Subj : Some questions
To   : Drakmir
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 03:09 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 hoping
 > resolve here.
 > 
 > 1) If I change a user record, sometimes the changes don't seem to stick.  By
 > 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 to b
 > 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 still
 > the other shell.  Users on the BBS don't have this option, but sysops do.  D
 > 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, users
have access to it).

 > Example of #2:
 > When entering our menu system, I set the action/status to represent that the
 > user is in the "main menu".
 > They run a telnet_gate door.  (TWGS)
 > Those users flash quickly with "Running Tradewars 2002" and then they revert
 > "Logging In".  Not sure why it goes back that far (that's 2 status changes
 > 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 them
 > 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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