JS: Auto logout for idle user on a Remote Form

[Graham Stevens]

Hi Mike,

We use this mechanism in the Conference app for the session registration 
form.  And in the $destruct of the remote task we check if it is dying 
because of the timeout and push a message to the client.  It could 
probably be a bit more sophisticated but here's the code if it's of any use.

Rgds,
Graham

Remote Task
irefForm is an instance variable of type item reference and is set by 
the remote form when it is instantiated

$destruct
Local variable
ldtCurrent   Date Time D m Y H:N:S.s

Calculate ldtCurrent as #D
If ldtCurrent-$cinst.$lastresponse>$cinst.$timeout*60*100     ;; convert 
$timeout in minutes to 100ths of a second
;  send the timeout message to the client
Do irefForm.$pushdata(row('Your server session has timed out due to 
inactivity.  You will need to login again.  Do you wish to do so now?'))
End If

JS Form methods (Execute on Client)

$pushed
Parameter pRow

Do 
$cinst.$clientcommand('yesnomessage',row(pRow.C1,'','$refreshBrowser','$exitToUrl'))

$refreshBrowser
JavaScript: location.reload(true);

$exitToUrl
JavaScript: document.location.href="http://www.omnisworld.com";


On 08-12-2016 20:54, Jeffrey Jones wrote:
> In the remote task you could use.
>
> Timeouts
>
> You can control how long someone is connected to the Omnis App Server and how long a single client connection can remain idle, using the following properties.
>
>   $maxtime
> the maximum time in minutes that a client is allowed to stay connected; the default value is 0 which means the client can stay connected indefinitely.
>
>   $timeout
> the maximum time in minutes that a client is allowed to stay idle; the default value is 0 which means the client is allowed to stay idle indefinitely.
>
>
>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Mike Matthews <omnis at lineal.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> To stop an Omnis licence being tied up for an extended period for JS users, what is the best strategy?
>>
>> I'm using v6.1 and thought of a $timer being run, and after each TAB or screen change or button click, the timer is restarted.  And if it gets to 5 minutes of idle time, boom, away it goes to a different website.
>>
>> But is there a better way, or a built in one for Remote Form users?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mike
>>
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