Dave: I would be interested in the code, I am sure other folks might be too. Would you mind sharing it for the community?
D. Dave Carabetta wrote: >>At 01:09 PM 02/11/03 -0500, Scott Wilhelm wrote: >> >>>Does anyone have a good solution for a session timer? I'd like to be >>>able to add something to my CMS that will prompt users at certain time >>>intervals about their session status. >> >>I was thinking one could write something in Javascript to do this, but I'm >>not sure how. > > > In my quest to try and convince Macromedia during the Neo beta last year to > put some sort of auto-logout feature into the CF Administrator (as an > additional security measure against those who leave their machine but stay > logged-in, hence allowing anybody to come and mess with the settings), I > built a small proof-of-concept using JavaScript. (This, of course, didn't > make it in to MX, but I'm not giving up!!) > > Essentially, what the script does is detects mouse movement. If, after any > time interval you specify (I use 10 seconds just for demo-ing) the mouse > hasn't moved, a centered popup window appears alerting you that the system > hasn't detected any activity during that interval. You can then choose to > either stay logged in or logout by choosing a simple Yes or No link. If you > choose yes, the popup closes and you can continue. If you choose No, the > logout script is run and you are re-directed to the login page. If no > selection is made after another 10 seconds, this signifies that the user has > left their machine and you are automatically logged out. > > If you are interested in seeing this code (it's 3 templates and very > barebones, but functional and should get you in the right direction if it's > not enough), I'd be happy to zip it up and send it to you. Just e-mail me > off-list and I'll shoot you a copy. > > Regards, > Dave. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
