Rob,

I went in and copied sbbsexec.* to c:\windows\system32 -- no dice;
although I had to logon from a command prompt to do it under Windows
10, as it would said "access denied" otherwise. I tried running these
doors without a fossil...that didn't work, either.

I tried to enter the command SET NO87=ON in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
for a DOORFRAME ERROR 6 (Overflow) -- no dice (although I thought it
would be in AUTOEXEC.NT under Windows 10 32-bit).

There was no change to the batchfiles in the doorgame directories,
which is what I ran the doors from (some need a TSR to bypass the
RTE 200 error).

And, I can not get an external event to run. I set it to run on
node 1 like you told me to do in SCFG, and it exits immediately
with error level 255.

I need that to run daily at 12:01am, as a batchfile, to do stuff
on the doors, without users logging on...and with having to be up
before 7am to do my vital signs, I can't be staying up to before
and after midnight, to shut down the BBS, and run the file manually.
If a user is in, or enters these doors while these utilities are
running, the doors will crash and be corrupted where they won't run
anymore.

Daryl
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Re: No Luck
By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Tue Apr 19 2022 11:52 am

Rob,

I went in and copied sbbsexec.* to c:\windows\system32 -- no dice; although I had to logon from a command prompt to do it under Windows
10, as it would said "access denied" otherwise. I tried running these
doors without a fossil...that didn't work, either.

I tried to enter the command SET NO87=ON in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
for a DOORFRAME ERROR 6 (Overflow) -- no dice (although I thought it
would be in AUTOEXEC.NT under Windows 10 32-bit).

There was no change to the batchfiles in the doorgame directories,
which is what I ran the doors from (some need a TSR to bypass the
RTE 200 error).

And, I can not get an external event to run. I set it to run on
node 1 like you told me to do in SCFG, and it exits immediately
with error level 255.

"it"? Without more information on this "external event", I can't possibly guess what you did wrong.

I need that to run daily at 12:01am, as a batchfile, to do stuff
on the doors, without users logging on...and with having to be up
before 7am to do my vital signs, I can't be staying up to before
and after midnight, to shut down the BBS, and run the file manually.
If a user is in, or enters these doors while these utilities are
running, the doors will crash and be corrupted where they won't run
anymore.

You don't need to supply long explanations for why you need a timed event. It doens't really matter - timed events should work (and do, for everyone else). If you really want it fixed, you'll have to provide more information.
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Re: Re: No Luck
By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Thu Apr 21 2022 11:27 am

Rob,

"it"? Without more information on this "external event", I can't possibly guess what you did wrong.

For the timed event, I want it to run a batchfile at 00:01 daily.
I want the users to be offline for the event, and I want it to run
on node 1 (the other nodes then are to note "waiting for node 1 to
finish external event"). Originally, I had the event with the internal
code of NGTMAINT as ANY for the nodes...but it generated error 255,
and quit. I was told to put the desired node number for it (i.e. 1),
and while that originally worked...that option doesn't work either.

A node number of ANY works fine too. That has nothing to do with your problem and who ever suggested changing that was just guessing.

When you "doesn't work", you mean it's not executing your batch file? Try putting a "pause" in your batch file and forcing the timed event. Is it not running and pausing (waiting for a key press) in that case?
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Re: Re: No Luck
By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Mon Apr 25 2022 06:24 pm

Rob,

Okay, so the "pause" did work (i.e. it did prompt for a key press)? If yes, that proves that Synchronet executed your batch file. If your batch file is exiting with an error level after that, then it's a problem with your batch file or the program it runs, not Synchronet. --

No, the pause did not work.

So what did you mean when you said "When I hit a key for it to run"?

The batch file would start

If adding a "pause" line to your batch file does not actually stop and wait for a key press, then the batch file did not start.

SBBSCTRL notes
this, whether on a forced run (which I did) or at the regular time.

SBBSCTRL doesn't actually know if your batch file is successfully running or not.

4/25 06:04:38p BBS Events Semaphore signaled for Timed Event: NGTMAINT
4/25 06:04:38p NGTMAINT Running timed event: NGTMAINT
4/25 06:04:38p NGTMAINT Timed event: NGTMAINT returned 255

Then, it exits and returns to the BBS without running at all.

Did you change those other 2 settings in SCFG I asked you to?

I have put ANY and 1 in the node position...neither one works.

Like I said, it'll make no difference.

And, here are other errors I've gotten lately, after running the jsexec install-xtrn script (these are happening every day).

Mon Apr 25 08:03:34 2022 master/dfe589e30
srvc 0000 JSON Failed to load module: boggle, SyntaxError: JSON.parse

Double check your ctrl/json-service.ini file. A working one will look something like this (for Bubble Boggle):

[boggle]
dir=../xtrn/bublbogl/

But this has nothing to do with your nightly batch file problem.
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C.G.,

OK, great. As long as you got it going, that's all that counts.

I have discovered if I logon via the website, and use the Connect
Via Telnet option, the doors aren't delayed in loading, as they are
looking to see whether the door supports RIP graphics.

TeleGraphix, who pioneered RIP Graphics, is long since out of
business...and a former area Sysop thought that "RIP was what you
did to a fart". <G>

Daryl

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