Hello,

What I want to do is use a mecca file to launch Icechat, and if no one answers have the mecca script ask to leave a comment... I'm doing something wrong here, I think with the calling of the door.

Anyone have a cool script they could share? ;)

[XTERN_DOS]c:\max\doors\ichat\icechat.bat_%k
Leave a message?
[Gray Menu]YN|
[Choice]N[Quit]
[Leave_Comment]

Thanks,
Shawn

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What I want to do is use a mecca file to launch
Icechat, and if no one answers have the mecca script
ask to leave a comment... I'm doing something wrong
here, I think with the calling of the door.

Anyone have a cool script they could share? ;)

[XTERN_DOS]c:\max\doors\ichat\icechat.bat_%k
Leave a message?
[Gray Menu]YN|
[Choice]N[Quit]
[Leave_Comment]

IceChat only works with JAM/Hudson, so you have to adapt using errorlevels.

icechat.bat:
=========================================================
@echo off
ICECHAT.EXE <parameters>

rem ; User paged, but not answered. Create a flag file.
if errorlevel 10 cd .> leavemsg.flg =========================================================

yellreq.mec:
========================================================= [XTERN_DOS]c:\max\doors\ichat\icechat.bat_%k [filenew]c:\max\doors\ichat\leavemsg.flg [goto leave_msg]
[quit]

[/leave_msg]
Leave a message? [Gray Menu]Yn|
[Choice]Y[Leave_Comment]
[delete]c:\max\doors\ichat\leavemsg.flg =========================================================


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Mvan Le wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

yellreq.mec:

Beautiful works great and thank-you!


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Mvan Le wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

yellreq.mec:

Beautiful works great and thank-you!

Watch your batch file flow control. There's an omission in my example that causes the flag file to be created eventhough the page was answered.

So you need to put a "goto end" line at the end of the "if errorlevel"'s:

icechat.bat:
==============================
...
...
...
if errorlevel 10 goto leavemsg
goto end

...
...
...

:end
==============================

The [filenew] and [delete] tokens don't support external translation characters
(eg. %k) so multinode conflicts are possible eg. if there's any flag file deletion delay between multiple and/or consecutive chat requests.

A workaround could involve subsituting yellreq.mec with yellreq<node>.mec, or convoluted batch file interaction(s) but I'm too lazy.

This problem is easily solved with MEX, and is a non issue on single line systems.


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Mvan Le wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

So you need to put a "goto end" line at the end of the "if
errorlevel"'s:
if errorlevel 10 goto leavemsg
goto end

Right-o! Will add that in and give it a shot.

A workaround could involve subsituting yellreq.mec with
yellreq<node>.mec, or convoluted batch file interaction(s) but I'm
too lazy.

It's not really an issue anymore though. If I'm getting paged on more
then one node at a time, something is really wrong. :)

This problem is easily solved with MEX, and is a non issue on single
line systems.

Might as well be a single line system here now, I do have 3 nodes setup but I
don't think node 2 or 3 has ever received a call. :)


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Shawn Highfield wrote in a message to All:

[XTERN_DOS]c:\max\doors\ichat\icechat.bat_%k

I think it's in the way you're calling the door...I dunno but I'll double-check.

Later,
Sean

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Sean Dennis wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

[XTERN_DOS]c:\max\doors\ichat\icechat.bat_%k

I think it's in the way you're calling the door...I dunno but I'll double-check.

It's space %k not _ %k it was a typo.


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Shawn Highfield wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:

It's space %k not _ %k it was a typo.

And there you go.

Later,
Sean

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...
...
[/leave_msg]
Leave a message? [Gray Menu]Yn|
[Choice]Y[Leave_Comment]
[delete]c:\max\doors\ichat\leavemsg.flg =========================================================

If you move the [delete] line directly underneath [/leave_msg] then any simultaneous user paging conflicts are virtually eliminated eg:

==============================================================
...
...
...
[/leave_msg]
[delete]c:\max\doors\ichat\leavemsg.flg
...
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...
==============================================================


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On 2007-07-01 04:12:00 -0400, "Mvan Le -> Shawn Highfield" <1:343/41> said:

If you move the [delete] line directly underneath [/leave_msg] then any simultaneous user paging conflicts are virtually eliminated eg:

Done. Thanks. :) Now I've got maximus where I want it.

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