Subj : message count
To   : All
From : Tracker1
Date : Thu May 09 2002 12:05 pm

"Hax0r" <Hax0r@VERT> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> RE: message count
> BY: Digital Man to Hax0r on Wed May 08 2002 12:36 am
>
>  > If you wanted to write in C or C++, yes. Actually you would utilize "some
>  > functionality" of the SMBLIB (not implement it). This kind of thing should
>  > doable with JS, if not now, then certainly in the future.
>
> well, i started looking at the document on the SMB format -- heh, i havent
> done any c programming in quite some time, but the doc is fairly readable.
by
> day i'm a vb programmer... since it seemed as if you had the formats pretty
> well defined, i've tinkered with the thought of creating classes  to wrap the
> layout and maybe tap into the message base files --- tinkered with the
thought
> is the operative word here there's not really any code written yet.

Actually, this wouldn't be a bad idea, isn't most of the smb functionality
already in an api/dll that you could call in vb?  Haven't really looked,
because my own preference would be doing it in JS... also, you just want the
messages unread for the current area, correct?

> anyways, i'd go the javascript approach, but i just don't even want to go
> there.  i'm not a real big fan of javascript -- partly because i'm cold as
> dirt using it, and the only real thing i've ever done with java script is web
> client side validation of values.  sure, i could learn the object model, but
> i'd much rather stick to something i'm more familiar with before i start
> exploring javascript and waste a whole lot of time writing this simple little
> program.

Javascript does have a lot more usefulness.. can be used for other mods in
synchronet, and imho more flexable then baja... beyond this, you can do a lot
more on the browser with js... In ASP on the webserver, you can use JS for the
server-side scripting, as well as the fact that PHP, and Flash/Shockwave have a
similar syntax, making these easier to learn.

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