Subj : Software Issues To : Daryl Stout From : mark lewis Date : Fri Jul 10 2015 04:37 am 09 Jul 15 12:50, you wrote to me: DS> Mark, ML>> you need to be more specific about this... we have no problems running ML>> doors over here that look in the node directories for the drop files... ML>> there's no real special majic to it... maybe some .bat file variables ML>> being used but generally speaking, the doors that are worth running have ML>> no problems with a multinode environment or being told where to find the ML>> drop files... DS> Apparently, with the directory (Adopt A Door, in this case) having DS> something like ADOPT.CFG, as well as ADOPT1.CFG, ADOPT2.CFG, etc. SBBS DS> apparently didn't like that. that still doesn't make sense... SBBS shouldn't care one iota... however, we're running the latest development version (3.16a i think) so there may be some changes from what you ran when you ran it... for example, assuming the path to the drop file is specified on the command line, the door config file to use is specified on the command line, that xyzzy1.cfg is for node 1 and xyzzy2.cfg is for node 2, we're using a .bat file for execution my_door.bat %f %# ===== snip my_door.bat ===== @echo off cd mydoordir mydoor.exe /dropfile=%1 /config=xyzzy%2.cfg ===== snip my_door.bat ===== OR without a .bat file c:\my_door\mydoor.exe /dropfile=%f /config=c:\my_door\xyzzy%#.cfg %f in the sbbs settings command line is %1 in the .bat file because it is listed first after the bat file's name... %f is the path to the drop file (eg: C:\SBBS\NODE1\DOOR.SYS)... %# in the sbbs settings command line is %2 in the .bat file because it is listed second after the bat file's name... %# is the current bbs node number (eg: 1)... another important setting is which drop file to create for the door... there's also a setting for where to create the drop file but it is highly recommended to leave this setting blank so the drop file is created in the bbs node directory... then you just ensure that you point the door to the proper place... if the door is really dumb, use a .bat file to check for or create an in-use semaphore file before copying the drop file from the node directory... you'll still need the %f and/or maybe the %#... DS> So, I think what I'm going to do for the single user doors is use just DS> one configuration file, and put the dropfile in the door directory. DS> For the multi-node doors, I'd put it in the node directory. it really depends on the door... some are fairly intelligent and allow you to tell it where to look... dumb ones probably aren't worth the trouble any more... especially this day in time... ML>> you can easily dress up the sbbs web interface... there's a few other ML>> themes available as well as much of the interface stuff can be changed ML>> via javascript... DS> While I'd be curious to see those other themes, my HTML knowledge is DS> very basic. I don't know the first thing about items like cascading DS> style sheets, etc. To me, Javascript is instructions on how to make DS> coffee. you don't need to know css to get started... just learn html and javascript... it isn't any different than learning how to write fancy .bat files... later on you can learn about css and adjust things to start using it... the reason you have to do javascript is to pull the info out of sbbs that you need... that because sbbs has a javascript accessible interface so you don't need to know the structure of the data files... you only need to know the javascript function name for the data you are after... ML>> of all the options, likes, wants and desires you listed, SBBS comes ML>> the clos DS> I likely will go with SBBS, since I've set it up before. But, with DS> other things outside the BBS, it's going to take longer than expected DS> to get all the work done. it would be a good thing if you have a compile environment where you could pull the latest code from the repository and compile it for your system... that way you could get bug fixes and new features faster than having to wait for a new release... 3.16 is not yet out the door but i think there's a release candidate available... )\/(ark .... Dementia has set in: You must immediately increase your squid intake. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .