Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Advice: Use Active Users with IM https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:14:16 +0000 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:16:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12299 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Advice: Use Active Users with IM : As active users are now kept in...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/advice-use-active-users-with-im_topic12299_post68137.html#68137 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 12299
Posted: 23 October 2004 at 5:16pm

As active users are now kept in an application level array you can getthe data from anywhere on your site using ASP and getting the data fromthe application level array.

This means that you don't need the Iframe and hopefully shouldn't need the database either.
]]> Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:16:10 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/advice-use-active-users-with-im_topic12299_post68137.html#68137 <![CDATA[Advice: Use Active Users with IM : I have read several posting on...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/advice-use-active-users-with-im_topic12299_post68133.html#68133 Author: paulhg
Subject: 12299
Posted: 23 October 2004 at 4:52pm

I have read several posting on Active Users and how it's more reliable with the latest version. I'm about to integrate a FlashCom application so that users can chat live with video/voice. Not sure whether I should use the Active Users that comes with the forum or create a new table that is updated with an iframe that refreshes every now and then.

The iframe would update a new table with username login timestamp and last active. An SQL server job would delete old entries where last active is less than x miutes ago.

Is it worth it? Is Active Users sufficient (in which case all i have to do is add an icon that launces the flashcom app next to username in active_users.asp)? I feel like I don't need to worry about server processing if i use an iframe since this is on a dedicated server with an sql server db. I don't have the knowledge/experience to determine if this is better than using the current webwiz active users (and application variables).

Any feedback greatly appreciated!

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