Plaudits for Christian Schneider
Thank you for the article "Live Monitoring of User Sessions" [CFDJ, Vol. 2, issue 8]. I've implemented the live monitoring system on my company's Web site. I wanted to enhance this functionality by showing the name of a page where each user is. I know it can be done in OnRequestEnd.cfm page, but I can't find any variable that will give me the name of the page. Can you throw some light on this?

Girish Bhagia
gbhagia@Envestnet.com

Thank you for your feedback. It's nice to hear that my article is accepted that much ;-).

To track the page name, open up a structure indexed by user IDs (of ip-addresses) and insert an OnRequestEnd. cfm "#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#" into them (giving you the name of their page). However, don't forget to clear out timed-out users from this structure. You can get a list of all available variables by opening the expression builder inside Studio (using CTRL-SHIFT-E)and scrolling down to the variables section.

Hope that helps.

Chris
mail@Christian-Schneider.de

I'm a new subscriber to ColdFusion Developer's Journal and recently came across your article "Live Monitoring of User Sessions." I've been looking for tools to manage and monitor the users of our Web site and found your article fascinating! Since we have a clearly defined user base - it's for employees only - our concern is having too many users hanging onto our pages without logging out. I've often thought that someone should put together a management tool that would not only allow us to monitor the session variables but also other information regarding the activities of the user.

Michael Toepfer
Michael.Toepfer@unh.edu

I've enjoyed your article "Instant Messaging for Your Apps" [CFDJ, Vol. 2, issue 11] about session tracking and instant messaging. I was wondering if you were willing to share your instant messaging forms with me in order to understand it all and possibly "tweak" it.

Richard Liendecker
rliendecker@lmslogistics.com

Plaudits for Bruce Van Horn
I look forward to your "Ask the Training Staff" column. Sometimes the most simple (fundamental) questions are answered in a short paragraph. Three out of the four questions you listed in the February issue [Vol. 3, issue 2] solved some of my problems. That makes this a valuable source of information. I hope CFDJ continues this column. Keep up the good work!

Robert W. Stampfle
rstampfle@dqe.com

Keep Up the Good Work
First let me say that I really enjoy ColdFusion Developer's Journal; it's always full of useful information and help.

When I get to Robert Diamond's editorial page I'm always struck by his picture. I must be getting older than I think. Is that really him, today or several years ago? I assume he gets asked that question frequently.

Keep up the good work with CFDJ.

Richard Cox
coxri4@mail.northgrum.com

Editor's Note: Periodically a company whose product we review has some points they wish to contend.

KM Tools Responds
I would like to clarify a couple of points made by Carey Lilly in his review of cfx_kmSuite [CFDJ, Vol. 3, issue 6].

1. Regarding "potentially hazardous system-access functions" - the hazardous functions are grouped in a separate, optional module: cfx_kmsystem. This means it doesn't have to be installed on public servers, thus protecting exposed servers from abuse.
2. "Some functions of the suite duplicate existing CF functions." The LIST functions are "alternate" versions, not duplicate. They were written to address specific problems with the existing CF LIST functions. This is clearly stated at the top of the module documentation for cfx_kmList (www.hoptechno.com/kmtools/).
3. In my view the real strength of cfx_kmSuite is the comprehensiveness and consistency of the functions. It would have been nice if the article pointed out that cfx_kmSuite contains more than 120 functions. This is a big advantage over using a random assemblage of freeware, commercial, and ad-hoc custom tags.
4. Finally, we are always responsive to suggestions from users for additions to the suite.