Subj : Javascript Door
To   : Corey
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Mar 26 2010 10:22 am

  Re: Javascript Door
  By: Corey to Nightfox on Fri Mar 26 2010 07:59 am

 >   Re: Javascript Door
 >   By: Nightfox to Rassilon on Fri Mar 26 2010 07:30 am
 >
 >  >   Re: Javascript Door
 >  >   By: Rassilon to All on Thu Mar 25 2010 23:37:00
 >  >
 >  >  > I was just trying to add a javascript door & I seem to have run into
 >  >  > a sn I can't get the javascript to run.  Synchronet just pauses for a
 >  >  > second & returns to the prompt.
 >  >
 >  > To execute a JavaScript door, you need to start the command line with a
 >  > ?.  example, for Deuce's FS editor:
 >  > ?fseditor.js %f
 >  >
 >  >  > Is it even possible to write a door in javascript or do I need to use
 >  >  > baj C++ or something?
 >  >
 >  > Yes, doors can be written in JavaScript, although they tend to be
 >  > Synchronet-specific doors.  Synchronet comes with at least one
 >  > Synchronet do (tw2), and things like Deuce's FS editor and SlyEdit are
 >  > written in JavaScri
 >  > Nightfox
 >  >
 >
 > so how would you run a door from the js menu like classic_shell.js?

bbs.exec_xtrn("code") is the most correct way to run any "door" from a shell,
regardless of what language the door is written in. Alternatively, you could
use load() or bbs.exec(), but I dont' recommend it.

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