Re: FMPro8 - Logging out of an IWP database

For that side of things, perhaps it would work if, after you take them to
the blank layout, you use the "Relogin" script command to force a log in
with an invalid username and password?

Bill

"James" <jbusch@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:VNhbf.4246$Hs.2879@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Bill Marriott wrote:
>> Interestingly enough, while FM7&8 are happy enough to show you the IWP
>> home page in situations where you *don't* want to show it (for example,
>> when timing out of a session), there is no way to return you there when
>> you *want* to go there. If you link to the IWP home page in a button, for
>> example, it will open up in a new window.
>>
>> There is also the limitation in that FileMaker will not close the current
>> browser window. (It may not be able to do this because of JavaScript
>> security limitations.)
>>
>> The best workaround I can suggest is that you take the user to a "You've
>> Logged Out" page which signals the end of their session but does not
>> otherwise provide a mechanism for them to return to the database.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> "James" <jbusch@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:WAfbf.14253$Jo3.9166@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>Hi FileMaker Folks -
>>>
>>>Continuing to explore FMPro8, I published a quick and dirty flat file to
>>>the Web using IWP. I want to collect some records, controlling user
>>>actions with web-compatible buttons. My login is defaulted to Guest and
>>>the privelege set is Entry Only. Nearly everything seems to work okay. I
>>>can log in with Safari under Localhost, and my "New Record" button works
>>>fine. However, I cannot seem to script a "Logout When Finished" button.
>>>I've tried several likely-looking steps including Exit Application (which
>>>I thought was a little extreme but it says it's web compatible) and no
>>>joy. My logout script commits the new record okay, but continues to
>>>display it (I would rather it did not). When I exit Safari and try to
>>>close my database file, FMPro says Guest is still logged in. If I access
>>>the database again by reopening Safari, it says Guest is logged in twice!
>>>Obviously this is going to cause a problem. There is a Logout button on
>>>the status area you can display in IWP, but I'd rather not show the user
>>>all those controls. How to log out by script?
>>>
>>>Many thanks in advance for your continued kind assistance -
>>>James
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Hi Bill -
>
> And many thanks for your quick response. I'm sure your suggestion will
> solve the issue of the newly created record still being displayed, but I
> wonder if, after five people have logged in and out, FMPro will believe
> that the five concurrent session limit has been reached. Would the
> database have to be closed and relaunched? That's the problem I referred
> to above, and it would certainly mess up my plans. I guess I will find
> out when I test it hosted, and perhaps I will have to show that complex
> status area after all, just so people can log out.
>
> Thanks very much again -
> James
>


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