The docs say that this is an associative array of all directories. This
is the only time it is mentioned in the docs. It has no properties.
So what use is it?

I'm still trying to solve my little problem using js: given the internal
code of a desired file area, to change bbs.curdir to the one with that code.

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Re: file_area.dir object
By: Tegularius to All on Thu Jul 09 2009 09:32:39

The docs say that this is an associative array of all directories. This is the only time it is mentioned in the docs. It has no properties.

I've noticed this with some of the Synchronet JavaScript docs. But if the docs don't list properties, that doesn't mean there aren't any properties. There must be some of the object exists. If you want to find out what properties are in an object, you can iterate through an object's properties and output them as follows:

for (var prop in file_area.dir)
console.print(prop + "\r\n");

That will output all the property names, followed by a carriage return & newline.

If you also wanted to output the values of the properties, you could do this: for (var prop in file_area.dir)
console.print(prop + ": " + file_area.dir[prop] + "\r\n");

Nightfox


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Re: file_area.dir object
By: Tegularius to All on Thu Jul 09 2009 09:32 am

The docs say that this is an associative array of all directories. This
is the only time it is mentioned in the docs. It has no properties.
So what use is it?

The objects in the file_area.dir array are the same as the objects in the file_area.list_list[].dir_list[] array, they're just organized differently and the array contains *all* directories instead of just those that the current user has access to.

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Re: file_area.dir object
By: Digital Man to Tegularius on Sat Jul 11 2009 00:09:49

The little job is almost done. I've discovered that it is just a matter of assigning the desired internal code to bbs.curdir_code, i.e.:
bbs.curdir_code=newcode

If newcode is valid, then the change is made; if not, it isn't. The case
(upper or lower) of newcode doesn't matter. However, the value
of bbs.curdir_code is reported all in lower-case.

This brings up my remaining little question. I would like my .js to
recognize whether the change of directory is successful by comparing
newcode to bbs.curdir_code after an attempt to change it. However,
if the cases of the two strings don't match, the comparison returns false.
How do I change the case of a string to upper or lower? The guide mentions toLowerCase and toUpperCase as methods of strings, but I can't make them
work. Are they obsolete? Could someone give an example of the syntax?

Oh yes, one more question, about console.getstr. This takes a string
as an optional argument. What is the purpose of this argument? It
doesn't appear to be either the string variable to be assigned (which
is done via the returned value) or a prompt. Something needs to be
there if one wants to use the other arguments, but I can't determine
what it does.



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Re: file_area.dir object
By: Tegularius to All on Mon Jul 13 2009 06:50:57

This brings up my remaining little question. I would like my .js to recognize whether the change of directory is successful by comparing newcode to bbs.curdir_code after an attempt to change it. However,
if the cases of the two strings don't match, the comparison returns false How do I change the case of a string to upper or lower? The guide mentio toLowerCase and toUpperCase as methods of strings, but I can't make them work. Are they obsolete? Could someone give an example of the syntax?

toUpperCase() and toLowerCase() return a copy of the string in upper/lower case. You could use it like this:
if (bbs.curdir_code.toUpperCase() == "SOME_DIR")


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Re: file_area.dir object
By: Tegularius to All on Mon Jul 13 2009 06:50 am

Re: file_area.dir object
By: Digital Man to Tegularius on Sat Jul 11 2009 00:09:49

The little job is almost done. I've discovered that it is just a matter
of assigning the desired internal code to bbs.curdir_code, i.e.:
bbs.curdir_code=newcode

If newcode is valid, then the change is made; if not, it isn't. The case (upper or lower) of newcode doesn't matter. However, the value
of bbs.curdir_code is reported all in lower-case.

This brings up my remaining little question. I would like my .js to recognize whether the change of directory is successful by comparing
newcode to bbs.curdir_code after an attempt to change it. However,
if the cases of the two strings don't match, the comparison returns false. How do I change the case of a string to upper or lower? The guide mentions toLowerCase and toUpperCase as methods of strings, but I can't make them work. Are they obsolete? Could someone give an example of the syntax?

No, they're not obsolete. What did you try?

There's an example here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Objects/String/t oLowerCase

Oh yes, one more question, about console.getstr. This takes a string
as an optional argument. What is the purpose of this argument?

It's the default value of the string (e.g. when used with the K_EDIT mode flag).

It
doesn't appear to be either the string variable to be assigned (which
is done via the returned value) or a prompt. Something needs to be
there if one wants to use the other arguments, but I can't determine
what it does.

Actually, unless you're using K_EDIT, you don't need to specify the string at all. The method implementation is smart enough to know the difference between numbers (e.g. maxlen and mode arguments) and string arguments. Many of the Synchronet JS methods are this way.

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Re: file_area.dir object
By: Digital Man to Tegularius on Mon Jul 13 2009 18:53:44

No, they're not obsolete. What did you try?

There's an example here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Objects/Strin oLowerCase

Thanks. I figured that one out shortly after posting. I had simply
forgotten to put () at the end.

Oh yes, one more question, about console.getstr. This takes a string
as an optional argument. What is the purpose of this argument?

It's the default value of the string (e.g. when used with the K_EDIT mode flag).

Thanks again!

Web and FTP are basically working now. This is starting to be fun...



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Re: file_area.dir object
By: Tegularius to Digital Man on Wed Jul 15 2009 09:02 pm

Web and FTP are basically working now. This is starting to be fun...

As it should be! :-)

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