BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  FIDOIN event issue
De:       RickV
Data:     Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:12:34 -0500
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Hello Digital!

30 Apr 26 16:04, you wrote to me:

 DM>   Re: FIDOIN event issue
 DM>   By: RickV to Digital Man on Wed Apr 29 2026 08:41 pm

 DM>  >
 >> Hello Digital!
 DM>  >
 >> 29 Apr 26 22:41, you wrote to me:
 DM>  >
 >>  DM>   Re: FIDOIN event issue
 DM>  >  DM>   By: RickV to All on Wed Apr 29 2026 06:31 pm
 DM>  >
 >>  >> Hello everybody!
 DM>  >
 >>  >> In my FIDOIN event I have a java script that I created that
 >> runs a
 >>  >> couple of other things and tosses the mail, but when it runs it
 DM>  >  >> opens a normal sized window on the PC instead if being
 >> minimized.
 >>  >> This seems to have started a few months ago and I can't figure
 >> out
 DM>  >  >> why. Anyone have a thought on this? It
 DM>  >  >> was minimized in the taskbar before.
 DM>  >
 >>  >> Windows 11/64 Pro
 >>  >> Synchronet 3.21e
 DM>  >
 DM>  >  DM> How do you have the FIDOIN event configured in SCFG?
 DM>  >
 >>  DM> Do you have Options = XTRN_MINIMIZED (likely with other option
 >> flags)
 DM>  >  DM> in the [bbs] section of your ctrl/sbbs.ini file? This
 >> correlates with
 >>  DM> the "Minimize externals" checkbox in the SBBSCTRL->Terminal
 >>  DM> Server->Config dialog.

 >>  My cfg for FIDOIN is this
 DM>  >
 >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nFXgwiUtN5oj-wLLuyHqldBJ-wFLPa36/v
 >> iew?usp=s har ing

 DM> That's text, so you should be able to just select/copy and paste into
 DM> a messaage (in the future).
 DM>  >
 >> And I also un-commented the XTRN_MINIMIZE in th sbbs.ini, but it
 >> still oper the window in normal mode.

 DM> So that command-line ("?copy_inbound.js") runs in-process, it's not
 DM> "external". So I'm guessing that whatever copy_inbound.js is doing is
 DM> what is opening a window on your desktop. So the next obvious question
 DM> would be, what's in copy_inbound.js?
 DM> --
 DM>                                             digital man (rob)

What it's suppose to do is copy all inbound mail, files, etc from the "inbound" directory to my inbound directory for my MysticBBS setup, then toss it for SBBS, and then Mystic. Mail and the tick files

RickV


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