Subj : bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
To   : nolageek
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Jan 14 2020 09:55 am

  Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
  By: nolageek to Digital Man on 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.

Does the file text/menu/<shell>/mainmenu.asc exist? The .msg or .asc version of a menu file must exist for bbs.menu_exists() to return true.



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