Hi All,

I was just wondering if there was a way to send a 'pause' command after displaying a file?

I was setting up a menu to display score ansi files from some of the games on here. Most of them don't have a pause, so it will quickly display the file,
and redraw the menu, making it impossible to read the information.

The only thing that I was able to find, was the -Y command, which displays a 'Yes/No' prompt for the user. I put that in after the 'GD' to display the
file. It works, but I'd prefer to just have a pause.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.


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Dan Richter
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Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
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in the file where you want it to be paused... It may work with Mystic and displaying a file ...

Hope it works.

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
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On 03/13/17, Black Panther said the following...

Hi All,

I was just wondering if there was a way to send a 'pause' command after displaying a file?

I was setting up a menu to display score ansi files from some of the
games on here. Most of them don't have a pause, so it will quickly
display the file, and redraw the menu, making it impossible to read the information.

The only thing that I was able to find, was the -Y command, which
displays a 'Yes/No' prompt for the user. I put that in after the 'GD' to display the file. It works, but I'd prefer to just have a pause.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Why not just add |PA to the file? Thats the pipecode for Pause. :)

Cheers!
Pequito

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On 03/13/17, garycrunk said the following...

I would suggest you put a |PA
in the file where you want it to be paused... It may work with Mystic
and displaying a file ...

I thought about doing that, but since these are score files from the door games, won't they be overwritten when the game is played again?


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Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
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The sparrows are flying again...

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On 03/13/17, Pequito said the following...

I was just wondering if there was a way to send a 'pause' command aft displaying a file?

Why not just add |PA to the file? Thats the pipecode for Pause. :)

As these are score files from door games, I didn't want them to be
overwritten when the game is played again. I'm not sure how the games write
the ansi score files, if it's completely rewritten, or if it just edits the particular line in the file.


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Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
telnet://castlerockbbs.com
The sparrows are flying again...

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On 03/13/17, Black Panther said the following...

On 03/13/17, Pequito said the following...

I was just wondering if there was a way to send a 'pause' comman displaying a file?

Why not just add |PA to the file? Thats the pipecode for Pause. :)

As these are score files from door games, I didn't want them to be overwritten when the game is played again. I'm not sure how the games write the ansi score files, if it's completely rewritten, or if it just edits the particular line in the file.

Then use the GT command and in the data use |PA and it will send a pause
after you display the file with the GD command.

Let me know if this works, also check out gryphon's called gfiles mpl I use it on my BBS and works great for this purpose.

file: gy-gfls1.zip

Check out my online games then S for scores to see what I had done to make it look and feel like my own. :)

Cheers!
Pequito

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On 03/14/17, Pequito said the following...

As these are score files from door games, I didn't want them to be overwritten when the game is played again. I'm not sure how the games write the ansi score files, if it's completely rewritten, or if it ju edits the particular line in the file.

Then use the GT command and in the data use |PA and it will send a pause after you display the file with the GD command.

That works perfectly. I noticed the command, but didn't think to use it for that. Thank you.

Let me know if this works, also check out gryphon's called gfiles mpl I use it on my BBS and works great for this purpose.

I have Gryphon's gfiles, but haven't looked much at it. Perhaps I'll have to take a closer look. I've been loving his MPLs he's made.

Check out my online games then S for scores to see what I had done to
make it look and feel like my own. :)

I'll take a look when I get on there again. I like the way your board looks
and feels. :)

Thanks again.


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Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
telnet://castlerockbbs.com
The sparrows are flying again...

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On 03/14/17, Black Panther said the following...

On 03/14/17, Pequito said the following...

As these are score files from door games, I didn't want them to overwritten when the game is played again. I'm not sure how the write the ansi score files, if it's completely rewritten, or if edits the particular line in the file.

Then use the GT command and in the data use |PA and it will send a pa after you display the file with the GD command.

That works perfectly. I noticed the command, but didn't think to use it for that. Thank you.

No problem, glad that worked for you.

Let me know if this works, also check out gryphon's called gfiles mpl use it on my BBS and works great for this purpose.

I have Gryphon's gfiles, but haven't looked much at it. Perhaps I'll
have to take a closer look. I've been loving his MPLs he's made.

Cool just ask if you have any questions! =)

Cheers!
Pequito

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dirty utility called INSERTPA.ZIP (on my bbs). It is to be run in your Batch file that runs the door. It's really simple.
INSERTPA.EXE doorbul.bbs 23 doorbul.new
It will insert a |PA on every 23rd line. You can set the 23 to whatever
line you want...
So your Batch file may look like:
CD DOOR
DOOR.EXE
INSERTPA doorbul.bbs 22 doorbul.new
Copy doorbul.new c:\mystic\text\bullet12.asc
...
Maybe you want to use this.. or not... up to you...
But it's on Anotherbbs.bbsindex.com Just do a File Search for insertpa.zip

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
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On 03/14/17, garycrunk said the following...

Well... I understand what you are doing now. I've just written a down
and dirty utility called INSERTPA.ZIP (on my bbs). It is to be run in your Batch file that runs the door. It's really simple.
INSERTPA.EXE doorbul.bbs 23 doorbul.new

Thank you. I just grabbed it from your board. I'll take a look at it and will probably use it for some of these files.

Thanks again,


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Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
telnet://castlerockbbs.com
The sparrows are flying again...

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