mysticbbs/scripts/rumors.mps

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// ==========================================================================
// File: RUMORS.MPS
// Desc: Rumors engine for Mystic BBS v1.10
// Author: g00r00
// ==========================================================================
//
// INSTALLATION:
//
// 1) Copy RUMORS.MPS into its own directory or your scripts path and
// compile it with MPLC or MIDE
//
// 2) For each menu you want to display rumors on, you must edit with the
// MCFG -> Menu Editor and add the following menu command:
//
// HotKey: EVERY
// Command: GX (Execute MPL)
// Data: rumors show
//
// Note that if you have it in a path other than the scripts path, then
// you will have to specify that in the Data field above. For example
// <path>rumors show
//
// This MPL will create a rumors.dat file in the same directory where
// you have located the compiled MPX.
//
// 3) When rumors show is ran, it generates a rumor and stores it into
// the &1 MCI code. Therefore, you will need to edit your menu prompt
// or ANSI to include |&1 into it where you want it to display the rumor
//
// If for some reason to are auto executing other functions which use
// PromptInfo MCI codes (specially &1) you will want to add your EVERY
// execution of this MPL program AFTER those, so that the last value
// assigned to the MCI code was done by the rumor engine.
//
// 4) There are options in addition to the SHOW command in which you can
// use to add other functionality to your BBS. They are:
//
// ADD : Allows adding of a rumor to the rumor database. The database
// keeps the 50 most currently added rumors.
//
// EXAMPLE:
//
// Hotkey: A
// Command: GX (Execute MPL)
// Data: rumors add
//
// CUSTOMIZATION:
//
// If you wish to customize the prompts used in the Rumors, you can do
// so by changing the PromptAdd and PromptSave values set below. Do
// whatever you want with this. It was developed to demonstration IPLC
// which is one of MPL's alternative syntax options.
//
// ==========================================================================
{$syntax iplc}
const
// Prompts used
PromptAdd = "|CR|15E|07n|08ter |07y|08our |07r|08umor|CR:|07"
PromptSave = "|CR|15S|07a|08ve |07t|08his |07r|08umor? |XX"
// max number of characters for a rumor
rumorSize = 78;
proc rumoradd {
@ string str
@ string(50) data
@ byte datasize, count
@ file f
write(promptadd)
str = input(rumorSize, rumorSize, 1, "")
if str == "" exit
if !inputyn(promptsave) exit
fassign (f, justpath(progname) + "rumors.dat", 2)
freset (f);
if ioresult != 0 frewrite(f);
while !feof(f) && datasize < 50 {
datasize = datasize + 1
freadln(f, data(datasize))
}
fclose(f)
if datasize == 50 {
for count = 1 to 49
data(count) = data(count+1)
} else
datasize = datasize + 1
data(datasize) = str
frewrite(f)
for count = 1 to datasize
fwriteln(f, data(count));
fclose(f)
}
proc rumorshow {
@ string(50) data
@ byte datasize, count
@ file f
fassign (f, justpath(progname) + "rumors.dat", 2)
freset (f)
if ioresult != 0 exit
while !feof(f) && datasize < 50 {
datasize = datasize + 1
freadln(f, data(datasize))
}
count = random(datasize) + 1
datasize = 0
freset(f)
while datasize != count {
datasize = datasize + 1
freadln(f, data(datasize))
}
fclose(f)
setpromptinfo(1, data(datasize))
}
{
@ string options = upper(progparams);
if pos("ADD", options) > 0
rumoradd()
else
if pos("SHOW", options) > 0
rumorshow()
else
writeln("RUMORS: Invalid option: press a key|PN")
}