I am trying to make custom menus for my various external programs/games/doors sections and in reviewing "External Programs Menu" on the wiki page I created an ANSI .msg file and .ans file. I created and saved these files in c:\sbbs\text\menu and with the file name of "xtrnmenu_games.msg" & "xtrnmenu_games.ans" for my GAMES external program section. Yet Synchronet still shows the default menu.

* I made the .ans version in the event the .MSG does not disply ANSI.

Do I need to edit my global settings by adding the STRNMENU section to the modopts.ini for these custom menu files to work?
If I do this mod will it carry over to future updated versions on Synchronet
or do I have to edit this modopts.ini file each time Synchronet is updated?

Thanks!

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I am trying to make custom menus for my various external programs/games/doors sections and in reviewing "External Programs Menu" on the wiki page I created an ANSI .msg file and .ans file. I created and saved these files in c:\sbbs\text\menu and with the file name of "xtrnmenu_games.msg" & "xtrnmenu_games.ans" for my GAMES external program section. Yet Synchronet still shows the default menu.

* I made the .ans version in the event the .MSG does not disply ANSI.

Do I need to edit my global settings by adding the STRNMENU section to the modopts.ini for these custom menu files to work?
If I do this mod will it carry over to future updated versions on Synchronet or do I have to edit this modopts.ini file each time Synchronet is updated?

Thanks!

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When you update Synchronet BBS, it comes with default options and will be overwritten.

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The Millionaire wrote to Shane O'Neill <=-

I am trying to make custom menus for my various external

programs/games/doors

sections and in reviewing "External Programs Menu" on the wiki page I

created

an ANSI .msg file and .ans file. I created and saved these files in c:\sbbs\text\menu and with the file name of "xtrnmenu_games.msg" & "xtrnmenu_games.ans" for my GAMES external program section. Yet Synchronet still shows the default menu.

* I made the .ans version in the event the .MSG does not disply ANSI.

Do I need to edit my global settings by adding the STRNMENU section to the modopts.ini for these custom menu files to work?
If I do this mod will it carry over to future updated versions on Synchronet or do I have to edit this modopts.ini file each time Synchronet is updated?

When you update Synchronet BBS, it comes with default options and
will be overwritten.

That is absolutely incorrect, assuming an update is done properly.



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Shane O'Neill wrote to All <=-

I am trying to make custom menus for my various external programs/games/doors sections and in reviewing "External Programs
Menu" on the wiki page I created an ANSI .msg file and .ans file.
I created and saved these files in c:\sbbs\text\menu and with
the file name of "xtrnmenu_games.msg" & "xtrnmenu_games.ans" for
my GAMES external program section. Yet Synchronet still shows
the default menu.

The proper name would be "xtrn2.msg", assuming the GAMES section is the
second listed section in your external menu. If it's the third listed,
then the name would be "xtrn3.msg", and so on.

Look here: http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:menu_files#optional

* I made the .ans version in the event the .MSG does not disply
ANSI.

You don't need the .ans version at all.

Do I need to edit my global settings by adding the STRNMENU
section to the modopts.ini for these custom menu files to work?

No. What you're asking about has nothing to do with modopts.ini.


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Re: Custom External Prog Menus
By: Shane O'Neill to All on Sat Jul 24 2021 01:56 pm

I am trying to make custom menus for my various external programs/games/doors sections and in reviewing "External Programs Menu" on the wiki page I created an ANSI .msg file and .ans file. I created and saved these files in c:\sbbs\text\menu and with the file name of "xtrnmenu_games.msg" & "xtrnmenu_games.ans" for my GAMES external program section. Yet Synchronet still shows the default menu.

The corret filename would be xtrngames.*.

See http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:menu_files for details.

* I made the .ans version in the event the .MSG does not disply ANSI.

Okay, but it's an extremely rare case where you would need both. I suggest just using one or the other.

Do I need to edit my global settings by adding the STRNMENU section to the modopts.ini for these custom menu files to work?

No.

If I do this mod will it carry over to future updated versions on Synchronet or do I have to edit this modopts.ini file each time Synchronet is updated?

No files in the ctrl directory are over-written during an update, unless you've done something weird or wrong in your setup.
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