Subj : birthdaylist.js
To   : DesotoFireflite
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon May 16 2022 11:47:51

  Re: birthdaylist.js
  By: DesotoFireflite to Digital Man on Mon May 16 2022 02:37 pm

 >  >> You can
 >  >> see the curser blinking on the remote end, and that's it. It's not
 >  >> throwing any errors, it just locks up everytime.
 >
 >  DM> Do you get the same behavior when running it using jsexec?
 >
 > Yes, heres a screen print. it gets to the last line, then locks
 > up the window with the curser blinking a "-" just under the last line.
 >
 > C:\SBBS\exec>jsexec birthdaylist
 >
 > JSexec v3.19c-Win32 master/0b34b299a - Execute Synchronet
 > Compiled Mar 20 2022 05:05:47 with MSC 1929
 >
 > Loading configuration files from C:\sbbs\ctrl
 > JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
 > JavaScript: Creating runtime: 167772160 bytes
 >
 > Reading script from C:\SBBS\exec\birthdaylist.js
 > C:\SBBS\exec\birthdaylist.js compiled in 0.00 seconds

Okay, and then it just sits/spins at that point?

 >  >> I have not made any changes or added
 >  >> anything to the system in several weeks, so I can rule out operator
 >  >> error on my part. I had one new user log in and register 0n 5/13/2022,
 >  >> and I noticed it stopped working after that. I don't see anything in
 >  >> his settings that would cause a problem. He did use a birthdate of
 >  >> 19810101, so I changed that thinking that may be the problem, and no
 >  >> change. I've also tried to use it using the sysop ;EXEC command, and
 >  >> it just locks up the system also. For now I have just removed it, but
 >  >> I'd like to solve the issue. Since it's not throwing any errors, is
 >  >> there a way to debug it that would be easy for me to see what is going
 >  >> on. Thanks in advance.
 >
 >  DM> No immediate ideas. I probably start adding log() lines to
 >  DM> exec/birthdaylist.js and load/birthdays.js to find out exactly where is
 >  DM> locking or infinite-looping (more likely).
 >
 > Can you give me an example of a good log line. Still learning the js Stuff.

Okay, here's an example (to birthdaylist.js):

log("Loading birthdays.js"); // added
var list = load({}, "birthdays.js", month, day);
log("Loaded birthdays.js"); // added

So when run 'jsexec birthdaylist' here with those added log lines:

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/birthdaylist.js
/sbbs/exec/birthdaylist.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Loading birthdays.js
Loaded birthdays.js
45 Vertrauen users with birthdays in May:
....
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