Subj : bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
To   : Digital Man
From : nolageek
Date : 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. 
 
I've tried combinations of testing for !bbs.menu_exists, etc..  it always comes
back showing the mystique one. If I take the bbs.menu_exists test out, it 
works. 
 
I've been using this for the last couple of years, which works but I want to 
clean it up a bit cause it's a bit messy: 
 
function mystMenu(file) { 
    var ansiDir = system.text_dir + 'menu/' + user.command_shell + '/'; 
    if (!file_exists(ansiDir + file + '.ans') && !file_exists(ansiDir + file + 
'.asc'))  
var ansiDir = system.text_dir + 'menu/mystique/';   
    bbs.menu(ansiDir + file);
}


Thanks for your assistance, as always!

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