Subj : Re: Custom External Prog Menus
To   : Shane O'Neill
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Jul 24 2021 18:17:00

-=> Shane O'Neill wrote to All <=-

 SO> I am trying to make custom menus for my various external
 SO> programs/games/doors sections and in reviewing "External Programs
 SO> Menu" on the wiki page I created an ANSI .msg file and .ans file.
 SO>  I created and saved these files in c:\sbbs\text\menu  and with
 SO> the file name of "xtrnmenu_games.msg" & "xtrnmenu_games.ans" for
 SO> my GAMES external program section.  Yet Synchronet still shows
 SO> the default menu.

The proper name would be "xtrn2.msg", assuming the GAMES section is the 
second listed section in your external menu.  If it's the third listed, 
then the name would be "xtrn3.msg", and so on.

Look here:  http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:menu_files#optional

 SO> * I made the .ans version in the event the .MSG does not disply
 SO> ANSI.

You don't need the .ans version at all.

 SO> Do I need to edit my global settings by adding the STRNMENU
 SO> section to the modopts.ini for these custom menu files to work?

No.  What you're asking about has nothing to do with modopts.ini.


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