Hi Alex, The solution turned out to be easier with no time checks involved.
I noticed that one of my variables ends up being blank when the server times out. So when the user attempts to do something, the destination webpage performs a check at the beginning of the code to see if the variable is blank. If it’s blank, I have alternate code appear that tells the user they have been logged out due to inactivity, and offers a dismiss message button that links back to the login page. It works quite nicely, and I don’t have to check for every transaction in every format file. Enjoy your day! Rick > On Jul 19, 2019, at 9:47 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > On 19/07/2019 14:28, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: >> The following is a link to the javascript stuff I had referred >> to before. I just want a clean LC way to do the same thing. >> >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9564602/how-to-know-browser-idle-time?noredirect=1&lq=1 >> > Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there is no such thing, and indeed, > there cannot be! > > That javascript code runs *in the user's browser", and so can easily keep > track of idle time. or remaining time > > Your LC code can only run on the server. And on the server, all you can do is > - at the start of responding to a request - check how long it has been since > the previous request from same user. > > So that requires some storage between requests - whether in a database, or > via cookie / session variable. > > Alex. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
