Hi Laurent. Thank you for a quick reply. I had this (second) timeout option in mind and it's too static in the scope of my application. Then the ping procedure might be an idea. But what I have really in mind is a more dynamic asynchronous procedure. One like when the web connection is broken for any reason. I will have to delve more into this...
Thank you George --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Laurent Cozic <pogopix...@...> wrote: > > You could make the app ping the server every 5 minutes. Then if the server doesn't receive the ping, assume that the user closed the browser and log him out. > > Another simpler solution would be to put a timeout on the session. > > > -- > Laurent Cozic > > Flash, Flex and Web Application development > http://pogopixels.com > > --- On Wed, 2/18/09, grg_blls <grg_b...@...> wrote: > From: grg_blls <grg_b...@...> > Subject: [flexcoders] Time stamping a user Logout > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 1:18 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have concluded a sample Flex application where a user logs in (or > > registers) in the application. > > > > I use the Tomcat servlet container plus BlazeDS RPC component and > > Hibernate persistence to connect to MySQL database. > > > > A new user first registers by filling the Registration form. The > > database is updated for First Creation Timestamp, along with user's > > UserName and Password. > > > > A returning user fills a (similar) Login form. The database is > > updated for Login Timestamp. When the user does a normal Logout, the > > database is updated with Logout Timestamp. On User's Logout the > > User_Loged session time is summed in UserTotalLoged time. > > > > My problem is that I need dispatch/listen (?) an event in an abrupt > > case, like the user instead of doing a normal logout simply closes > > the browser, or the client/server connection is just lost. Then I > > have to update the database that the user status is Logout. > > > > I hope this description is clear enough for some indications/ help. > > > > Thank you all > > George >
