RE: FLASH: WAS: Back Button redirect? NOW: Non-flash answer...

[Paul Franks]

That was what I meant, Chris, clients disabling cookies, which means that

session variables don't work.

The occasional scare about cookies (like the MS one a few months ago) and

abuse make things much harder than they need be.

Cookie use can make our lives so much easier, if we could count on them.


Paul


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Subject: RE: FLASH: WAS: Back Button redirect? NOW: Non-flash answer...



What I call a Server Side Cookie, you refer to as a Session Variable.


Can someone disable cookies (or variables) on the server end?  I've

never heard of that.  Only client-side.


Chris


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Subject: RE: FLASH: WAS: Back Button redirect? NOW: Non-flash answer...



What is a server-side cookie?

I've heard of session variables but not cookies.

However, this will only work if cookies are not disabled.

Session variables depend on a SessionID cookie on the clients machine.


Trying to work around the back button can prove almost impossible, depending

on browser and set-up, but more info is needed about your server to provide

more help.


One option may be to use JavaScript to prevent the page being added to the

history, but this is another thing that some people hate. Such is life.


Paul


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Tifer

Sent: 07 August 2000 13:58

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Subject: FLASH: WAS: Back Button redirect? NOW: Non-flash answer...



Hi,


An easy way to take care of this outside of Flash would be

to set a cookie... Preferrably a server-side cookie because

some people REALLY freak if you try to set a client-side

cookie, and plus you may not want them to be redirected

next time they come to your site.


Using ASP would be really simple because on the buy, audio, or

contact.htm file you would only need this


<%

	Session("Redirect_Page") = "menu2.htm"

%>



Then on the index.htm, you would need to do:


<%

	If Len(Session("Redirect_Page") > 0 Then Response.Redirect

Session("Redirect_Page")

%>


That's why I love ASP.  Sooooo simple. Now, if you want them to replay the

intro, just make sure to set the Session Cookie to ""


I'm sure this could also be done easily in any other number of

other languages...  Any ways this can be done through Flash anyone?


Chris


P.S.

For some's amusement: I built a calendar one time on a page and

each day was a link.  I had a client that wanted to know if I could make it

so the browser's default back button took them back one day on the calendar

and the forward button could take you forward a day....  Sure..... No

problem. Ha ha



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