How to check user status every 1 minute

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I'm building a website using ASP.NET. It's a game which I connect two users randomly to play with each other.

What I need to do is when one of these two players logs out or has been inactive for a certain time, I finish the game and send the other player to some page to tell him or her the game is over.

My problem is I can't figure out how to track the user status every while. I know that ASP.NET has (LastActivityDate), but how can I check this value repeatedly every 30 seconds for example?

Posted 11-May-12 4:35am

RubaRoro

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sjelen · Answer 1 · 2012-05-11T04:48:00

Solution 1

Use AJAX. Write a simple javascript function to make an AJAX call to a handler on your web app, sending some user id. In that handler use the id to mark user active and check the opponents status.

Posted 11-May-12 4:48am

sjelen

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RubaRoro 14-May-12 9:58am

can you give me a little help with implementing this ?
I'm so new to AJAX and javascript

sjelen 15-May-12 7:18am

I can not help you with implementation without knowing much more about your app.
If you want this game to look and work good, you really have to learn javascript. Get yourself familiar with some javaScript framework, like jQuery - it will make things easier for you.

RubaRoro 15-May-12 10:51am

I've tried to put an updatepanel and timer in it, and in the timer_tick event I did some checking .
Is it a good way?

sjelen 15-May-12 12:44pm

It's probably the easiest way to start, if you are not familiar with javaScript.

Maciej Los · Answer 2 · 2012-05-11T05:17:00

Solution 2

Use session[^] object.
Session-state events[^]

Posted 11-May-12 5:17am

Maciej Los

Updated 11-May-12 5:18am

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