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Hello All,
I am new here. I posted this in the Veterans Forum, which I am sort of. So I'm not sure if this the correct place.
I ran the majorBBS from about 94-97 and retired it. I did bring it back for a short time using my daughters name for the name of the BBS.
AnyHow,
I'm thinking about bringing back to life. I have a test bed (WG#2) currently running under VirtualBox using FreeDos. So far it is working fine.
I seem to remember that you can insert a "pause" in a text file or Ansi screen.
Example: an add-on displays an "ad" at login. These scroll by so fast you don't see them.
I do have an add-on that actually inserts [PAUSE] , this works but you don't get the prompt you normally would and it echos [PAUSE].
Looking at the user manual, I really don't a key combo for this.

Does anyone remember or know how to insert (ANSI escape?) a pause?

Thanks!

which ansi editor are you useing?

Hello Bloodrock

Most of the time in the past I used WGSdraw, but I do have "TheDraw" running in DosBox

pretty sure both have ansi pause commands is there a way i can see the issue your haveing

i think in a text file you put pause whare you need it like this

welcome to the blah blah
pause
and now for the bbs news
pause

in a ansi file you are limited to 25 lines so a pause would be line 24 or 25 24 prob better
i need to look at thedraw and wgsdraw to see what the pause command is don't recall off hand

thedraw you use @PAUSE@
could not find anything for pause in wgsdraw

Hello Bloodrock,

Unfortunately The BBS is not live at the moment. so I cannot show what I mean.
I'll try to explain better on what I am trying to achieve.
Any ADD-ON game, in this example would be Logicomm BladeMaster.
In the configuration menu [4] you have an option to send a greeting message about the game at logon,
the text is usually one line, for this game it's "The Minions of the arena await your challenge in BladeMaster!" .
This text I believe is found in the .MSG file, if I were to alter the file with an outside program.

Well when you log in, this line blows right past you. This is what I'm trying to pause.

I did try the @PAUSE@ in WGSdraw, had no effect on the line mentioned above.

Thank you for your assistance.

maybe try adding a prompt positon to the add message it should be editable via the textblock editor in utilities section for wg should be a section in there for blade master would think

Hello Bloodrock,

I found the problem, it was "pebkac"!

Dummy me, after messing around I decided to create a dummy account to test. I login and the screens pause like they should.
I guess the ads scroll by when logging in as sysop (really no need to see them).

well least ya got it figured out