Subj : src/sbbs3/js_internal.c
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jul 21 2023 04:38 pm

  Re: src/sbbs3/js_internal.c
  By: Nightfox to Rob Swindell (on Windows) on Fri Jul 21 2023 02:55 pm

 >   Re: src/sbbs3/js_internal.c
 >   By: Rob Swindell (on Windows) to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Fri Jul
 > 21 2023 12:42 pm
 >
 >  RS> Fix js.exec() error message when specified script can't be found
 >
 >  RS> If the search up the scope tree for js.exec_dir fails, the script
 >  RS> 'path' would be left blank leading to a weird error message.
 >  RS> e.g. !JavaScript default.js line 249: Error: Script file () does not
 >  RS> exist
 >
 > I just did an update and rebuilt my Synchronet binaries (and updated my
 > default.js as well).  That seems to fix the issue we were seeing with
 > DDMsgReader and default.js.  But now I'm seeing the same error in a
 > different situation.
 >
 > In my command shell (custom JS), I have this command to run my file area
 > chooser:
 >
 > bbs.exec("?../xtrn/DigDist/AreaChoosers/DDFileAreaChooser.js");
 >
 > That works.  However, I also have a JS script in my sbbs/mods directory that
 > I use as a test sandbox to try out new things, which I usually run from my
 > main menu.  I tried using the same line above in my test script to run my
 > DDFileAreaChooser.js, but when I run that, I get the error:
 >
 > !JavaScript DigitalDistortionTest.js line 8: Error: Script file () does not
 > exist

That error message looks to be from js.exec(), not bbs.exec(). The error message itself (the empty parens) was fixed in git today. It doesn't appear you have that fix.

 > It seems this might be a recent issue, as I've done similar things in my
 > sandbox test script, and I don't remember seeing this before.

No recent changes to either js.exec() or bbs.exec() that I'm aware of (other than the error message fix I just mentioned).
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