Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user?
Chester, Another dumb noob question from me, but I'm not great on Listeners... How do I stop the class from checking for activity? I'm using it to log-out back to a main menu swf on a certain duration, and I've tried: myActivityMonitor.removeListener(myActivityMonitor); Mouse.removeListener(myActivityMonitor); delete myActivityMonitor; and other things, all to no avail! I can't get it to stop, even when the swf it is called in is replaced by the main menu swf. I'm using Method 1. Am I being really dumb? TIA, Warren. On 11/9/06, Chester McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a working class I whipped up. It uses onMouseMove to monitor their activity. // BEGIN CLASS // ActivityMonitor // Created by Chester McLaughlin on 2006-11-09. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user?
My application starts with a user login/authentication. I want to implement an idle user process that logs the user out after X amount of time of no activity. The most obvious way I can think to do this is to start an interval timer, and keep reseting it any time a widget is used. That means adding a reset-function call to every component event handler, plus adding event handlers for many components that otherwise don't have relevant events. Does anyone have a more clever way of handling this? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user?
Is it possible for you to decide wether a user is idle or not, by judging his mouse movements? Or is it required to actually measure the usage of particular elements? If you can suffice with the movement, it might be enough to create a seperate 'idle checking' class which either listens to mousemove events of for even less overhead, checks the mouse coordinates at given intervals. Then say after e.g. 3 check intervals if the coords are still the same, assume the user is inactive. _ Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Pete Miller Verzonden: donderdag 9 november 2006 22:45 Aan: Flashcoders mailing list Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user? My application starts with a user login/authentication. I want to implement an idle user process that logs the user out after X amount of time of no activity. The most obvious way I can think to do this is to start an interval timer, and keep reseting it any time a widget is used. That means adding a reset-function call to every component event handler, plus adding event handlers for many components that otherwise don't have relevant events. Does anyone have a more clever way of handling this? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user?
Here's a working class I whipped up. It uses onMouseMove to monitor
their activity.
// BEGIN CLASS
// ActivityMonitor
// Created by Chester McLaughlin on 2006-11-09.
import mx.utils.Delegate;
import mx.events.EventDispatcher;
class ActivityMonitor {
var nLatestActivity:Number;
var nMaxIdleTime:Number;
var nIntervalID:Number;
var onMaxIdleTimeExceeded:Function;
private var broadcastMessage:Function;
public var addListener:Function;
function ActivityMonitor(nMaxIdleTime:Number)
{
AsBroadcaster.initialize(this);
Mouse.addListener(this);
this.onMouseMove();
this.nMaxIdleTime = nMaxIdleTime;
this.nIntervalID = setInterval(Delegate.create
(this,checkForActivity),5000);
}
function checkForActivity(){
var nNow = getTimer();
var nDiff = (nNow - this.nLatestActivity)/1000;
if (nDiff = this.nMaxIdleTime){
this.broadcastMessage(maxIdleTimeExceeded,nDiff);
this.onMaxIdleTimeExceeded(nDiff);
}
}
function onMouseMove()
{
this.nLatestActivity = getTimer();
}
};
// END CLASS
// BEGIN USAGE
/*
import ActivityMonitor;
// This creates an instance of Activity Monitor that requires the user
// to move their mouse at least once every 5 seconds
var myActivityMonitor:ActivityMonitor = new ActivityMonitor(5);
// Method #1
myActivityMonitor.onMaxIdleTimeExceeded = function(nDiff:Number){
//var nDiff:Number = arguments[0];
trace(Method 1: You've been idle for +nDiff+ seconds. Get
Moving!!!);
}
// Method #2
myActivityMonitor.addListener(this);
function maxIdleTimeExceeded(nDiff:Number){
trace(Method 2: You've been idle for +nDiff+ seconds. Get
Moving!!!);
}
*/
// END USAGE
On Nov 9, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Pete Miller wrote:
My application starts with a user login/authentication. I want to
implement an idle user process that logs the user out after X
amount of
time of no activity.
The most obvious way I can think to do this is to start an interval
timer, and keep reseting it any time a widget is used. That means
adding a reset-function call to every component event handler, plus
adding event handlers for many components that otherwise don't have
relevant events.
Does anyone have a more clever way of handling this?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user?
you might want a general purpose system where you could specify what is to be considered in determining idleness. For example, do you check: -- only clicking (on the grounds that someone could be moving the mouse around, for example to check tooltips or just aimlessly, but that they are idle of they aren't selecting/dragging etc. -- mouse movements --keystrokes (which ones?) --data flow from/to server --playing videos or sounds --playing loaded swfs or subclips etc. seems to beg for some kind of observer or broadcaster pattern where you subscribe your idel detector to various events Millie Niss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sporkworld.org - Original Message - From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user? Is it possible for you to decide wether a user is idle or not, by judging his mouse movements? Or is it required to actually measure the usage of particular elements? If you can suffice with the movement, it might be enough to create a seperate 'idle checking' class which either listens to mousemove events of for even less overhead, checks the mouse coordinates at given intervals. Then say after e.g. 3 check intervals if the coords are still the same, assume the user is inactive. _ Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Pete Miller Verzonden: donderdag 9 november 2006 22:45 Aan: Flashcoders mailing list Onderwerp: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user? My application starts with a user login/authentication. I want to implement an idle user process that logs the user out after X amount of time of no activity. The most obvious way I can think to do this is to start an interval timer, and keep reseting it any time a widget is used. That means adding a reset-function call to every component event handler, plus adding event handlers for many components that otherwise don't have relevant events. Does anyone have a more clever way of handling this? ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user?
Thanx, I'll give that a try!
P.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
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Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Best way to detect an idle user?
Here's a working class I whipped up. It uses onMouseMove to monitor
their activity.
// BEGIN CLASS
// ActivityMonitor
// Created by Chester McLaughlin on 2006-11-09.
import mx.utils.Delegate;
import mx.events.EventDispatcher;
class ActivityMonitor {
var nLatestActivity:Number;
var nMaxIdleTime:Number;
var nIntervalID:Number;
var onMaxIdleTimeExceeded:Function;
private var broadcastMessage:Function;
public var addListener:Function;
function ActivityMonitor(nMaxIdleTime:Number)
{
AsBroadcaster.initialize(this);
Mouse.addListener(this);
this.onMouseMove();
this.nMaxIdleTime = nMaxIdleTime;
this.nIntervalID = setInterval(Delegate.create
(this,checkForActivity),5000);
}
function checkForActivity(){
var nNow = getTimer();
var nDiff = (nNow - this.nLatestActivity)/1000;
if (nDiff = this.nMaxIdleTime){
this.broadcastMessage(maxIdleTimeExceeded,nDiff);
this.onMaxIdleTimeExceeded(nDiff);
}
}
function onMouseMove()
{
this.nLatestActivity = getTimer();
}
};
// END CLASS
// BEGIN USAGE
/*
import ActivityMonitor;
// This creates an instance of Activity Monitor that requires the user
// to move their mouse at least once every 5 seconds
var myActivityMonitor:ActivityMonitor = new ActivityMonitor(5);
// Method #1
myActivityMonitor.onMaxIdleTimeExceeded = function(nDiff:Number){
//var nDiff:Number = arguments[0];
trace(Method 1: You've been idle for +nDiff+ seconds. Get
Moving!!!);
}
// Method #2
myActivityMonitor.addListener(this);
function maxIdleTimeExceeded(nDiff:Number){
trace(Method 2: You've been idle for +nDiff+ seconds. Get
Moving!!!);
}
*/
// END USAGE
On Nov 9, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Pete Miller wrote:
My application starts with a user login/authentication. I want to
implement an idle user process that logs the user out after X
amount of
time of no activity.
The most obvious way I can think to do this is to start an interval
timer, and keep reseting it any time a widget is used. That means
adding a reset-function call to every component event handler, plus
adding event handlers for many components that otherwise don't have
relevant events.
Does anyone have a more clever way of handling this?
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