Hi Martin,
You could try posting the form to a hidden frame or you could use
Javascript remote scripting (JSRS) to communicate the onUnload event to
your server.
Nigel
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> The simple onUnload() construction will not work. You will have to open
> a new browser window on unload displaying the output of your server program.
>
> martin
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> Medi Montaseri wrote:
>
> >I know this is off topic, but I thought someone could use a break...
> >
> >Given a page called xyz.html, I want to measure the amount of time a
> >user spent
> >on this screen (or page) along with other usability metrics. So I
> >figured I'll use
> >JavaScript since its running the entire time the page is up.
> >
> >Then I decided to use onload() and onunload() events to determine start
> >and end
> >of the session.
> >
> >The onload() part is easy. However when onunload() event happens, I need
> >to
> >execute a server side program and feed it the data that was collected.
> >
> >So I figured I setup a dumy form and invoke form.submit() onUnload.
> >Would this work or is there a better method.
> >
> >I also thought about a redirect followed by another rediect to where the
> >user wanted
> >to go, but that gets too browser dependent and I don't like it when
> >others hijak my
> >browser.
> >
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