Subj : Some questions
To : Drakmir
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 03:09 pm
Re: Some questions
By: Drakmir to All on Fri Sep 23 2005 12:05 pm
> I've written a JavaScript shell, and I've got a few issues that I was hoping
> resolve here.
>
> 1) If I change a user record, sometimes the changes don't seem to stick. By
> logging the user offline and then online again, everything is fine.
Can you give an example?
> 2) When I change the values for node action and status, they don't seem to b
> working correctly. An example is listed below.
>
> 3) If I was to go and change my shell in the user editor and exit, I'm still
> the other shell. Users on the BBS don't have this option, but sysops do. D
> have to do something special to allow the JavaScript shell to switch to a
> different one?
Yes. The shell must be changed from the default configuration menu (yes, users
have access to it).
> Example of #2:
> When entering our menu system, I set the action/status to represent that the
> user is in the "main menu".
> They run a telnet_gate door. (TWGS)
> Those users flash quickly with "Running Tradewars 2002" and then they revert
> "Logging In". Not sure why it goes back that far (that's 2 status changes
> back).
> When they return from TWGS, their status is on Loggin In still until they
> change menus (at which point my action/status code runs again and puts them
> into "main menu")
>
> Am I missing something?
> All I'm doing is setting the current node's action/status numbers
> approrpriately. Is there a method I should be setting instead?
Please post some code examples. Are you setting bbs.node_action or
system.node_list[].action or what?
digital man
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