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     Re: Re: Display files for XTRN doors   
     By: Digital Man to Gamgee on Tue Jul 22 2025 10:25 am   
      
    >   Re: Re: Display files for XTRN doors   
    >   By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Tue Jul 22 2025 08:45 am   
    >  >  > 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   
    >  >  DM> display of your file. You can either: set clear_screen_on_exec=false   
    >  >  DM> in the [xtrn_sec] or [xtrn:usurper] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini   
    >  >  DM> file, or add {at}RESETPAUSE{at} code to the end of your display   
    >  >  DM> file. One or 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).   
      
    > Did you add the RESEPAUSE code to the *end* of the display file?   
      
   Yes, at the end.  Seemed to have no effect.   
      
    >  >  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...   
      
    > It is strange. Are you sure the copy of the prextrn.js file you're modifying   
    > is getting executed? Maybe try adding some debug output statements (to the   
    > terminal or the log) - that might help determine when/why the pause is   
    > happening as well.   
      
   I have no idea if that prextrn.js file is being executed...  At this point I'm   
   gonna just live with it, as I don't know how to add debug output and have been   
   distracted by other things...  :-)   
      
   Thanks for the help anyway!   
      
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