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  • Andoni
    #1

    location.replace() in the onUnload event?

    Hi,

    I am only writing for IE 5.5+ so no need for compatibility at all ;-)

    I am trying to get my users to logoff which they finish on a particular
    page. This is no problem (or should be no problem) as I can just put a
    location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/html/logoff.jsp'); into the onUnload
    event of the page they always finish on. This should fire when they click
    the X in the corner (my app. is in a popup window) instead of hitting exit.

    Unfortunately this won't work for me as it won't go to the page from the
    onUnload= event unless I put an alert box in the method called like this:
    (Example 1 does not work):

    function endSession()
    {
    if(!submitting)
    {
    // end session.
    location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/jsp/logoff.jsp');
    }
    return false;
    }


    function endSession()
    {
    if(!submitting)
    {
    // end session.
    location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/jsp/logoff.jsp');
    alert('in endSession()');
    }
    return false;
    }

    Can anyone shed any light on why the second one works? What can I use
    instead of an alert box?

    Thanks in advance,

    Andoni.


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    • Martin Honnen
      #2
      Re: location.replac e() in the onUnload event?



      Andoni wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > Hi,
      >
      > I am only writing for IE 5.5+ so no need for compatibility at all ;-)
      >
      > I am trying to get my users to logoff which they finish on a particular
      > page. This is no problem (or should be no problem) as I can just put a
      > location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/html/logoff.jsp'); into the onUnload
      > event of the page they always finish on. This should fire when they click
      > the X in the corner (my app. is in a popup window) instead of hitting exit.
      >
      > Unfortunately this won't work for me as it won't go to the page from the
      > onUnload= event unless I put an alert box in the method called like this:
      > (Example 1 does not work):
      >
      > function endSession()
      > {
      > if(!submitting)
      > {
      > // end session.
      > location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/jsp/logoff.jsp');
      > }
      > return false;
      > }
      >
      >
      > function endSession()
      > {
      > if(!submitting)
      > {
      > // end session.
      > location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/jsp/logoff.jsp');
      > alert('in endSession()');
      > }
      > return false;
      > }
      >
      > Can anyone shed any light on why the second one works? What can I use
      > instead of an alert box?[/color]

      You can open a logoff window with
      <body onunload="windo w.open('logon.j sp');">
      then logon.jsp can call
      <body onload="window. close();">
      if you so desire.

      --

      Martin Honnen
      Attention Required! | Cloudflare
      http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/


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        • Andoni
          #3
          Re: location.replac e() in the onUnload event?

          Thanks for this, I was just reading the M$ site when I noticed that my
          location.replac e was itself also calling the onUnload event! You are right,
          this way works well, thanks.

          Andoni.


          "Martin Honnen" <Martin.Honnen@ t-online.de> wrote in message
          news:3f744d9a$1 @olaf.komtel.ne t...[color=blue]
          >
          >
          > Andoni wrote:
          >[color=green]
          > > Hi,
          > >
          > > I am only writing for IE 5.5+ so no need for compatibility at all ;-)
          > >
          > > I am trying to get my users to logoff which they finish on a particular
          > > page. This is no problem (or should be no problem) as I can just put a
          > > location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/html/logoff.jsp'); into the[/color][/color]
          onUnload[color=blue][color=green]
          > > event of the page they always finish on. This should fire when they[/color][/color]
          click[color=blue][color=green]
          > > the X in the corner (my app. is in a popup window) instead of hitting[/color][/color]
          exit.[color=blue][color=green]
          > >
          > > Unfortunately this won't work for me as it won't go to the page from the
          > > onUnload= event unless I put an alert box in the method called like[/color][/color]
          this:[color=blue][color=green]
          > > (Example 1 does not work):
          > >
          > > function endSession()
          > > {
          > > if(!submitting)
          > > {
          > > // end session.
          > > location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/jsp/logoff.jsp');
          > > }
          > > return false;
          > > }
          > >
          > >
          > > function endSession()
          > > {
          > > if(!submitting)
          > > {
          > > // end session.
          > > location.replac e('http://www.mysite.com/jsp/logoff.jsp');
          > > alert('in endSession()');
          > > }
          > > return false;
          > > }
          > >
          > > Can anyone shed any light on why the second one works? What can I use
          > > instead of an alert box?[/color]
          >
          > You can open a logoff window with
          > <body onunload="windo w.open('logon.j sp');">
          > then logon.jsp can call
          > <body onload="window. close();">
          > if you so desire.
          >
          > --
          >
          > Martin Honnen
          > http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
          >[/color]


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            • Richard Cornford
              #4
              Re: location.replac e() in the onUnload event?

              "Andoni" <andoni@REMOVE. indigo.ie> wrote in message
              news:bl1j1d$kmm $1@kermit.esat. net...[color=blue]
              >Thanks for this, I was just reading the M$ site when I
              >noticed that my location.replac e was itself also calling
              >the onUnload event! You are right, this way works well,
              >thanks.[/color]

              If you are writing exclusively for IE 5.5+ you might be better off using
              the onbeforeunload event.

              Richard.


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