RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex
Thanks very much, that would be appreciated, I will do the same should I get anywhere. Barry From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy SprattSent: 27 June 2005 19:21To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex I am currently working with this issue as well, and will post if/when I learn anything of value. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry CorriganSent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:07 AMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Thanks much, thatis a great idea. I will look into this and hopefully it should work. Thanks, Barry From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abdul QabizSent: 27 June 2005 15:39To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hi, Another way is tocatch the unload events of browser in _javascript_.I am not sure, if it works consistently in all browsers but IE andFirefox0.9version support it. So make sure of such things before using... Search for onBeforeUnload and onUnload events for browser. The logic could be: - User tries to close the browser - you capture the event in onBeforeUnload, show a _javascript_alert to user that "s/he should save data before existing, click Ok to save or Cancel to close".. - If user clicks Ok, s/he on same, send a notification to Flex app using (_javascript_ or _javascript_FlashKit). - Flex app saves data to DB and closes the browser when done... Does that sound good? you will need to test this approach properly. Link for a demo of onBeforeUnload(..) http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/demos/OnBeforeUnloadDemo1.htm http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/100604-1.shtml You can use the technique mentioned there Link for _javascript_-Flash-Integration-Kit: http://www.macromedia.com/go/flashjavascript/ Related post on Mike Chembers blog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/06/flash_javascrip.cfm -abdul From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk EismannSent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:52 PMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex You could use the application server's session management -the usersession will time out by default after a given amount of inactivity so you could probably hook in there. If you need some kind of real-time logging then you might want to take a look at the Flash Comm Server - this wayyou could establish a persistent connection between client and server. If the browser is closed the connection to the Flash Comm Server will be closed and the Flash Comm Server in turns could send a Remoting request to your backend and inform it to write to the db. One implication is that the Flash Comm Server uses the RTMP protocol which may not get through a restricted firewall. It's also possible to tunnel RTMP through HTTP but again, a packet filter could suppress this traffic. Dirk. Von: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com im Auftrag von Barry CorriganGesendet: Mo 27.06.2005 16:02An: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comBetreff: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hello all, I wish to write to a database whenever a user logs out. When the browser is closed, this is an implicit logout: the user can click the close icon on the title bar, go to File-Exit in the browser's menu, press Alt-F4, browse to another page, etc. It would be nice to be able to catch when this happens, so as to write the log and logout the user. Ihave tried using the unload event in the Application tag, but this does not seem to work. Does anybody have any other ideas? Is there soemthing obvious I am missing? Thanks a lot, Barry. --Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com --Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com --Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives:
RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex
You could use the application server's session management - the user session will time out by default after a given amount of inactivity so you could probably hook in there. If you need some kind of real-time logging then you might want to take a look at the Flash Comm Server - this way you could establish a persistent connection between client and server. If the browser is closed the connection to the Flash Comm Server will be closed and the Flash Comm Server in turns could send a Remoting request to your backend and inform it to write to the db. One implication is that the Flash Comm Server uses the RTMP protocol which may not get through a restricted firewall. It's also possible to tunnel RTMP through HTTP but again, a packet filter could suppress this traffic. Dirk. Von: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com im Auftrag von Barry Corrigan Gesendet: Mo 27.06.2005 16:02 An: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Betreff: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hello all, I wish to write to a database whenever a user logs out. When the browser is closed, this is an implicit logout: the user can click the close icon on the title bar, go to File-Exit in the browser's menu, press Alt-F4, browse to another page, etc. It would be nice to be able to catch when this happens, so as to write the log and logout the user. I have tried using the unload event in the Application tag, but this does not seem to work. Does anybody have any other ideas? Is there soemthing obvious I am missing? Thanks a lot, Barry. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ winmail.dat
RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex
Hi, Another way is tocatch the unload events of browser in _javascript_.I am not sure, if it works consistently in all browsers but IE andFirefox0.9version support it. So make sure of such things before using... Search for onBeforeUnload and onUnload events for browser. The logic could be: - User tries to close the browser - you capture the event in onBeforeUnload, show a _javascript_alert to user that "s/he should save data before existing, click Ok to save or Cancel to close".. - If user clicks Ok, s/he on same, send a notification to Flex app using (_javascript_ or _javascript_FlashKit). - Flex app saves data to DB and closes the browser when done... Does that sound good? you will need to test this approach properly. Link for a demo of onBeforeUnload(..) http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/demos/OnBeforeUnloadDemo1.htm http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/100604-1.shtml You can use the technique mentioned there Link for _javascript_-Flash-Integration-Kit: http://www.macromedia.com/go/flashjavascript/ Related post on Mike Chembers blog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/06/flash_javascrip.cfm -abdul From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk EismannSent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:52 PMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex You could use the application server's session management -the usersession will time out by default after a given amount of inactivity so you could probably hook in there. If you need some kind of real-time logging then you might want to take a look at the Flash Comm Server - this wayyou could establish a persistent connection between client and server. If the browser is closed the connection to the Flash Comm Server will be closed and the Flash Comm Server in turns could send a Remoting request to your backend and inform it to write to the db. One implication is that the Flash Comm Server uses the RTMP protocol which may not get through a restricted firewall. It's also possible to tunnel RTMP through HTTP but again, a packet filter could suppress this traffic. Dirk. Von: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com im Auftrag von Barry CorriganGesendet: Mo 27.06.2005 16:02An: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comBetreff: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hello all, I wish to write to a database whenever a user logs out. When the browser is closed, this is an implicit logout: the user can click the close icon on the title bar, go to File-Exit in the browser's menu, press Alt-F4, browse to another page, etc. It would be nice to be able to catch when this happens, so as to write the log and logout the user. Ihave tried using the unload event in the Application tag, but this does not seem to work. Does anybody have any other ideas? Is there soemthing obvious I am missing? Thanks a lot, Barry.--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex
Thanks much, thatis a great idea. I will look into this and hopefully it should work. Thanks, Barry From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abdul QabizSent: 27 June 2005 15:39To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hi, Another way is tocatch the unload events of browser in _javascript_.I am not sure, if it works consistently in all browsers but IE andFirefox0.9version support it. So make sure of such things before using... Search for onBeforeUnload and onUnload events for browser. The logic could be: - User tries to close the browser - you capture the event in onBeforeUnload, show a _javascript_alert to user that "s/he should save data before existing, click Ok to save or Cancel to close".. - If user clicks Ok, s/he on same, send a notification to Flex app using (_javascript_ or _javascript_FlashKit). - Flex app saves data to DB and closes the browser when done... Does that sound good? you will need to test this approach properly. Link for a demo of onBeforeUnload(..) http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/demos/OnBeforeUnloadDemo1.htm http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/100604-1.shtml You can use the technique mentioned there Link for _javascript_-Flash-Integration-Kit: http://www.macromedia.com/go/flashjavascript/ Related post on Mike Chembers blog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/06/flash_javascrip.cfm -abdul From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk EismannSent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:52 PMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex You could use the application server's session management -the usersession will time out by default after a given amount of inactivity so you could probably hook in there. If you need some kind of real-time logging then you might want to take a look at the Flash Comm Server - this wayyou could establish a persistent connection between client and server. If the browser is closed the connection to the Flash Comm Server will be closed and the Flash Comm Server in turns could send a Remoting request to your backend and inform it to write to the db. One implication is that the Flash Comm Server uses the RTMP protocol which may not get through a restricted firewall. It's also possible to tunnel RTMP through HTTP but again, a packet filter could suppress this traffic. Dirk. Von: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com im Auftrag von Barry CorriganGesendet: Mo 27.06.2005 16:02An: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comBetreff: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hello all, I wish to write to a database whenever a user logs out. When the browser is closed, this is an implicit logout: the user can click the close icon on the title bar, go to File-Exit in the browser's menu, press Alt-F4, browse to another page, etc. It would be nice to be able to catch when this happens, so as to write the log and logout the user. Ihave tried using the unload event in the Application tag, but this does not seem to work. Does anybody have any other ideas? Is there soemthing obvious I am missing? Thanks a lot, Barry.--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex
I am currently working with this issue as well, and will post if/when I learn anything of value. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Corrigan Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:07 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Thanks much, thatis a great idea. I will look into this and hopefully it should work. Thanks, Barry From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abdul Qabiz Sent: 27 June 2005 15:39 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hi, Another way is tocatch the unload events of browser in _javascript_.I am not sure, if it works consistently in all browsers but IE andFirefox0.9version support it. So make sure of such things before using... Search for onBeforeUnload and onUnload events for browser. The logic could be: - User tries to close the browser - you capture the event in onBeforeUnload, show a _javascript_alert to user that s/he should save data before existing, click Ok to save or Cancel to close.. - If user clicks Ok, s/he on same, send a notification to Flex app using (_javascript_ or _javascript_FlashKit). - Flex app saves data to DB and closes the browser when done... Does that sound good? you will need to test this approach properly. Link for a demo of onBeforeUnload(..) http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/demos/OnBeforeUnloadDemo1.htm http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/100604-1.shtml You can use the technique mentioned there Link for _javascript_-Flash-Integration-Kit: http://www.macromedia.com/go/flashjavascript/ Related post on Mike Chembers blog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2005/06/flash_javascrip.cfm -abdul From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Eismann Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:52 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex You could use the application server's session management -the usersession will time out by default after a given amount of inactivity so you could probably hook in there. If you need some kind of real-time logging then you might want to take a look at the Flash Comm Server - this wayyou could establish a persistent connection between client and server. If the browser is closed the connection to the Flash Comm Server will be closed and the Flash Comm Server in turns could send a Remoting request to your backend and inform it to write to the db. One implication is that the Flash Comm Server uses the RTMP protocol which may not get through a restricted firewall. It's also possible to tunnel RTMP through HTTP but again, a packet filter could suppress this traffic. Dirk. Von: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com im Auftrag von Barry Corrigan Gesendet: Mo 27.06.2005 16:02 An: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Betreff: [flexcoders] Catching the Closing of the Browser in Flex Hello all, I wish to write to a database whenever a user logs out. When the browser is closed, this is an implicit logout: the user can click the close icon on the title bar, go to File-Exit in the browser's menu, press Alt-F4, browse to another page, etc. It would be nice to be able to catch when this happens, so as to write the log and logout the user. Ihave tried using the unload event in the Application tag, but this does not seem to work. Does anybody have any other ideas? Is there soemthing obvious I am missing? Thanks a lot, Barry. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
