Hi,

Don't usually ask for help, but I have run out of ideas on what the issue is.

When running echickens bbs scene door or side bar in ecweb I get the error in the sync console:

bbs scene onelinerz http error: Type error: js.flatten_string is not a function d:(

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to All on Sun Nov 24 2013 01:32 pm

Hi,

Don't usually ask for help, but I have run out of ideas on what the issue is.

When running echickens bbs scene door or side bar in ecweb I get the error in the sync console:

best thing to do is contact the author about his script[s].
i'm sure he included his contact info in there.
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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Mro to Lurch on Fri Nov 22 2013 08:15 pm

best thing to do is contact the author about his script[s].
i'm sure he included his contact info in there.

Echicken's usually hanging around here -- this is a pretty reasonable place to look for help.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to All on Sun Nov 24 2013 13:32:42

When running echickens bbs scene door or side bar in ecweb I get the error in the sync console:

bbs scene onelinerz http error: Type error: js.flatten_string is not a function d:(

You probably need to update Synchronet - IIRC, js.flatten_string is a recent addition, used by http.js.

I have lost interest in supporting the bbs-scene.org scripts, so if that doesn't help ... sorry. :|

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Fri Nov 22 2013 07:34 pm

Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Mro to Lurch on Fri Nov 22 2013 08:15 pm

best thing to do is contact the author about his script[s].
i'm sure he included his contact info in there.

Echicken's usually hanging around here -- this is a pretty reasonable place to look for help.

i've never been a fan of posting and waiting. especially when something's being actively developed and the person is contactable via email.

but i guess everyone has their own preferences.
i'm sure he'll say it's more appropriate here because he likes to disagree
with everything i say. :D
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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Nov 23 2013 14:48:13

i'm sure he'll say it's more appropriate here because he likes to disagree with everything i say. :D

i'll say it for him.

we all generally chip in information if we have it, even if we didnt write it. posting here also provides a searchable reference for other people who may have similar problems.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Mro to Lurch on Fri Nov 22 2013 20:15:13

best thing to do is contact the author about his script[s].
i'm sure he included his contact info in there.

Usually see him posting here so was hoping d;)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: echicken to Lurch on Sat Nov 23 2013 03:00:18

You probably need to update Synchronet - IIRC, js.flatten_string is a recent addition, used by http.js.

I have lost interest in supporting the bbs-scene.org scripts, so if that doesn't help ... sorry. :|

Hmm, that's a shame as you mods are really good d:( I've updated SBBS as I have been using the CVS.

I was running the older version which worked fine until I updated SBBS. Might have to downgrade and use your older scripts.

Will post here what I find out d:)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Nov 23 2013 14:48:13

i've never been a fan of posting and waiting. especially when something's being actively developed and the person is contactable via email.

Better to post here then for a couple of reasons, one it's good to be posting in old school method for a change and two the outcome is available to everyone reading this sub.

Which may help other people out there, try googling this stuff and it's a very hard task finding solutions for Synchronet.

More stuff made available the better.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: MCMLXXIX to Mro on Sat Nov 23 2013 20:27:13

we all generally chip in information if we have it, even if we didnt write it. posting here also provides a searchable reference for other people who may have similar problems.

Took the words right out of my mouth d:)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to echicken on Tue Nov 26 2013 20:34:24

You probably need to update Synchronet - IIRC, js.flatten_string is
a recent addition, used by http.js.

Will post here what I find out d:)

I've tried updating again with a build from November 23, still same error. http.js is listed there.

Will look through it to see if js.flatten_string is mentioned d:)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to echicken on Tue Nov 26 2013 21:37:54

I've tried updating again with a build from November 23, still same error. http.js is listed there.

Will look through it to see if js.flatten_string is mentioned d:)

js.flatten_string is a built-in method called by exec/load/http.js, and should be available in any current *build* of Synchronet (note: just updating your .js files is not enough, here) unless somebody has removed it.

Worst case, you could copy exec/load/http.js to your mods directory, and comment out line 135 and see if that helps. That wouldn't be a permanent solution, though. Other scripts use http.js and may need 'flatten_string' if they are pulling down large pages.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to echicken on Tue Nov 26 2013 20:34:24

Hmm, that's a shame as you mods are really good d:( I've updated SBBS as I have been using the CVS.

Well, thanks - I have plenty of other stuff out there that I still support and may work on in the future. It's just the bbs-scene scripts that I'm stepping away from: I'm no longer running them on my system, and most of the problem reports that I get about them are related to things beyond my control.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to echicken on Tue Nov 26 2013 08:34 pm

I have lost interest in supporting the bbs-scene.org scripts, so if
that doesn't help ... sorry. :|

Hmm, that's a shame as you mods are really good d:( I've updated SBBS as I have been using the CVS.

I was running the older version which worked fine until I updated SBBS. Might have to downgrade and use your older scripts.

Did you also compile the latest SBBS source? I guess the sbbs_dev tarball is what you want. Also the error about js.flatten (if that's what this is about) can just be commented out. The error should indicate what line in the .js file that causes the error (I think it's 134?), what you can try is to just comment out the line (type // at the start of the line). I'm not sure what the js.flatten function does exactly, but I think it's something to do with the html interface.
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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to Mro on Tue Nov 26 2013 08:36 pm

posting in old school method for a change and two the outcome is available to everyone reading this sub.

Which may help other people out there, try googling this stuff and it's a very hard task finding solutions for Synchronet.

yeah but if it's something simple and specific about a person's mod, i know i'd like to be contacted by email. certainly the wait would be shorter atleast.
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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: echicken to Lurch on Mon Nov 25 2013 10:11:16

js.flatten_string is a built-in method called by exec/load/http.js, and should be available in any current *build* of Synchronet (note: just updating your .js files is not enough, here) unless somebody has removed

I'm using the CVS (checking it out with tortoise). So puzzled, the version of SBBS is 3.16 A.

Worst case, you could copy exec/load/http.js to your mods directory, and comment out line 135 and see if that helps. That wouldn't be a permanent

This works and the door loads, but it's using my QWK ID i.e. lurch@appy instead of the BBS name lurch@TAF.

TAF is set as the BBS ID, so will have a look and see where it's pulling the ID from.

I'm using a different qwk ID as I changed name of the BBS awhile back :-/

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: echicken to Lurch on Mon Nov 25 2013 10:15:34

Well, thanks - I have plenty of other stuff out there that I still support and may work on in the future. It's just the bbs-scene scripts that I'm stepping away from: I'm no longer running them on my system, and most of the problem reports that I get about them are related to things beyond my control.

The most annoying thing about them is when bbs scene is down, other than that I like the idea of interacting with other BBS's.

I have to fix/sign up again for some interbbs stuff although I don't have many people visit anymore.

Will have a look at your other mods though, I'm still running your old ecweb. Must update v3 at some point d:)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Android8675 to Lurch on Mon Nov 25 2013 08:00:45

about) can just be commented out. The error should indicate what line in the .js file that causes the error (I think it's 134?), what you can try is to just comment out the line (type // at the start of the line). I'm not sure what the js.flatten function does exactly, but I think it's something to do with the html interface.

I commented it out and the door is now loading okay, just pulling my QWK ID instead of the BBS ID.

But haven't had a chance to see why. Will have a look tonight d:)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Mro to Lurch on Mon Nov 25 2013 17:05:52

yeah but if it's something simple and specific about a person's mod, i know i'd like to be contacted by email. certainly the wait would be shorter atleast.

Not too fussed about waiting, everything is in a rush these days. Nice to take it easy now and then.

I can see both methods have it's benefits. Will make sure to do both next time round d:)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to echicken on Sat Nov 30 2013 19:44:26

This works and the door loads, but it's using my QWK ID i.e. lurch@appy instead of the BBS name lurch@TAF.

Sorted d:)

replaced system.qwk_id.tolowercase () with system.name.tolowercase ()

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to echicken on Sat Nov 30 2013 19:44:26

This works and the door loads, but it's using my QWK ID i.e. lurch@appy instead of the BBS name lurch@TAF.

IIRC, when I wrote the new version I made it just use the QWK ID of the BBS instead of whatever it did before (a setting in an INI file, maybe.) It was partly laziness on my part, but partly because people were using overly-long strings which would get truncated when displayed.

If you want to change it, just do a search for "system.qwk_id" in onelinerz.js, and modify whatever line you find it on.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to echicken on Sat Nov 30 2013 19:47:11

The most annoying thing about them is when bbs scene is down, other than that I like the idea of interacting with other BBS's.

I mostly like the services that the site provides, but I have some complaints about it that I won't get into right now. Easier for me to just step away from it.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: Lurch to Mro on Sat Nov 30 2013 19:50:52

I can see both methods have it's benefits. Will make sure to do both next time round d:)

Support discussions that happen in public forums are generally better, since they can be of use in the future to other people searching for answers. In any case, I'd rather people contact me one way *or* the other, but not both.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: echicken to Lurch on Fri Nov 29 2013 10:28:11

If you want to change it, just do a search for "system.qwk_id" in onelinerz.js, and modify whatever line you find it on.

All sorted d:) Looking good now, thanks for the help. Have been trying to put some more time into the BBS.

Has been pushed to the side for too long.

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: echicken to Lurch on Fri Nov 29 2013 10:35:33

I mostly like the services that the site provides, but I have some complaints about it that I won't get into right now. Easier for me to just step away from it.

No problem, I wont ask here about it. d:)

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Re: bbs-scene.org oneliners
By: echicken to Lurch on Fri Nov 29 2013 10:40:53

Support discussions that happen in public forums are generally better, since they can be of use in the future to other people searching for answers. In any case, I'd rather people contact me one way *or* the other, but not both.

Noted, I've been working on using FUDforum and some posts like this have been the only help I can find.

So the further inforamtion/discussion like this spreads the better d:)

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