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   IGNATIUS to GRYPHON   
   MPL   
   31 Jan 19 19:20:24   
   
   Hey man, I was wondering if you could help me out with something. I have an   
   "auto message" MPL that needs to be re-worked. If you could take a look at   
   it, i'd really appreciate it.   
      
   --// snip ------------------------------------   
       
   Uses CFG;   
   Uses USER;   
      
   Var   
     f           : file;   
     Line1       : String;   
     Line2       : String;   
     Line3       : String;   
     Line4       : String;   
     Line5       : String;   
     Line6       : String;   
     Line7       : String;   
     Line8       : String;   
     automessage : String;   
     Topic       : String;   
     Date        : String;   
     InStr       : String;   
     Done        : Boolean;   
     c1 : String; // Variables for the ColorScheme stuff: Colorscheme code thanks    
   o Zoob   
     c2 : String; // "          "          "        "   
     c3 : String; // "          "          "        "   
     p1 : String; // Variables for the DataField in the Menu Editor:   
     p2 : String; //     i.e. "Menu" and ""   
      
      
   //###########################   
   //##  Display Automesage  ###   
   //###########################   
      
   Procedure Write_Automsg   
   Begin   
   GetThisUser   
        If InputYN ('|CRsave this message? ') then // Said after Should_We has run   
      
          begin   
             fassign (f, automessage, 66) // Opens automessage.DAT   
             freset (f)   
             fWriteLn (f, 'from : '+ UserAlias) // Writes the useralias to file   
             fWriteLn (f, 'topic: '+ Topic)     // Writes topic to file   
             fWriteLn (f, 'date : '+ Date)      // Writes date to file   
             fWriteLn (f, '|CR')   
             If Line1 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line1) // Displays 1st line   
             If Line2 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line2) // Displays 2nd line   
             If Line3 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line3) // and 3rd   
             If Line4 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line4) // what the hay, 4th too   
             If Line5 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line5) // you guessed it, 5th   
             If Line6 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line6) // writes 8th line   
             If Line7 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line7) // writes 7th line   
             If Line8 <> '' then FWriteLn (f, ' '+ Line8) // writes 6th line   
             fClose (f)                         // Closes automessage.DAT   
        End   
   Done := False // Is menu finished or not?    
   end   
      
   //##########################   
   //##  Write automessage  ###   
   //##########################   
      
   Procedure Should_We   
   begin   
   // boy, that question was long, I write here for it. Would you like to write au   
   omessage, question.   
   If InputNY ('|CRchange automsg? ') then   
     begin   
        Write ('|CRtopic: ')   
        Topic := Input (60, 60, 1, '')   
     end   
      
   // If Topic doesn't exist, write a new one   
      
   /*   
      
     If FileExist(Topic)   
         fOpen(1, Text, ReWrite, Topic)   
        fClose(1) // Close Topic file   
     End If   
      
   */   
      
   // Writing automessage now   
      
        WriteLn ('|CRenter automsg now.. 8 lines max|CR')   
        Write (': ')  Line1 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
           If Line1 = '' then // If nothing entered on line1, abort   
           begin  Write_Automsg   
            WriteLn('aborted!')   
            Halt   
           End   
        Write (': ')  Line2 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
           If Line2 = '' then // If nothing entered on line2, save automessage?   
           begin   
            Write_Automsg   
            Halt   
           End   
        Write (': ')  Line3 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
           If Line3 = '' then // If nothing entered on line3, save automessage?   
           begin   
            Write_Automsg   
            Halt   
           End   
        Write (': ')  Line4 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
           If Line4 = '' then // If nothing entered on line4, save automessage?   
           begin   
            Write_Automsg   
            Halt   
           End   
        Write (': ')  Line5 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
           If Line5 = '' then // Get the idea?   
           begin   
            Write_Automsg   
            Halt   
           End   
        Write (': ')  Line6 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
           If Line6 = '' then // I'm done typing here   
           begin   
            Write_Automsg   
            Halt   
           End   
        Write (': ')  Line7 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
          If Line7 = '' then   
           begin   
            Write_Automsg   
            Halt   
           End   
        Write (': ')  Line8 := Input (77, 77, 1, '')   
        Write_Automsg   
        DispFile (automessage)   
   End   
      
      
   //#########################   
   //##  automessage Menu  ###   
   //#########################   
      
   Procedure Make_Menu   
   begin   
   Repeat // Repeat this stuff until Done := True(until user presses "Q")   
      WriteLn ('                lQ-automessage v2.2')   
      WriteLn ('')   
      WriteLn ('{V} View automessage')   
      WriteLn ('{W} Write automessage')   
      WriteLn ('(R) Reply to Author of automessage')   
      WriteLn ('')   
      Write ('lQ-automessage [Q/Quit] ['+ StrRep(' ', 2)+ ')'+ StrRep(Chr(8), 3))   
      
   InStr := Input(2, 2, 12, '') // The Input area is 2 characters long   
    If InStr = 'V' Then         // If user presses "V" then it displays the autome   
   sage   
      DispFile (automessage)    // Display file "automessage.DAT"   
    Else If InStr = 'W' Then     // If "W" then Write the automessage   
      Should_We                 // Run Should_We procedure   
    Else If   
    InStr = 'R' Then           // If "R" then reply to Author of automessage   
      MenuCmd('MW', UserAlias) // Write to the author of automessage   
    Else If InStr = 'Q' Then    // Quiting the menu   
      Done := True             // Finally!   
   Until Done   
   End   
      
   //###########################   
   //##  Color Scheme Codes  ###   
   //###########################   
      
   Procedure Color_Me_Blind   
   begin   
   If p1='BLUE' then                            // If 1st word in menu data entry   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :='' // equals BLUE then display those colors   
       end   
     Else If p1='GREEN' then                // Same as above, but for GREEN   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p1='CYAN'then                       // Same as above.   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p1='RED' then   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p1='MAGENTA' then   
      begin   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p1='YELLOW' then   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p1='GREY' then   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p2='BLUE' then                  // Changed to if 2nd word in menudata   
   field   
      begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :='' // equals BLUE then display these codes   
      end   
     Else If p2='GREEN' then // Same as p2='BLUE'   
     begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
     end   
     Else If p2='CYAN' then                 // Same as the other p2=""'s   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p2='RED' then   
      begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
      end   
     Else If p2='MAGENTA' then   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
       end   
     Else If p2='YELLOW' then   
       begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
        end   
     Else If p2='GREY' then   
      begin   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :=''   
      end   
      Else                                  // If no color entered then use these   
       c1 :=''    c2 :=''  c3 :='' // Color Codes   
   End   
      
      
   Begin   
   automessage := CfgDataPath + 'automsg.dat'   
      
     p1 := Upper(ParamStr(1)) // What the variables mean... This tells Mystic to   
     p2 := Upper(ParamStr(2)) // look n the menu data field for the 1st & 2nd word   
      
      
   If p1='MENU'then       // If 1st word in menudatafield equals this then display   
    Make_Menu         // the menu   
    Else If p2='MENU' then  // If the 2nd word in menudatafield equals this then d   
   splays   
    Make_Menu         // the menu. Just so you can have these things in any order(   
   he menu and color)   
   End   
      
   automessage := CfgDataPath + 'automsg.dat'   
      
     p1 := Upper[ParamStr(1)] // What the variables mean... This tells Mystic to   
     p2 := Upper[ParamStr(2)] // look n the menu data field for the 1st & 2nd word   
      
      
      
      
   // Putting the Date the automessage was written to a temp file.   
      
     If FileExist(Date);   
          fOpen(1, Text, ReWrite, Date);   
        fClose(1);   
     End If   
      
      
      
   Date := DateStr(DateTime, 1) // Date equals this   
   Color_Me_Blind                 // Run this procedure(the color scheme)   
   DispFile(automessage)          // Run this procedure(display automessage)   
   Should_We                      // Run this procedure(change automessage?)   
   End   
      
   --// snip -----------------------------------------------------   
      
   Thanks again,   
      
   |09ignatius |07(|15cia|07/|15scrollz|07)   
      
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