Mindless Automaton wrote:

I've been doing some fiddlin' with js menus and was wondering if someone could give me the correct syntax to call another js.

Ie.

I have default.js which has most of the menu options in it, but it was getting rather large, so I created an additional js for external programs
and such (xtrn.js).

I've tried a few things, but I seem to fail.

USE:
load("xtrn.js");
or
bbs.exec("?xtrn.js");

use the load if you can... it will give you less headaches in the end, trust me... if you need params, load("xtrn.js","param1","param2"...);

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Tracker1 wrote:

I've tried a few things, but I seem to fail.

USE:
load("xtrn.js");
or
bbs.exec("?xtrn.js");

use the load if you can... it will give you less headaches in the end, trust me... if you need params, load("xtrn.js","param1","param2"...);

Alrighty, I changed the logon.js? (login, logon, I get the names confused) to have it run bullseye.js using load("bullseye.js") instead of the regular way bullseye.bin was set up to run. However, when I hit enter to continue from bullseye, I am get bullseye again and I can't escape!

Therefore, there is probably a way to execute a js from the original file and return to the original file when that script is done that I haven't figured out.

Right now I split the logon/login one in two so it loads log?n, loads bullseye,
loads the other half, which is probably not the best way to go.

If I switch back to loading bullseye as a logon event (set up through scfg) should the command line be ?bullseye.js or ?

Also how/when do you know to use a ? or * in something like bbs.exec("?xtrn.js"); and why isn't it used in load("xtrn.js");?

Many thanks,

-Mindless Automaton
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If I switch back to loading bullseye as a logon event (set up through scfg) should the command line be ?bullseye.js or ?

I changed mine in scfg to ?bullseye.js and it runs perfectly..


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Re: Re: JS: Exec, Load or DIE
By: Mindless Automaton to Tracker1 on Wed Sep 14 2005 07:08 pm

Also how/when do you know to use a ? or * in something like bbs.exec("?xtrn.js"); and why isn't it used in load("xtrn.js");?

bbs.exec() can be used to run all kinds of modules:
* 16-bit DOS applications
* 32-bit native applications
* Baja modules
* JavaScript modules

'?' is used to indicate that the module being executed is a JavaScript module. '*' is used to indicate that the module being executed is a Baja (.bin) module.

load() can only be used to execute other JavaScript modules, so no '?' is needed.

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Melkor wrote:

If I switch back to loading bullseye as a logon event (set up through scfg)
should the command line be ?bullseye.js or ?

I changed mine in scfg to ?bullseye.js and it runs perfectly..

Alrighty, I'll probably go back and try that then.

Thanks,

Mindless Automaton
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Digital Man wrote:

Re: Re: JS: Exec, Load or DIE
By: Mindless Automaton to Tracker1 on Wed Sep 14 2005 07:08 pm

Also how/when do you know to use a ? or * in something like bbs.exec("?xtrn.js"); and why isn't it used in load("xtrn.js");?

bbs.exec() can be used to run all kinds of modules:
* 16-bit DOS applications
* 32-bit native applications
* Baja modules
* JavaScript modules

'?' is used to indicate that the module being executed is a JavaScript module.
'*' is used to indicate that the module being executed is a Baja (.bin) module.

load() can only be used to execute other JavaScript modules, so no '?' is needed.

digital man

Excellent. Thanks for the clarification.

-Mindless Automaton
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