Subj : Some questions
To : Digital Man
From : Drakmir
Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 08:59 pm
Re: Some questions
By: Digital Man to Drakmir on Fri Sep 23 2005 04:09 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 hop
> > resolve here.
> >
> > 1) If I change a user record, sometimes the changes don't seem to stick.
> > 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 t
> > 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 st
> > the other shell. Users on the BBS don't have this option, but sysops do.
> > 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, use
> have access to it).
>
> > Example of #2:
> > When entering our menu system, I set the action/status to represent that
> > user is in the "main menu".
> > They run a telnet_gate door. (TWGS)
> > Those users flash quickly with "Running Tradewars 2002" and then they rev
> > "Logging In". Not sure why it goes back that far (that's 2 status change
> > 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 th
> > 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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>
function CommandShellUpdatePresence()
{
var node = system.node_list[bbs.node_num - 1];
node.action = NODE_MAIN;
if (node.status != NODE_QUIET)
{
node.status = NODE_INUSE;
}
}
Drakmir
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