Subj : Determining the posting message area
To : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 07 2013 01:50 am
Re: Determining the posting message area
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Mon Feb 18 2013 01:29 am
> Re: Determining the posting message area
> By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Feb 17 2013 11:42 am
>
> > Hi DM,
> >
> > In Synchronet's JavaScript, is there a (reliable) way to determine which
> > message area the user is posting a message in? From what I can tell,
> > there are 2 JavaScript variables that store sub-board codes:
> > bbs.smb_sub_code: The sub-board code of the message being read
> > bbs.cursub_code: The sub-board code of the user's current sub-board
> >
> > The problem is that those two sub-board codes can be different, and the
> > user could be posting a message in either of those sub-boards. I'm not
> > sure how to reliably tell which of those sub-boards the user is posting
> > a message in.
>
> I can change the code to make one of those properties reflect the sub being
> posted on (probably smb_sub_*) or possibly introduce a new property, but
> that won't help you with existing sbbs installations.
>
> Of course, if the posting is initiated from a JS shell/module, then you
> know what sub is being posted to already, but I'm pretty sure you're asking
> in the context of an external editor (i.e. SlyEdit), in which case the
> answer is "currently, no".
I just committed a change to writemsg.cpp which I believe does what you want:
the bbs.smb_sub* properties will now reflect the sub-board being posted to,
always.
digital man
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