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Accessing wildcards from scripts with out using an external script file

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Posted by Jimbob (4 posts) Bio

Date Thu 05 Mar 2009 02:49 PM (UTC)

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I've looked at the script examples for triggers to capture text but I'm not sure how to call the subs with out using an external script file and I don't want to use an exteranl script file for various reasons. For example in vbscript I paste the following example in the send box and select send to script


sub MyTrigger (name, line, wildcards)
  world.Note "Trigger " & name & " matched."
  world.Note "Wildcard 1 was" & wildcards (1)
end sub

This doesn't give me any output, how do I get this to actually output to the world? Thanks

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Posted by

Worstje Netherlands (899 posts) Bio

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Reply #1 on Thu 05 Mar 2009 03:20 PM (UTC)

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That is because you should not place it in the Send box. You need to place it in your scriptfile (See: Configuration->Scripting->Scripts, and then the 'External Script file' bit. Just make a new one, throw your code in that file, and make sure the language is set to VBScript since that is the language you are using.

Finally, adjust your trigger - there should be NOTHING inside the Send box, and the Script field should match the name of the sub (MyTrigger in your example).

After that, it should work.

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Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (23,173 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #2 on Thu 05 Mar 2009 07:10 PM (UTC)

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Quote:

I don't want to use an exteranl script file for various reasons

In that case, don't put a sub there (that only declares something you can use later). Just go straight into script commands. Also in "send to script" wildcard 1 is %1, wildcard 2 is %2, and so on. Like this:


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="4"
   enabled="y"
   match="* arrives from *."
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>
Note "Trigger matched."
Note "Wildcard 1 was %1"
Note "Wildcard 2 was %2"
</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

See: http://mushclient.com/pasting for how to copy that into the client.

When testing, I saw:


A stray arrives from the north.
Trigger matched.
Wildcard 1 was A stray
Wildcard 2 was the north

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

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