Needing Help with a webpage

[Ravikanth[MVP]]

Hi

Some action should be done by user (such as button click)
then only we know whether use has read it or not


Ravikanth[MVP]

>-----Original Message-----
>Could someone please help me get started? I do not have
>any experience with .NET or ASP. My website is on a

2000

>Server and I'm using Sharepoint - no big deal. I do

have

>two 2003 servers. All my clients are XP professional,
>except for a couple, which are 2000. I am wanting to
>create something that will do two things, first it will
>keep a webpage open until it is read, second it will log
>that users user name so we can keep a record of who

reads

>it. Therefore, that page won't bother the user if

he/she

>has allready read it. Does this make since?
>
>Hopeing someone will help...
>
>George
>.
>

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi George,

Again, there is NO WAY to prevent the user from closing ANY application that
is being run on the user's machine. A browser is an application running on
the user's machine. The web page is just a document that the browser
downloads. No sane person would write an application that the user can't
control, or at least terminate. Nobody would buy it. People generally like
to have the last word as to what is allowed to run on their machines and
when it runs and stops running.

In order to collect information from a user, there are several components
that are necessary:

1. A method for inputting the data, such as a form (unless the data is
already available, such as browser info)
2. A method for collecting the data on the server, such as a form handler
application (server-side app)
3. A Storage mechanism on the server, such as a file or database.

I'm not sure what youre describing as a "JAVA application" but it sounds
like an applet. If you obtained this from a third-party, you will not be
able to modify it other than by whatever parameters it provides.

As for an "easier way" using ASP.Net, well, you would have to either (1) BE
a .Net programmer, or (2) HIRE a .Net programmer to write it for you. You
may be able to find some third-party .Net components that do what you're
describing; it's not a complicated scenario. However, it is fairly
specialized, and a custom solution sounds like your best approach.

But, bottom line is, you will need some application that has both a
server-side and a client-side aspect to it (such as an ASP.Net app), to
collect information on the client browser, and save it to the server.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
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"George Jackson" <jacksonbilly@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> There isn't away to disable the close button at the top of the browser?
>
> As far as needing help, I have a JAVA application that would do good for
> me, it provides a user name, email, and comment, and then emails it to
> whoever. Is there a way to make it mandatory to fill that out and use
> the command button on the java app as the exit button?
>
> Or is there an easier way to do this using ASP.NET? I keep hearing
> server side application - what does this mean? Can't I do this from my
> computer, which is on the same domain? And if so, what is the download
> that I need to work with ASP.NET?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
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