Subj : bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
To : nolageek
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Jan 14 2020 09:55 am
Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
By: nolageek to Digital Man on Tue Jan 14 2020 09:44 am
> Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
> By: Digital Man to nolageek on Mon Jan 13 2020 02:26 pm
>
> DM> bbs.menu_exists() with a sub-directory specified should work fine. See
> DM> xtrn_sec.js as an example which check for the existence (and displays)
> DM> text/menu/xtrn/*.*.
>
> I can't figure out why this code doesn't work then:
>
> function mystMenu(file) {
> // check for 'file' in current command shell menu dir and if not found use
> // 'mystique' menu directory
>
> if (bbs.menu_exists(user.command_shell + '/' + file)) {
> bbs.menu(user.command_shell + '/' + file);
> } else {
> bbs.menu('mystique/' + file);
> }
> }
>
> If I then use mystMenu('mainmenu'); in my shell, it always shows the menu
> from the mystique directoy - even though they exist in both.
Does the file text/menu/<shell>/mainmenu.asc exist? The .msg or .asc version of a menu file must exist for bbs.menu_exists() to return true.
digital man
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