Subj : Determining the posting message area
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 07 2013 01:50 am

  Re: Determining the posting message area
  By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Mon Feb 18 2013 01:29 am

 >   Re: Determining the posting message area
 >   By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Feb 17 2013 11:42 am
 >
 >  > Hi DM,
 >  >
 >  > In Synchronet's JavaScript, is there a (reliable) way to determine which
 >  > message area the user is posting a message in?  From what I can tell,
 >  > there are 2 JavaScript variables that store sub-board codes:
 >  > bbs.smb_sub_code: The sub-board code of the message being read
 >  > bbs.cursub_code: The sub-board code of the user's current sub-board
 >  >
 >  > The problem is that those two sub-board codes can be different, and the
 >  > user could be posting a message in either of those sub-boards.  I'm not
 >  > sure how to reliably tell which of those sub-boards the user is posting
 >  > a message in.
 >
 > I can change the code to make one of those properties reflect the sub being
 > posted on (probably smb_sub_*) or possibly introduce a new property, but
 > that won't help you with existing sbbs installations.
 >
 > Of course, if the posting is initiated from a JS shell/module, then you
 > know what sub is being posted to already, but I'm pretty sure you're asking
 > in the context of an external editor (i.e. SlyEdit), in which case the
 > answer is "currently, no".

I just committed a change to writemsg.cpp which I believe does what you want: 
the bbs.smb_sub* properties will now reflect the sub-board being posted to, 
always.

                                            digital man

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