Great! So glad you got to a successful conclusion. Alex Sent from my iPhone
> On 25 Jul 2019, at 17:12, Rick Harrison via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
