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How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

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    How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

    Hi
    I am working on Alpha five Web Application. I need to show a report of the current logged in users (user name & IP Address), few questions on this:

    1. I can track the login and insert the details in a database, and when the user logs out , i can delete the record, but how do i handle session expiry, i mean when a user logs in, i add a record to the database, then before the user logs out, the session expires, so the logout code doesnt get triggered, the record that i have inserted will remain in the table. Please advice.

    2. How do i get the IP address?

    Thanks in advance...



    Cheers
    Vasan.
    Last edited by Vasan; 03-20-2009, 08:41 AM. Reason: Not clear

    #2
    Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

    everything = request.raw gives you everything if you want it.

    ip=request.remote_addr give you just the IP.

    See this page for more goodies - http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...rted_Title.htm
    Steve Wood
    See my profile on IADN

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      #3
      Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

      Thanks Steve for your swift response. That was helpful. Meanwhile I have refined my question requesting for additional details, please take a look at your ease.

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        #4
        Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

        This is ok for people not behind certain firewalls, it is very well documented over the web to use code like this vbscript:

        ipaddress = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR")
        if ipaddress = "" then
        ipaddress = Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR")
        end if

        however I cannot find alpha supports HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR

        any idea how to achieve this?

        Antony

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          #5
          Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

          Antony,
          Does that vbs work? I just tried it but probably out of context. Anyway, if the vbs does work and there is no equivalent in Alpha, then it is possible a couple of ways to run a vbs script from within Alpha (will be as though you double-clicked on it). Alpha has a function that runs a vbs or you can use sys_open().
          Mike
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            #6
            Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

            Originally posted by Antony Burden View Post
            This is ok for people not behind certain firewalls, it is very well documented over the web to use code like this vbscript:

            ipaddress = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR")
            if ipaddress = "" then
            ipaddress = Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR")
            end if

            however I cannot find alpha supports HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR

            any idea how to achieve this?

            Antony
            A5V9's equivalent would be Request.HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR if the header has been set. If not, the variable will not exist, so you will want to use eval_valid() to see if it was part of the request.

            Lenny Forziati
            Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
            Alpha Software Corporation

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              #7
              Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

              Is there anyway of getting the internal ip address from machines so that i can deny machines that are not in my mask of 192.168.1.255?
              Chad Brown

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                #8
                Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

                Originally posted by chadbrown View Post
                Is there anyway of getting the internal ip address from machines so that i can deny machines that are not in my mask of 192.168.1.255?
                I have a file I include in the relevant pages using a5w_include() that does this:

                Code:
                <%a5
                Dim IpString as c
                IpString = Request.Remote_Addr
                
                If smatch(IpString,"pattern1.*") = .f.  then
                    Response.Redirect("login.a5w")
                end if
                %>

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                  #9
                  Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

                  Originally posted by Steve Wood View Post
                  everything = request.raw gives you everything if you want it.

                  ip=request.remote_addr give you just the IP.

                  See this page for more goodies - http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...rted_Title.htm


                  This code is placed on what conditions? whether the "CanInsertRecord" or "CanUpdateRecord" or on page a5w?

                  Thank You

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                    #10
                    Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

                    It would work anywhere you placed it. What are you trying to accomplish?
                    Steve Wood
                    See my profile on IADN

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                      #11
                      Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

                      Originally posted by Steve Wood View Post
                      It would work anywhere you placed it. What are you trying to accomplish?

                      I want when user login then I will get the value of the username and ip address

                      for the username I use session, but how do I get the IP address?

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                        #12
                        Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

                        If you have a login dialog on an A5W page, you can use this syntax to only grab the login information when they click the Submit button. It will be stored in v_ip, and then you can do whatever you want with that information. The syntax below will work in V9 and beyond:

                        <%a5
                        'gets the username and IP address
                        if eval_valid("submitbutton")
                        if eval_valid("userid")
                        v_userid = userid '== the username they used to login
                        v_ip = request.remote_addr '== their IP address
                        end if
                        end if
                        %>
                        Steve Wood
                        See my profile on IADN

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                          #13
                          Re: How to Get System IP Address in Alpha Five Web Application

                          Originally posted by Steve Wood View Post
                          If you have a login dialog on an A5W page, you can use this syntax to only grab the login information when they click the Submit button. It will be stored in v_ip, and then you can do whatever you want with that information. The syntax below will work in V9 and beyond:

                          <%a5
                          'gets the username and IP address
                          if eval_valid("submitbutton")
                          if eval_valid("userid")
                          v_userid = userid '== the username they used to login
                          v_ip = request.remote_addr '== their IP address
                          end if
                          end if
                          %>
                          thanks steve

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