Spawned Web page authentication

[William E Hatto]

Hi to 1 and all,

my appologies to Nathan for the repost here....

I have an asp application/web site that uses a logon page then a page
for the menus and separate asp pages for all the options in the menus.

The options listed in the menu's spawn separate web windows leaving the menu
page in the background.

The code I am using is as follows;

The spawned page is called using the following javascript from the menu page
(watch the wrap);

picWindow=window.open("DailyPicList.asp","dailyWin ","toolbar=0,location=0,sc
rollbars=1,status=1,
resizable=1,width=650,height="+(screen.height-80)+",left=0,top=0")
picWindow.focus()

In turn the 'DailyPicList.asp' checks authentication using the following
code;

If IsEmpty(Session("UID")) then Response.Write "<script
language=javascript>doLogin();</script>"
This code is in a Javascript block at the top of the page;

function doLogin() {
if (window.opener == null) {
document.location.href = "../default.asp?status=timeout";
}
else {
window.opener.document.location.href = "../default.asp?status=timeout";
window.close();
}
}
Now the above works ok, except when the menu page (ie the opener) has been
closed while the spawned page is still open. What I would like to happen in
this case is the spawned page to close and a new browser window to open at
the login page (default.asp) starting all a fresh.

The above doLogin() javascript function would have to check if the
'window.opener' is still open and if not to open a fresh browser window.

What do uou think, is this possible?

Cheers, Bill.

[Bob Barrows]

William E Hatto wrote:

Hi to 1 and all,

my appologies to Nathan for the repost here....

I have an asp application/web site that uses a logon page then a page
for the menus and separate asp pages for all the options in the menus.

The options listed in the menu's spawn separate web windows leaving
the menu page in the background.

The code I am using is as follows;

The spawned page is called using the following javascript from the
menu page (watch the wrap);

This question has absolutely nothing to do with asp. Please post to a
client-side jscript newsgroup: look for a group with "dhtml" and jscript in
its name, or go wo .scripting.jscript which has higher traffic.

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
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don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
"NO SPAM"

[William E Hatto]

My appologies Bob,

My code is a combination of asp (vb script) and javascript working together.
I was not sure which group to go to.

Cheers, Bill.
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William E Hatto wrote:

Hi to 1 and all,

my appologies to Nathan for the repost here....

I have an asp application/web site that uses a logon page then a page
for the menus and separate asp pages for all the options in the menus.

The options listed in the menu's spawn separate web windows leaving
the menu page in the background.

The code I am using is as follows;

The spawned page is called using the following javascript from the
menu page (watch the wrap);
This question has absolutely nothing to do with asp. Please post to a
client-side jscript newsgroup: look for a group with "dhtml" and jscript

in its name, or go wo .scripting.jscript which has higher traffic.

Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
"NO SPAM"

[Bob Barrows]

William E Hatto wrote:

My appologies Bob,
There is absolutely no need to apologize. I was not the least bit offended
by your question's appearance here.

I was simply trying to explain to you why you would not get much response
here, and suggest a better route for you to take to get your question
answered.

My code is a combination of asp (vb script) and javascript working
together.
So it is. That does not mean your question has anything to do with asp :-)
ASP is server-side code: everything that happens between those <%...%>
script block markers is asp. Everything else is client-side. So your desire
to control browser windows, etc., can only be handled via client-side code.
The server does not and cannot know anything about what windows are open on
a client machine.

BTW, the scripting language does not determine whether the code is
server-side or client-side: both vbscript and javascript can be used in
server-side, as well as client-side code.
I was not sure which group to go to.

:-) I understand. That is why I tried to explain to you which group was
pertinent. :-)
I could have simply ignored your message, but that would have left you
wondering why nobody was responding.

Bob Barrows

--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
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