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  • Running a BBS door directly from a menu (command shell)

    From Diamond Dave@1:103/705 to All on Sat Oct 18 18:20:58 2025
    I assume there's a way to directly run a BBS door from a menu? (i.e. a command shell)

    If so, how would I go about doing so?

    Reason I want to do it: I want to run the EZ-ROM door from the Files menu, so users call call up the EZ-ROM from that menu and not necessarily the door/online system menu.

    I assume I set up the door the normal way in SCFG, but invoke it from a command shell.

    Thanks!

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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Diamond Dave on Sat Oct 18 19:14:42 2025
    Re: Running a BBS door directly from a menu (command shell)
    By: Diamond Dave to All on Sat Oct 18 2025 06:20 pm

    I assume there's a way to directly run a BBS door from a
    menu? (i.e. a command shell)

    If so, how would I go about doing so?

    Reason I want to do it: I want to run the EZ-ROM door from the Files
    menu, so users call call up the EZ-ROM from that menu and not
    necessarily the door/online system menu.

    I assume I set up the door the normal way in SCFG, but invoke it from
    a command shell.


    exec_xtrn (code)

    if using baja command shell
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  • From Diamond Dave@1:103/705 to nelgin on Sun Oct 19 12:39:18 2025
    Re: Re: Running a BBS door directly from a menu (command shell)
    By: nelgin to All on Sun Oct 19 2025 01:21 am

    I assume there's a way to directly run a BBS door from a menu? (i.e.
    a command shell)

    If so, how would I go about doing so?

    bbs.exec_xtrn(xtrn_number_or_code) ;Execute external program by number
    or internal code.

    That's sort of what I thought. Is that Javascript or Baja code?

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