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How do you embed info in your ANSI screen? Like for example, I connect to The Swamp BBS and it told me I was connected to Channel 2. What all commands are available to put in your menus or welcome screens that pulls information from the BBS?

Thanks,
Neal

Franchise_24 wrote:How do you embed info in your ANSI screen? Like for example, I connect to The Swamp BBS and it told me I was connected to Channel 2. What all commands are available to put in your menus or welcome screens that pulls information from the BBS?

Thanks,
Neal

You use "text variables" and the built in ansi editor. When in the ansi editor hit ALT-V to insert a variable. A box will pop up enter the variable name, justify (none, left or right) and then how many spaces.

the "Channel #02" = "Channel #CHANNEL the CHANNEL is the text variable.
Text Variables used on the login page at theswampbbs
IP_CLIENT
SYSTEM_NAME
REG_NUMBER
CHANNEL

Thier is a few lists of text variable in wg/mbbs manual or in \wgserv\help you can find them by searching differnt help topics.
You can add them just about anywhere, be carefull when useing the ansi editor sometimes it will drop the last character of data when you save.
Dont confuse the ANSI text variables for the web interface text variables, the web is a whole other ball game and those are web only for the mostpart.

Be carefull in the ansi editor, it may drop the last character of data when it saves. I think Dspain made a patch for the ansi editor but I have never been able to find it on his bbs maybe you can upload to your file area on my bbs Dspain(Thanks in advance)

Stoneslinger76 wrote:

Franchise_24 wrote:How do you embed info in your ANSI screen? Like for example, I connect to The Swamp BBS and it told me I was connected to Channel 2. What all commands are available to put in your menus or welcome screens that pulls information from the BBS?

Thanks,
Neal

You use "text variables" and the built in ansi editor. When in the ansi editor hit ALT-V to insert a variable. A box will pop up enter the variable name, justify (none, left or right) and then how many spaces.

the "Channel #02" = "Channel #CHANNEL the CHANNEL is the text variable.
Text Variables used on the login page at theswampbbs
IP_CLIENT
SYSTEM_NAME
REG_NUMBER
CHANNEL

Thier is a few lists of text variable in wg/mbbs manual or in \wgserv\help you can find them by searching differnt help topics.
You can add them just about anywhere, be carefull when useing the ansi editor sometimes it will drop the last character of data when you save.
Dont confuse the ANSI text variables for the web interface text variables, the web is a whole other ball game and those are web only for the mostpart.

Be carefull in the ansi editor, it may drop the last character of data when it saves. I think Dspain made a patch for the ansi editor but I have never been able to find it on his bbs maybe you can upload to your file area on my bbs Dspain(Thanks in advance)

WGSCOLOR.EXE? if so sure n/p