.dynamicdrive.com/[/url] for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/
 
</script>
 

<LINK rel="stylesheet" href="./main.css">
</HEAD>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
 

//setInterval("generateTicker()", 5000);
/** based on the example found on the dyanmicdrive site: RSS message ticker*/
function generateTicker(){
  //document.testForm.submit();
  //alert("testing");
  var xmlfile="./AjaxTestAction.do"; //path to ticker txt file on your server.
  //ajax_ticker(xmlfile, divId, divClass, delay, optionalfadeornot)
  new ajax_ticker(xmlfile, "ajaxticker1", "someclass", 3500, "fade");
 
}
 

  generateTicker();
 
setTimeout("generateTicker()", 25000);
</script>
 
  

What i wish to accomplish is to call the struts action at a specified time interval. However, the code i have written does not work. The struts action gets called a first time, but when the specified amount of time has elapsed then it just freezes.

I was hoping someon could point me in the right direction. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Dom Lassy]

setTimeout only calls a function once.

setInterval will repeatedly call a function.