I use Autodesk Forms quite successfully, but ran into some strange problem. I looked through the network and have not found an answer so far.
I use Javascript to determine when the current session is 60 seconds from the timeout, and if so, a pop-up dialog box with a button that, when clicked, will expand the current FormsAuthentication ticket.
This is the code I use to update the ticket. I just add 5 minutes to the current expiration date of the ticket. But when I issue a new expiration date, it is always less than 5 minutes; usually 4 minutes and a few seconds.
Code:
string userID = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name;
HttpCookie cookie = FormsAuthentication.GetAuthCookie(userID, true);
FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = FormsAuthentication.Decrypt(cookie.Value);
DateTime NEW_EXPIRY = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(FormsAuthentication.Timeout.Minutes);
FormsAuthenticationTicket newTicket = new FormsAuthenticationTicket(
ticket.Version,
userID,
DateTime.Now,
NEW_EXPIRY,
ticket.IsPersistent,
ticket.UserData,
ticket.CookiePath);
cookie.Value = FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(newTicket);
if (ticket.IsPersistent) cookie.Expires = newTicket.Expiration;
cookie.Secure = FormsAuthentication.RequireSSL;
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
So, here is an example of the derivation of time differences:
= 16/01/2016 14:03:28 = 16/01/2016 14:07:49 (TOTAL SECONDS = 261.0857244)
14:08:28?? ...