global.asa

[cjkenworthy]

I've made a global.asa file for my site to control session timeouts and maintain track of number of users logged in.

How do I get dreamweaver to work with the global.asa file?

Where do i put it? Will it work in the directory where the rest of the files are on my server .../inetpub/

http://wwwroot/site/

Here is the file below. How would I print the 'visitors' application variable below in any file?

Thanks, Chris.

<script language=&quot;vbscript&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;>

sub Application_OnStart
Application(&quot;visitors&quot=0
Session.Timeout = 420
end Sub

Sub Session_OnStart
Application.Lock
Application(&quot;visitors&quot=Application(&quot;visitors&quot+1
Application.UnLock
End Sub

Sub Session_OnEnd
Application.Lock
Application(&quot;visitors&quot=Application(&quot;visitors&quot-1
Application.UnLock
End Sub

</script>

code ok?

 

[schase]

code looks good - except you may want to put session.timeout=420 down to just below
sub session_onstart.

to use it in a page you'd put this

<%= Application(&quot;visitors&quot %> in a table cell or something whatever your layout dictates.

You'd put it into a page - save it as global.asa you do not nead the head, body, html tags.

put it in the root.
Which looks like in your case to be the site/ directory.

&quot;Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!&quot;

-Adm. James Farragut

Stuart

 

[cjkenworthy]

Thats brilliant, thanks.

My ASP doesn't seem to want to work with the global.asa in that there is nothing in the visitors variable.

Do I need to stop and restart my web server?

I've put global.asa in the server directory:

(server drive../inetpub/

http://wwwroot/site/global.asa

along with every other ASP file for my site.

There are other sites in the

http://wwwroot

directory.

 

[cjkenworthy]

Actually, I moved it to the

http://wwwroot

directory and it works now. Only problem is that if I close the browser without logging out it keeps an inaccurate number of users logged in. Obviously until it times out.

Any way around this - i.e. if a client closes the browser, automatically decrement the visitor counter?

thanks

Chris.

 

[schase]

well there is and there isnt

there are ways and methods to log a user in and out. But pretty much there isnt a way to detect if the browser is closed - it'll just time out.

Strange on the directory - unless I misunderstood.

Such as

Server Directory C:\inetpub\

http://WWWroot

c:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\site1

C:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\site1\htmlc:\inetpub...1\logsc:\inetpub\wwwroot\site1\html\index.asp

c:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\site1\html\images\image1.gif

c:\inetpub\

http://wwwroot\site1\html\global.asa

something like above are typical settings - and the global asa should work there. - that is if your webhost has the default settings for your domain to be inside the html directory.

&quot;Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!&quot;

-Adm. James Farragut

Stuart

 

[cjkenworthy]

I think it has something to do with the settings in IIS manager in Windows NT.

I had to set the directory up as an 'application' If anyone else reads these posts try:

http://www.asp101.com/resources/apps_sessions_gasa.asp

it details how to set up the server.

thanks for your help stuart.

 

[schase]

anytime - and yes it does sound like IIS Settings for sure. &quot;Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!&quot;

-Adm. James Farragut

Stuart