> Wanting to use a technology I saw for one of our apps.
>
> We have several apps that a user logs in at on the same page.  The app
> is determined by a drop down.  User credentials are checked,
> response.redirect to the application.  The user ID is stored in a
> session variable which determines if the user is logged in.  When the
> session var goes blank, the user is redirected to the login page.  A
> header on each page checks this.
>
> Now, some parts of the app send an email out to a specific row.  User
> clicks on link in the email, a new browser is opened, user logs in, and
> is forwarded to the app, AND the specific record that was in the URL.
>
> What I would like is when the user clicks on the link in the e-mail,
> the existing browser window is used.  I know this can be done because a
> colleagues Stock Trading program works in a similar way.  He gets 3
> emails.  If he clicks on the first one, it take him to a login, and
> then is forwarded to the details of his stock trade.
>
> If he leaves that window open, and clicks on the next link, the details
> of the stock trade are brought up in the existing window without him
> logging in.  I looked at HTML to see if they're doing any tricks in the
> HREF, but it's just a link to a an HTML file.
>
> Any ideas?

> Larry Bud wrote:
> > Wanting to use a technology I saw for one of our apps.
> >
> > We have several apps that a user logs in at on the same page.  The app
> > is determined by a drop down.  User credentials are checked,
> > response.redirect to the application.  The user ID is stored in a
> > session variable which determines if the user is logged in.  When the
> > session var goes blank, the user is redirected to the login page.  A
> > header on each page checks this.
> >
> > Now, some parts of the app send an email out to a specific row.  User
> > clicks on link in the email, a new browser is opened, user logs in, and
> > is forwarded to the app, AND the specific record that was in the URL.
> >
> > What I would like is when the user clicks on the link in the e-mail,
> > the existing browser window is used.  I know this can be done because a
> > colleagues Stock Trading program works in a similar way.  He gets 3
> > emails.  If he clicks on the first one, it take him to a login, and
> > then is forwarded to the details of his stock trade.
> >
> > If he leaves that window open, and clicks on the next link, the details
> > of the stock trade are brought up in the existing window without him
> > logging in.  I looked at HTML to see if they're doing any tricks in the
> > HREF, but it's just a link to a an HTML file.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> None of this can be controlled through ASP which is a server side
> technology.

> Mike Brind wrote:
> > Larry Bud wrote:
> > > Wanting to use a technology I saw for one of our apps.
> > >
> > > We have several apps that a user logs in at on the same page.  The app
> > > is determined by a drop down.  User credentials are checked,
> > > response.redirect to the application.  The user ID is stored in a
> > > session variable which determines if the user is logged in.  When the
> > > session var goes blank, the user is redirected to the login page.  A
> > > header on each page checks this.
> > >
> > > Now, some parts of the app send an email out to a specific row.  User
> > > clicks on link in the email, a new browser is opened, user logs in, and
> > > is forwarded to the app, AND the specific record that was in the URL.
> > >
> > > What I would like is when the user clicks on the link in the e-mail,
> > > the existing browser window is used.  I know this can be done because a
> > > colleagues Stock Trading program works in a similar way.  He gets 3
> > > emails.  If he clicks on the first one, it take him to a login, and
> > > then is forwarded to the details of his stock trade.
> > >
> > > If he leaves that window open, and clicks on the next link, the details
> > > of the stock trade are brought up in the existing window without him
> > > logging in.  I looked at HTML to see if they're doing any tricks in the
> > > HREF, but it's just a link to a an HTML file.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > None of this can be controlled through ASP which is a server side
> > technology.
>
> I realize that, but the session ID is accessible through ASP.