Summary of various methods for refreshing parent page in javascript

Use iframe and pop-up child page to refresh the parent page iframe

 <script language=JavaScript> parent.location.reload(); </script>

Popup subpage

 <script language=JavaScript> window.opener.location.reload(); </script>

Child window refreshes parent window

 <script language=JavaScript> self.opener.location.reload(); </script>

Refresh the window opened with the open() method

 <script language=JavaScript> window.opener.location.href=window.opener.location.href; </script>

Refresh the window opened with winodw.showModelDialog() method

 <script language="javascript"> window.parent.dialogArguments.document.execCommand('Refresh'); </script>