Hi all -

I have a login matrix script that I've written in JavaScript, where I use console.inkey() to get a keypress from the user with an input timeout. I'm using a timeout of 60000ms (so, it should time out after 60 seconds). It works fine with a fast internet connection, but I've noticed that if I log into my BBS from a computer with a fairly slow connection (i.e., satellite internet connection with a fairly slow upload rate), it times out immediately. Is there a workaround for this?

Nightfox

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Re: console.inkey() timeout on slow connections
By: Nightfox to All on Sun Sep 27 2009 01:31 pm

I have a login matrix script that I've written in JavaScript, where I use console.inkey() to get a keypress from the user with an input timeout. I'm using a timeout of 60000ms (so, it should time out after 60 seconds). It wo fine with a fast internet connection, but I've noticed that if I log into my BBS from a computer with a fairly slow connection (i.e., satellite internet connection with a fairly slow upload rate), it times out immediately. Is the a workaround for this?

Here's what I use. Keep in mind this is ripped from ispy/tracker1's code of the phoenix modded s3 shell script.

var c = console.inkey();
if (c == "") {
sleep(100);
}else{
Determine key pressed, etc etc etc.

Hope that helped man.

esc(montereybbs/demonic/mimic)

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Re: console.inkey() timeout on slow connections
By: Nightfox to All on Sun Sep 27 2009 01:31 pm

I have a login matrix script that I've written in JavaScript, where I use console.inkey() to get a keypress from the user with an input timeout. I'm using a timeout of 60000ms (so, it should time out after 60 seconds). It works fine with a fast internet connection, but I've noticed that if I log into my BBS from a computer with a fairly slow connection (i.e., satellite internet connection with a fairly slow upload rate), it times out immediately. Is there a workaround for this?

What is the return value? Is it possible that there were simply keys still pending on the socket?

Please report bugs instead of working around them. :-)

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Re: console.inkey() timeout on slow connections
By: esc to Nightfox on Sun Sep 27 2009 08:02 pm

Here's what I use. Keep in mind this is ripped from ispy/tracker1's code
of the phoenix modded s3 shell script.

var c = console.inkey();
if (c == "") {
sleep(100);
}else{
Determine key pressed, etc etc etc.

This is the wrong way to do it now... using a timeout is correct (and just as likely to work as the other).

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Re: console.inkey() timeout on slow connections
By: Deuce to Nightfox on Mon Sep 28 2009 12:21:51

What is the return value? Is it possible that there were simply keys sti pending on the socket?

Please report bugs instead of working around them. :-)

I do prefer to report bugs rather than working around them. :) I'm not around that computer with the slow connection now, so I'll have to find a way to simulate a slow internet connection with my BBS so I can do some more testing.

Nightfox

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