Cancelling session when user closes browser window...

[Charlie]

Hi:

I would like to clear session when user closes browser window by clicking
the "x" in upper right hand corner. Since this is a client side event, how
do I run server code (Session.Abandon()) when user clicks "x"?

Thanks,
Charlie

[Marina]

The only way would be to trap the onbeforeunload client side event using
javascript, and then make a call to the server to kill the session. The
issue here is that this event is always raised, even if the user is just
browsing to another page on your site - so you need to make sure you only
kill the session at the right time.

"Charlie@NISH" <cf*******@nish.org> wrote in message
news:uS**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi:

I would like to clear session when user closes browser window by clicking
the "x" in upper right hand corner. Since this is a client side event,
how do I run server code (Session.Abandon()) when user clicks "x"?

Thanks,
Charlie

[wbrianwhite]

You can never catch this completely. You can use javascript to handle the
person navigating somewhere, but there isn't any way to catch it when the
user simply exits their browser.

"Marina" wrote:

The only way would be to trap the onbeforeunload client side event using
javascript, and then make a call to the server to kill the session. The
issue here is that this event is always raised, even if the user is just
browsing to another page on your site - so you need to make sure you only
kill the session at the right time.

"Charlie@NISH" <cf*******@nish.org> wrote in message
news:uS**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi:

I would like to clear session when user closes browser window by clicking
the "x" in upper right hand corner. Since this is a client side event,
how do I run server code (Session.Abandon()) when user clicks "x"?

Thanks,
Charlie

[Marina]

I believe this event will run even when the browser is closed.

"wbrianwhite" <wb*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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You can never catch this completely. You can use javascript to handle the
person navigating somewhere, but there isn't any way to catch it when the
user simply exits their browser.

"Marina" wrote:

The only way would be to trap the onbeforeunload client side event using
javascript, and then make a call to the server to kill the session. The
issue here is that this event is always raised, even if the user is just
browsing to another page on your site - so you need to make sure you only
kill the session at the right time.

"Charlie@NISH" <cf*******@nish.org> wrote in message
news:uS**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> Hi:
>
> I would like to clear session when user closes browser window by
> clicking
> the "x" in upper right hand corner. Since this is a client side event,
> how do I run server code (Session.Abandon()) when user clicks "x"?
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>