Session logoff with new target url using BSP_MODEL template

Question

Hi,
I implemented the session management pages as used in ITSM. However I had some problems when calling the application in a popup (somehow the deletion of the session appears also after the 2nd start of the app deleting all my created models)
So I decided to try the slightly different pages from BSP_MODEL. Et voila problem solved.
However I have this button with:
onClientClick = "parent.exitBSPApplication( '<%= l_url %>');"
So a new problem because this is not used in the BSP_MODEL default.htm.
What did I do
1. I added a parameter to the script like in ITSM
function exitBSPApplication(newTargetUrl)
2. Copied 2 lines from the ITSM script
document.getElementById("FRAMESETID").onunload = null;
window.setTimeout('{document.location.href="'newTargetUrl'";}', 750);
This would do the trick I thought. However pressing the button results in going to the new target url, but sadly does not close the session.
I already tried to delete the 'and application->counter = 0' but this is not working either.
Any suggestions?
Greetings,
Vincent

Answer 1

Vincent,
It is important not to look directly at all the subtle different bits of code. Rather understand the big picture. Our test programs, for example ITSM and/or BSP_MODEL have different versions of the general principle. This just reflects different goals we wanted to achieve, etc.
The minimum you need is a frameset with onUnload hooked, and then load you application inside this. You can even delete all of that loading stuff. Just fluff.
With this, if the window (only IE!) is closed, the onunload will still terminate the session.
The button is just to demonstrate an example of how to do this when you want an explicit logoff button in your application.
One last important aspect: if you restart the same application, then they share the same cookie, and things go wrong! Effectively you can kill the new instance instead of the old one.
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