Cookies tab (Set Http Contact step)

Use the Cookies tab of the Set Http Contact Info customizer window to map each cookie to a local variable from which the cookie value will be obtained when the step executes.

A cookie is information maintained by the browser that is sent by the HTTP server in response to an HTTP request.

Set HTTP Contact Customizer Window—Cookies Tab

The following table describes the property of the Cookies tab of the Set Http Contact Info customizer window.

Property

Description

Cookies (Names and Values)

The names of the cookies and the corresponding variables to which they are mapped.

Add / Modify (buttons)

Use these buttons to access the Cookie dialog box. Use the dialog to specify the Cookie attributes and click OK.

Note	For complete details about the Cookie Attributes, seeTable 2-55..

Note	An entry can be directly edited in the table list by double clicking on it. To sort the entries, click on the column header.

Delete (button)

To remove Cookie information, highlight a value in the list and click Delete.

The following table describes the attributes of the Cookie dialog box.


Cookie Attributes	Description
Name	Alphanumeric string that identifies the cookie. Excluded characters include the semicolon, comma, and space. Names beginning with $ are reserved and cannot be used by scripts. Each cookie begins with a NAME = VALUE pair.
Value	Variable to map to the cookie identified in Name. Each cookie begins with a NAME = VALUE pair.
Comment	Variable containing an alphanumeric string that identifies the purpose of the cookie to the user. The user may use this information to decide whether to establish or continue a session with this cookie.
Domain	Variable that contains the domain of hosts that can set a cookie. The domain must contain at least two periods. The default value is the host name of the server that generated the cookie response.
Max Age	Variable that stores the number of seconds before the cookie expires. A positive value represents the number of seconds before the cookie expires. A negative value means the cookie will be deleted when the web browser closes. A value of 0 causes the cookie to be deleted immediately.
Path	Variable that specifies the subset of URLs in a domain for which the cookie is valid. The default path is the path of the document described by the header that contains the cookie.
Secure	Variable that specifies the secure cookie, so that it will be transmitted only to SSL¹ servers.
Version	Variable that contains the decimal integer that identifies the version of the state management specification to which the cookie conforms.

¹ SSL = Secure Sockets Layer