Hello all , I got the XQ-FSX mpl working , man is that some slick code.. any how I had a problem with the mpl updaing the data file here is my work around

1: I created a batch file to delete the fsxnet.dat and fsxnet.lsu files when each user logs on , this forces the mpl to rewrite the data file

(NAMED DFSXNET.BAT)
cd\
cd\mystic\scripts
del fsxnet.dat
del fsxnet.lsu
exit

2: I then place a (DD) Execute external program line with the command of c:\mystic\DFSXNET.BAT

3: NEXT line should be MPL for fsxnet...

hope this helps

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On 09/22/16, solaris pondered and said...

1: I created a batch file to delete the fsxnet.dat and fsxnet.lsu files when each user logs on , this forces the mpl to rewrite the data file

(NAMED DFSXNET.BAT)

Now I'm not sure why you want to do that? Did you read the switches available in the data line? If you remove those files each time a user logs in then the script won't behave in it's intended fashion.

Xqtr may wish to comment, explain further the logic of how it works. I'm at work so don't have further notes to do so at my fingertips right now but can post further info later tonight (my time) when home.

But for now my advice is don't do this :)

Best, Paul

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Now I'm not sure why you want to do that? Did you read the switches available in the data line? If you remove those files each time a user

What was happening was if I got say 3 users to log on say with in 15 min the custom text "available here at Error 404 bbs" and the next line would
default back to the stock line for what ever reason , and the menu for
viewing the docs would fail to loads the docs, however If I manually deleted the the .dat and .lsu file that the mpl creates this would solve the problem
. hence the batch file . I tried after seeing this happen to let the board
rest for about an hour and still had the same issues , so this is how I came about the work around(for me). The mpl seems to get the info ok but the out gets askew.. of course I would recommend others try work it straight out of
the box first. My post was more of Fyi written in haste. sorry for the mis-understanding .

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|07Always at |03my PC double cl|08ick'n on my mizouse !

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aaah yes, so I tried the "update" switch , and still ran into the same
problem , sooo, I removed all instances of the mpl and sub folders and
started all over .. again using the switch "update"... guess what ....
the update switch worked now... I bet overwriting the old mpl via teamviewer was not he best route.. am however really impressed with this work . NICE JOB
!

|05..-(|03 Sola|08ris|05 )..--
|07Always at |03my PC double cl|08ick'n on my mizouse !

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
* Origin: Error 404 BBS (21:1/102)

On 09/22/16, solaris pondered and said...

aaah yes, so I tried the "update" switch , and still ran into the same problem , sooo, I removed all instances of the mpl and sub folders and started all over .. again using the switch "update"... guess what ....
the update switch worked now... I bet overwriting the old mpl via teamviewer was not he best route.. am however really impressed with this work . NICE JOB !

There were a couple of incorrect lines whereby the message lines that display once a user has already seen news.txt before were printing out to the user
on their subsequent login but only line one was displaying three times
instead of lines 1,2,3

The command switches are worth playing with and it's also important to ensure you have a working copy of Wget... Linux systems often have this installed
but windows systems need to grab a copy. Some links in the docs now.. Also
the script assumes it's a windows system so you need to run it with a linux switch if you are running it on a linux system.

Those data files are important to to let the script track which user has seen what and how it should subsequently behave when the user logins in next time etc.

Also take a look at the logging in your log file there's a fsxnet.txt log
file there that helps show what's happening and you adjust the switches etc.

The script is smart enough to go looking for updates to the infopack every 48 hours by default if you just run with the default command line :)

Best, Paul

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The .dat and .lsu files are deleted from the script when an update happens.
If you delete the files yourself, then the users who logon will be forced (no escaping) to read the news again and again. In these files the script keeps a log, of who has read the news, so the next time he can bypass them with a keypress.

I didn't quite understand the problem you were having... but after you installed the script again, now its working fine?

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