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 Message 32264 
 Gamgee to Digital Man 
 Re: Display files for XTRN doors 
 22 Jul 25 08:45:14 
 
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 DM>   Re: Display files for XTRN doors
 DM>   By: Gamgee to All on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:24 pm

 > I've been playing around with display files that are shown to a caller when
 > they start a Door app, before the app actually starts.  This is done by
 > creating the display file and putting it in /sbbs/text/menu/xtrn.  In my
 > example, I've made the file 'usurper.msg' and put it in that directory.
 > When starting the Usurper door, that file displays as expected.  But, after
 > it displays there's a prompt there to "Hit any key".  When you do that, it
 > proceeds to start the door, again as expected.  I'd like that "Hit any key"
 > prompt to not happen.  I've put "@POFF@" at the top of that display file but
 > it seems to have no effect.  What is causing the prompt?  Any way to disable
 > that from happening?  Thanks for info.

 DM> Most likely, it's a screen-clear sequence that's following the display
 DM> of your file. You can either: set clear_screen_on_exec=false in the
 DM> [xtrn_sec] or [xtrn:usurper] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file, or
 DM> add {at}RESETPAUSE{at} code to the end of your display file. One or
 DM> either of those should do the trick.

I found the 'clear_screen_on_exec=false' already in my [xtrn_sec].  I 
created the [xtrn:usurper] section and added that phrase there, but it 
didn't help.  Adding {at}RESETPAUSE{at} (using the proper @'s) to the 
display file didn't do anything (also tried POFF and NOPAUSE).

 DM> The screen clear I'm suspecting comes from the exec/prextrn.js file.

I even commented out these lines from that file:

        if (options.clear_screen_on_exec) {
                console.clear();
        }

And that also didn't change anything.  This isn't a HUGE problem, but 
seems strange that it can't be changed...  





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