timer issues with Public Web Browser v3 "CEF"

[rmmartel]

Greetings,

I've been trying to get Public Web Browser v3.04.5 "CEF" configured to use with a touch screen kiosk running Windows 7 Professional Edition 64 bit. I want to use the inactivity timer to return the browser to the initial page after the user walks away from the kiosk. What I have been finding is after starting up PWB the inactivity timer works a time or three and then stops working. No inactivity notice, no return to the start page. Does not matter what web pages I go to on our site, I can visit the same one and have the timer work right and then return to the same page and not have it work.

I have not tried PWB IE with my configuration file.

Usually when I have problems with PWB it is because I am missing something. Wondering if this is the case again.

Can't seem to attach this as a file - keeps saying invalid extension.

[AutoRegister]
RegisterKey=
RegisterPassword=
RegisterDaysLeft=30
RegisterSeconds=15
RegisterShowWindow=False
UseWindowsRegistry=False
RegisterDelayClose=False

[Browser]
RegisteredTo=Levin College of Urban Affairs
RegistrationNumber=****************************
IniFileVersion=3.00
Title=Maxine Goodman Levin COllege of Urban Affairs
HomePage=http://cua6.urban.csuohio.edu/media/kiosks/
StartMaximized=true
WindowHeight=
WindowWidth=
WindowTop=
WindowLeft=
DisableMinimizeButton=true
DisableMaximizeButton=False
DisableCloseButton=False
DisableMoveWindow=true
DisableResizeWindow=true
SecureMode=False
DisableExit=true
ConfirmClose=False
ExitPage=
SaveState=False
RemoveStateOnClose=True
DisableAutoComplete=true
UseIEFavorites=False
TabHomePage=
AlwaysOnBottom=False
DisableGPURendering=True
AddressBarReadOnly=true
ShowAddressBar=false
ShowStatusBar=false
ShowActivityTimer=True
ShowInactivityTimer=True
ShowStatusBarIcons=false
DefaultZoomLevel=
ShowNavigationBar=false
ShowToolbar=false
DisableNewWindow=False
DisableNewTab=False
DisableNewWindowInit=False
StartTimersOnMouseKeyboard=False
KioskMode=true
EnableTheaterMode=False
HideCursor=False
ShowTitleBar=True
DisableCtrlEnter=False
DisableTabClose=False
DisableScrollBars=False
ShowShellBar=False
ShowStatusBarTime=True
StatusBarTimeFormat=
StatusBarTimeWidth=
SecureModeDelayStart=
DisableDynamicMenus=False
DisableSingleWordSearch=False
DisableLastTabCloseWindow=True
MapOpenToAddressBar=True
ShowKioskBar=true
AlwaysOnTop=False
CheckAlwaysOnTop=False
CheckOpenIE=False
CheckOpenCEF=False
SetFocusTab=
CommandLineHomePage=False

[SecondWindow]
StartMaximized=False
WindowHeight=
WindowWidth=
WindowTop=
WindowLeft=
DefaultZoomLevel=
MaintainZoom=False
DisableUnrequested=False
DisableShiftClick=False
OpenInParentWindow=False
AlwaysOnTop=False
DisableMinimizeButton=False
DisableMaximizeButton=False
DisableMoveWindow=False
DisableResizeWindow=False
DisableTitleBar=False
ShowNavigationBar=True
ShowAddressBar=True
ShowKioskBar=False
ShowToolBar=True
ShowStatusBar=True
ShowShellBar=False
EnableFullScreenWindow=False
NewPageAsHome=False

[ToolBars]
ShowButtontext=False
NavigationBarBreak=False
NavigationBarGripper=True
NavigationBarWidth=
ToolBarBreak=true
ToolBarGripper=True
ToolbarWidth=
AddressBarBreak=True
AddressBarGripper=True
AddressBarWidth=0
ShellBarBreak=False
ShellBarGripper=True
ShellBarWidth=
AlignBottom=False
AlignLeft=False
KioskBarScrollBy=

[Printer]
ShowPrintButtonDialog=False
ForcePrintPreview=False
ShowPrintingDialog=False
PrintingMessageFile=

[Dialogs]
DialogSeconds=15
AlwaysOnTop=True
ShowPopupMessage=True

[Files]
FavoritesFolder=Favorites
ShellbarFolder=Shellbar
HistoryFile=History.txt
CheckURLFile=URL.txt
CheckOnTopFile=
AccessMessageFile=Access.html
ConfirmCloseMessageFile=
PolicyFile=
PolicyDeclineScript=
StartupScript=
ShutdownScript=
PasswordFile=
PopupOnButtonFile=
PopupOffButtonFile=
NewWindowInitFile=
CheckOpenIEFile=
FilterDLL=
SaveAsErrorMessageFile=
ExecuteFilterFile=

[WebFiles]
EnableWebFiles=False
CheckURLFile=

[Directories]
SaveAsDirectory=
DownloadDirectory=

[Security]
StationEnvironmentVariable=kioskmaster
UseUniqueHistoryFiles=False
WriteHistoryFile=False
TrackURL=False
CheckURLAccess=true
ShowAccessDialog=True
LogAccess=False
ClearCacheOnClose=true
DisableContextMenu=False
UseCustomContextMenu=True
OnlyAccessHTTP=False
RestartOnClose=true
DisableFileDownload=true
AllowBrowseOnDeny=False
OnlyAccessInternet=true
DebugAccessString=False
LogDeniedAccess=False
ShowPolicyDialog=False
RestrictFileDownload=true
EnableSecurityBand=True
SetPWBAsDefault=False
ShowFilterStatus=False
FilterOnText=<Filter On>
FilterOffText=<Filter Off>
ShowPasswordDialog=
Password=
RebootOnExit=False
LogOffOnExit=False
EnableAlternateOverrideKeys=False
CheckURLMainFrameOnly=False
AccessURLRedirect=
SecondInstanceNavigateCurrent=False
DisableSecondInstance=False
CheckExecuteAccess=False

[Overrides]
ExitBrowser=seeya
Logoff=
Shutdown=
DisableFilters=
ShowAddressBar=
ReReadINIFile=
OverrideURLKeyword=

[Inactivity]
InactivityTimer=true
InactivitySeconds=120
InactivityMessageFile=Inactivity.html
InactivityAction=Home
InactivityStartOnOpen=False
InactivityShowDialog=True
ResetOnMouseMove=True
ResetOnMouseButton=True
ResetOnKeyboard=True

[Activity]
ActivityTimer=true
ActivitySeconds=240
ActivityMessageFile=
ActivityAction=Exit
ActivityWarnAt=
ActivityWarnMessageFile=
ActivityStartOnOpen=FALSE
ActivitySecondWarnAt=
ActivitySecondWarnMessageFile=

[Proxy]
UseCustom=False
ProxyEnable=
ProxyServer=
ProxyOverride=
AutoConfigURL=

[PageSetup]
UseCustom=False
Footer=&u&b&d
Header=&w&bPage &p of &P
MarginBottom=0.75000
MarginLeft=0.75000
MarginRight=0.75000
MarginTop=0.75000
Duplex=1
Orientation=1

[Buttons]
Back=True
Forward=True
Stop=True
Refresh=True
Home=True
Favorites=false
Menu=false
New=false
NewTab=false
Popup=False
Save=False
Cut=false
Copy=false
Paste=false
Zoom=false
Find=false
Print=false
PrintPreview=false
Policy=False

[MenuItems]
AppOpenIETab=False
AppOpen=
AppPrint=True
AppPrintPreview=True
AppZoom=True
AppZoomNormal=True
AppZoomIncrease=True
AppZoomDecresase=True
AppSeparator1=True
AppProperties=True
AppSeparator2=False
AppPolicy=False

[ContextMenu]
Spelling=True
Back=True
Forward=True
Separator0=True
OpenLink=True
OpenLinkTab=True
OpenLinkNew=True
SaveTarget=True
PrintTarget=True
Separator1=True
ShowPicture=True
SavePicture=True
SetWallPaper=True
SetDeskTopItem=False
Separator2=True
Cut=True
Copy=True
CopyShortcut=True
Paste=True
Search=True
Separator3=True
Encoding=True
Separator4=True
Print=True
Refresh=True
Separator5=False
Properties=False

[KioskButtons]
Back=True
Forward=True
Separator2=True
Stop=True
Refresh=True
Home=True
Separator5=true
Print=false
ScrollUp=True
ScrollDown=True
Close=false

[MultipleHomeTabs]

[TabNamesForced]

[Addons]

[HighLight]
EnableHighLight=False
ISBNFontAttributes=COLOR=#0000ff STYLE="background-color:#ffff00"
ISBNLinkAttributes=href=http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_ ... isbn=%ISBN%
ISBNTitleAttributes=Search for %ISBN%

[Scott]

Set your inactivity action to exit. This will allow PWB to close and clean up and memory issues and then restart to your home page.

[Inactivity]
InactivityAction=Exit

Setting to exit will also reset the activity timer.

--Scott

[rmmartel]

Greetings,

Gave that a try with no success. after three visits to the same page the browser stayed open and on that page for several hours now.

[rmmartel]

Okay, tried it with the IE version....that one doesn't work for me at all, it never times out and returns to the home screen. The page I am testing with a simple HTML page.

Odd.

[Scott]

What are the steps you are following to test PWB?

--Scott

[rmmartel]

Using the above configuration file I use a batch script to start Hidegui (which I am also having some issues with) and then starting PWB.

It opens to our default kiosk page, I then click on a link to our college's website, then another click onto a page further into the web site, then I walk away from it - checking back later to see if the browser has returned to the default kiosk page.

[Scott]

It opens to our default kiosk page, I then click on a link to our college's website, then another click onto a page further into the web site, then I walk away from it - checking back later to see if the browser has returned to the default kiosk page.

That is how the inactivity and activity timers work be design.

PWB starts on the home page. Clicking on any links will start the timers which will close and restart PWB back to the home page when the timers run out.

If you want a different page available as the default page, change the home page in the INI file to the page you want PWB to start on.

--Scott

[rmmartel]

What you describe is exactly what I want to happen and what I expect to happen...but it is not happening. The visited pages never time out and the browser never returns to its initial state.

[Scott]

From the home page set in your INI file (http://cua6.urban.csuohio.edu/media/kiosks/), what links are you clicking to test the setup?


Here is how we are testing with your INI file with the inactivity action set to "exit".

1. Start PWB. Starts at the home page, attachment 1.

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2. Click the "College Website" button and wait for the timer to run out, attachment 2.

3. Inactivity dialog is displayed, attachment 2.

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4. PWB restarts back to the home page, attachment 1.

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--Scott

[rmmartel]

What I am seeing is that VERY often the inactivity timer STOPS. I now have the countdown timer showing on the screen on the lower RH side and it will freeze and fail to count down. This happens with either flavor of V3 of PWB

It has been sitting with the counter stopped 4:56 all afternoon

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[Scott]

What is the URL of the web page that is being displayed?

What do you have set for the following?

[Inactivity]
InactivitySeconds=120

Please zip your PWB folder, minus the "PWB.exe" file, and email it to support@teamsoftwaresolutions.com.

--Scott

[Fountainer]

Hi All,

I am having similar problems with the inactivity timer stopping in PWB CEF, Version 3.04.5 Basic 02-02-2015.

The inactivity timer will count down and exit the session once or twice, but then it will stop counting down completely.

This is on an HP Stream Mini running Windows 10 Home Edition.

Has there been any update on this issue or resolution?

Please let me know if I can provide any other info that would be useful.

Thanks!
Fountainer

[Scott]

Is the timer showing, but it is not counting down?

It maybe a shaky mouse, try setting the following in your INI file.

[Inactivity]
ResetOnMouseMove=False

--Scott

[Fountainer]

Is the timer showing, but it is not counting down?

It maybe a shaky mouse, try setting the following in your INI file.

[Inactivity]
ResetOnMouseMove=False

--Scott

Hi Scott, Thanks for your help!

The timer is showing, but it either does not count down or if it does count down nothing happens when it reaches 0. I'd like to get PWB to exit and return to the homepage after the timeout period so that when a new user walks up they see the homepage and not the search results of the last user.

ResetOnMouseMove is already set to false.

I have PWB v3 CEF installed on Windows 10 Home edition computers. This is my pwb.ini file . Any suggestions you might have would be most welcome. Thanks!

[AutoRegister]
RegisterKey=
RegisterPassword=
RegisterDaysLeft=30
RegisterSeconds=15
RegisterShowWindow=TRUE
UseWindowsRegistry=False
RegisterDelayClose=False

[Browser]
RegisteredTo=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
RegistrationNumber=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
IniFileVersion=3.00
Title=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HomePage=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
StartMaximized=TRUE
WindowHeight=-1
WindowWidth=-1
WindowTop=-1
WindowLeft=-1
DisableMinimizeButton=TRUE
DisableMaximizeButton=TRUE
DisableCloseButton=TRUE
DisableMoveWindow=TRUE
DisableResizeWindow=TRUE
SecureMode=TRUE
DisableExit=TRUE
ConfirmClose=False
ExitPage=
SaveState=TRUE
RemoveStateOnClose=True
DisableAutoComplete=TRUE
UseIEFavorites=False
TabHomePage=
AlwaysOnBottom=False
DisableGPURendering=True
AddressBarReadOnly=TRUE
ShowAddressBar=FALSE
ShowStatusBar=TRUE
ShowActivityTimer=True
ShowInactivityTimer=True
ShowStatusBarIcons=True
DefaultZoomLevel=100
ShowNavigationBar=True
ShowToolbar=False
DisableNewWindow=True
DisableNewTab=False
DisableNewWindowInit=False
StartTimersOnMouseKeyboard=False
KioskMode=TRUE
EnableTheaterMode=False
HideCursor=False
ShowTitleBar=True
DisableCtrlEnter=False
DisableTabClose=False
DisableScrollBars=False
ShowShellBar=False
ShowStatusBarTime=True
StatusBarTimeFormat=
StatusBarTimeWidth=32
SecureModeDelayStart=2
DisableDynamicMenus=False
DisableSingleWordSearch=False
DisableLastTabCloseWindow=True
MapOpenToAddressBar=True
ShowKioskBar=False
AlwaysOnTop=False
CheckAlwaysOnTop=False
CheckOpenIE=False
CheckOpenCEF=False
SetFocusTab=
CommandLineHomePage=False

[SecondWindow]
StartMaximized=False
WindowHeight=-1
WindowWidth=-1
WindowTop=-1
WindowLeft=-1
DefaultZoomLevel=-1
MaintainZoom=False
DisableUnrequested=False
DisableShiftClick=False
OpenInParentWindow=True
AlwaysOnTop=TRUE
DisableMinimizeButton=TRUE
DisableMaximizeButton=TRUE
DisableMoveWindow=TRUE
DisableResizeWindow=TRUE
DisableTitleBar=False
ShowNavigationBar=True
ShowAddressBar=False
ShowKioskBar=False
ShowToolBar=False
ShowStatusBar=True
ShowShellBar=False
EnableFullScreenWindow=False
NewPageAsHome=False

[ToolBars]
ShowButtontext=True
NavigationBarBreak=False
NavigationBarGripper=True
NavigationBarWidth=0
ToolBarBreak=True
ToolBarGripper=False
ToolbarWidth=0
AddressBarBreak=True
AddressBarGripper=False
AddressBarWidth=0
ShellBarBreak=False
ShellBarGripper=False
ShellBarWidth=0
AlignBottom=False
AlignLeft=False
KioskBarScrollBy=20

[Printer]
ShowPrintButtonDialog=False
ForcePrintPreview=True
ShowPrintingDialog=False
PrintingMessageFile=

[Dialogs]
DialogSeconds=15
AlwaysOnTop=True
ShowPopupMessage=False

[Files]
FavoritesFolder=Favorites
ShellbarFolder=Shellbar
HistoryFile=
CheckURLFile=URL.txt
CheckOnTopFile=
AccessMessageFile=
ConfirmCloseMessageFile=
PolicyFile=
PolicyDeclineScript=
StartupScript=
ShutdownScript=
PasswordFile=
PopupOnButtonFile=
PopupOffButtonFile=
NewWindowInitFile=
CheckOpenIEFile=
FilterDLL=
SaveAsErrorMessageFile=
ExecuteFilterFile=

[WebFiles]
EnableWebFiles=False
CheckURLFile=

[Directories]
SaveAsDirectory=
DownloadDirectory=

[Security]
StationEnvironmentVariable=COMPUTERNAME
UseUniqueHistoryFiles=False
WriteHistoryFile=False
TrackURL=False
CheckURLAccess=True
ShowAccessDialog=False
LogAccess=True
ClearCacheOnClose=True
DisableContextMenu=False
UseCustomContextMenu=True
OnlyAccessHTTP=True
RestartOnClose=True
DisableFileDownload=False
AllowBrowseOnDeny=False
OnlyAccessInternet=True
DebugAccessString=False
LogDeniedAccess=False
ShowPolicyDialog=False
RestrictFileDownload=False
EnableSecurityBand=True
SetPWBAsDefault=False
ShowFilterStatus=False
FilterOnText=<Filter On>
FilterOffText=<Filter Off>
ShowPasswordDialog=False
Password=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
RebootOnExit=False
LogOffOnExit=False
EnableAlternateOverrideKeys=False
CheckURLMainFrameOnly=False
AccessURLRedirect=
SecondInstanceNavigateCurrent=False
DisableSecondInstance=False
CheckExecuteAccess=False

[Overrides]
ExitBrowser=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Logoff=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Shutdown=
DisableFilters=
ShowAddressBar=
ReReadINIFile=
OverrideURLKeyword=

[Inactivity]
InactivityTimer=True
InactivitySeconds=600
InactivityMessageFile=
InactivityAction=Exit
InactivityStartOnOpen=True
InactivityShowDialog=False
ResetOnMouseMove=False
ResetOnMouseButton=True
ResetOnKeyboard=True

[Activity]
ActivityTimer=False
ActivitySeconds=1200
ActivityMessageFile=
ActivityAction=Exit
ActivityWarnAt=120
ActivityWarnMessageFile=
ActivityStartOnOpen=FALSE
ActivitySecondWarnAt=-1
ActivitySecondWarnMessageFile=

[Proxy]
UseCustom=False
ProxyEnable=False
ProxyServer=
ProxyOverride=
AutoConfigURL=

[PageSetup]
UseCustom=False
Footer=&u&b&d
Header=&w&bPage &p of &P
MarginBottom=0.75000
MarginLeft=0.75000
MarginRight=0.75000
MarginTop=0.75000
Duplex=1
Orientation=1

[Buttons]
Back=True
Forward=True
Stop=False
Refresh=False
Home=True
Favorites=False
Menu=False
New=False
NewTab=False
Popup=False
Save=False
Cut=False
Copy=False
Paste=False
Zoom=False
Find=False
Print=False
PrintPreview=False
Policy=False

[MenuItems]
AppOpenIETab=False
AppOpen=
AppPrint=False
AppPrintPreview=False
AppZoom=False
AppZoomNormal=False
AppZoomIncrease=False
AppZoomDecresase=False
AppSeparator1=False
AppProperties=False
AppSeparator2=False
AppPolicy=False

[ContextMenu]
Spelling=False
Back=True
Forward=True
Separator0=True
OpenLink=False
OpenLinkTab=False
OpenLinkNew=False
SaveTarget=False
PrintTarget=False
Separator1=False
ShowPicture=False
SavePicture=False
SetWallPaper=False
SetDeskTopItem=False
Separator2=False
Cut=False
Copy=True
CopyShortcut=False
Paste=True
Search=False
Separator3=False
Encoding=True
Separator4=False
Print=False
Refresh=False
Separator5=False
Properties=False

[KioskButtons]
Back=True
Forward=True
Separator2=False
Stop=False
Refresh=False
Home=True
Separator5=False
Print=False
ScrollUp=True
ScrollDown=True
Close=False

[MultipleHomeTabs]

[TabNamesForced]

[Addons]

[HighLight]
EnableHighLight=False
ISBNFontAttributes=
ISBNLinkAttributes=
ISBNTitleAttributes=

[Scott]

Create a message file from one of the HTML templates included with PWB v3 and set the following in your INI file.

[Inactivity]
InactivityMessageFile=C:\Your\Path\inactivity.html

This will allow the inactivity message to show before doing the inactivity action.

--Scott