Close a page using a timer ? 3

rdrunner40 · Jun 21, 2004

Hi All,

I have a relatively simple problem i hope.

I am displaying a unathorised User page for our intranet and i wish to display a countdown timer or a message to inform the user of the amount of seconds left before the page is closed and then i also want to close the active window and return to the start page of our intranet .....

thanks in advance

murray

vbkris · Jun 21, 2004

use javascript,
this is jsut an example:

Code:

<script>
TimeAvailable=10 //seconds
timer=setInterval("countdown()",1000)
function countdown()
{
 TimeAvailable--
 status=TimeAvailable //Remaining time available will be shown in the status bar...
 if(TimeAvailable==0)
 {
  window.close()
 }
}
</script>

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rdrunner40 · Jun 21, 2004

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response i gather i am using it like this ? or do i have to tell it what script to run ?

here is where i have placed it ....

<html>
<head>
<title>Unauthorised Access</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">

<table width="518" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center">
<h1>Unauthorised Access</h1>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div align="center">
<h3><br>
<br>
Sorry, you are not authorised to enter the secure area of our intranet.</h3>
<p><br>
If you try again make sure check that your login details are correct.<br>
</p>
<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
<input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0">
<p><input type="button" value="Back to Intranet Start Page" name="B3" onclick="self.close()"></p>

<%
<script>
TimeAvailable=10 //seconds
timer=setInterval("countdown()",1000)
function countdown()
{
TimeAvailable--
status=TimeAvailable //Remaining time available will be shown in the status bar...
if(TimeAvailable==0)
{
window.close()
}
}
</script>
%>

</form>
<p> 
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

regards
Murray

ChrisHirst · Jun 21, 2004

lose the asp delimiters '<%' first

and put the script between the </head> and <body> tags. It will then start as the page loads.

bear in mind that users may see a warning box about a script trying to close the page.

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rdrunner40 · Jun 21, 2004

Hi Again

Once again the wonderful people at tektips have came to my rescue and it works

regards

Murray

rdrunner40 · Jun 21, 2004

Hi again

I now have this working but as i am new to all of this how do i get the number that is displaying in the status bar to read in a message box or as a line of text to display on the page in html.... ?

I want it to be a timer and like it is displaying in the status bar display it in text

regards

Murray

vbkris · Jun 21, 2004

u have to use DOM..
istead of this:
status=TimeAvailable
give this:
document.getElementById('status').innerText=TimeAvailable

now add his code to ur HTML:

</form>
<p> 
<div id='status'></div>
</p>
</div>

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kaht · Jun 21, 2004

rdrunner40,

One quick note, if you'd like the page to close w/o the user being prompted the message, do this:

Code:

<script>
TimeAvailable=10 //seconds
timer=setInterval("countdown()",1000)
function countdown() {
   TimeAvailable--
   status=TimeAvailable //Remaining time available will be shown in the status bar...
   if(TimeAvailable==0) {
      top.opener = self;
      top.window.close();
   }
}
</script>

-kaht

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