Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Development
Subject: How to add a switch/toggle in wwivconfig
From:    Xenos #1 @60
Date:    Thu Dec 25, 2025 16:02

How to add a switch/toggle in wwivconfig
====[ xenos@aliens.ph - 26 December 2025]======================================

1) Define what you want to have a switch for in sdk/config.h

   in lines 54-onwards:

   struct system_toggles_t {
   	  bool lastnet_at_logon{false};
	  bool show_chain_usage{false};

          // ADD YOUR TOGGLE VARIABLE HERE;
	  // example: bool variable_name{default};
	  // default is true or false, I suggest using false as default
    };

2) Add to sdk/config_cereal.h so we can save it

   template <class Archive> void serialize(Archive& ar, system_toggles_t& n) {
   	    SERIALIZE(n, lastnet_at_logon);
	    SERIALIZE(n, show_chain_usage);

            // ADD A SERIALIZE OF NEW VARIABLE HERE;
	    // SERIALIZE(n, variable_name);
	    SERIALIZE(n, variable_name);

	    }

3) Add to wwivconfig/toggles.cpp

   Add following lines:

       ++y;
       items.add(new Label("Thingy we wanna toggle:"),
       		 new BooleanEditItem(&t.variable_name),
		 "Variable name toggle here", 1, y);

4) You can reference the switch/toggle as:

    if (a()->config()->toggles().variable_name) {
       // do something if variable_name is true
    };



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