Hi Folks:

I am starting to learn Jscript. Simple thing, how do I print something that has a CTRL A code or @LASTON@ ? I am using the userlist.js, I would ideally like to use the print or writeln command. Coming from Turbo/Free pascal, Jscript is not easy, having to unlearn the structued way. This is what I have so far:

// A sample user listing script for Synchronet v3.1+

// $Id: userlist.js,v 1.6 2019/01/11 09:37:25 rswindell Exp $

"use strict";

var str;

require("sbbsdefs.js", 'USER_DELETED');
load("sbbsdefs.js");
load("bajalib.js");
var lastuser = system.lastuser;
var s = baja.print
var u = new User;

var logons = u.logons;

printf("Alias Handle Address Location Connection Logons Security\n");
s ("tes"); print ("@LASTON@");


Thanks,
John

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John wrote:

Hi Folks:

I am starting to learn Jscript. Simple thing, how do I print something that has a CTRL A code or @LASTON@ ? I am using the userlist.js, I would ideally like to use the print or writeln command. Coming from Turbo/Free pascal, Jscript is not easy, having to unlearn the structued way. This is what I have so far:

// A sample user listing script for Synchronet v3.1+

// $Id: userlist.js,v 1.6 2019/01/11 09:37:25 rswindell Exp $

"use strict";

var str;

require("sbbsdefs.js", 'USER_DELETED');
load("sbbsdefs.js");
load("bajalib.js");
var lastuser = system.lastuser;
var s = baja.print
var u = new User;

var logons = u.logons;

printf("Alias Handle Address Location Connection Logons Security\n");
s ("tes"); print ("@LASTON@");

You'd need to use console.putmsg since that's the only method that'll display @-Codes. http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:javascript

However the proper way would probably to use javascript objects.

I've not looked but I'm sure there's one to do what you need. https://nix.synchro.net/jsobjs.html

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Re: Re: Dumb question 2
By: Nelgin to John on Tue Dec 01 2020 07:33 pm

Hi Nelgin:

Thank you! Do you know what object I need to include to call that function?

Thanks,
John

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Re: Dumb question 2
By: John to All on Tue Dec 01 2020 07:52 pm

Hi Folks:

I am starting to learn Jscript.

I know what you mean, but it's actually JavaScript (or ECMAScript). "JScript" is Microsoft's implementation of EMCAScript and not what Synchronet uses.

Simple thing, how do I print something that
has a CTRL A code or @LASTON@ ?

console.putmsg() will expand @-codes. Most other output methods will expand Ctrl-A codes. See http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:javascript#output for a reference.

s ("tes"); print ("@LASTON@");

So that's the @-codes will expand to the *current* user's information. Instead, you wanted to print u.statistics.laston_date. And you probably want to convert that (number) to a human-readable string with something like system.datestr(), system.timestr(), or strftime(): http://synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html
see exec/fingerservice.js or other exec/*.js files for examples.

or even convert it to a JavaScript Date object and use all its methods of stringification:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date
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Re: Dumb question 2
By: Digital Man to John on Tue Dec 01 2020 07:20 pm

Great thank you, one example is all i needed to understand getting the object and referencing it.

Thanks again!
John

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