Subj : Re: code example
To   : Digital Man
From : Finnigann
Date : Mon Aug 21 2006 10:04 pm

-=> With regards to the social ramifications; 
     Digital Man wrote to Finnigann <=-

>  >
 >  >  DM> I suppose I mispoke: you can *read* messages (interactively) with
 >  >  DM> smbutil (using the 'r' command), but can't really "extract" message
 >  >  DM> (programatically). This could be done with small JS module however.
 >  >
 >  >  DM> If I knew more about exactly what you're trying to accomplish, I mig
 >  >  DM> be able to help more.
 >  >
 >  >  If you recall Jazzman's sports... game? I was wondering how syncdata
 >  >  might be useful for tying other BBS' together.
 >  >
 >  >  SMBUTIL can be made to upload game data. getting it out is another
 >  >  item.
 >  >
 >  >  But if a javascript segment can be called to cull out messages for the
 >  >  door (making large assumptions) or added functionality to smbutil,
 >  >  would be great.
 >
 >  DM> Even if smbutil could extract a specific message, how would you know
 >  DM> *which* message to extract?
 >
 >  Well I was thinking that switches would tell what values to look for in
 >  a message.
 >
>
 >        smbutil /m /tdoorgame /sweeknumber  \sbbs\xtrn\doorgame\input.dat

 DM> Okay, so /m would would always extract a single message? If so,
 DM> wouldn't it just keep extracting the same message over and over?

 If smbutil could be made to work, it would read ALL messages with a
 subject with a specific date or phrase 'week 1' 'week 2' etc. the
 message  would of course be addressed to 'Sportdoor'.

 The door would have to be able to read the FROM: line

 Parsing the body of the message would be the next chore.

 I guess it would have to be carrefully formated to aide this task.

 /*
 Possible choices:
 TEAM Abc Team Bcd
 TEAM Cde Team Def
 */

 (this week)
 WINNERS:
 TEAM Bcd
 TEAM Def



 But SMBUTIL can't read messages based on any of those fields (From, To,
 Subject)

 What am I doing, Jazzman has no doubt coded the whole thing up already.


 >  >  Of course you know I'm not a programmer, but is this function in the
 >  >  SDK? I would think someone else would have sought out syncdata to
 >  >  transport data before now.
 >
 >  DM> A JS module would be the way to go. I'm not sure which SDK you're
 >  DM> referring to. The XSDK does not include any message base functionality.
 >  DM> The SMBLIB is available as a separate library for message base access,
 >  DM> but a JS module would be much easier.
 >
 >  Well could something highly configurable be written in baja/javascript?

 DM> In JavaScript, absolutely. See the NewsLink and ListServers modules as
 DM> examples.                                        

 Can a JS be called from a baja program?

 So, is there much use in a JS module to read messages from [syncdata]
 message base?

 I mean is anyone with codeing skills interested?



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