Synchronet v3.20d-Win32 (install) has been released (Mar-2025).

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custom:menu_files [2025/01/08 19:45] – [Optional] Clarify the random logon menu files (don't necessarily use numberss) digital mancustom:menu_files [2025/04/08 18:28] (current) – Add tags and links digital man
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 Menu files displayed to the remote terminal client / user are stored in the ''[[dir:text]]/menu'' directory. Menu files displayed to the remote terminal client / user are stored in the ''[[dir:text]]/menu'' directory.
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 +If the //[[dir:mods]]// directory has been configured (in SCFG->System->Advanced Options), menu files may also be stored in the ''[[dir:mods]]/text/menu'' directory and will take precedence.
  
 Menu files that have been translated to alternate languages (represented by ''[[dir:ctrl]]/text.//lang//.ini'' files) are stored in their ''[[dir:text]]/menu///lang//'' directory. Menu files that have been translated to alternate languages (represented by ''[[dir:ctrl]]/text.//lang//.ini'' files) are stored in their ''[[dir:text]]/menu///lang//'' directory.
  
-Other display files (mainly used during the terminal server's //new user// registration process), are stored in the ''[[dir:text]]'' directory.+Other display files (mainly used during the terminal server's //new user// registration process), are stored in the ''[[dir:text]]'' directory (or ''[[dir:mods]]/text'' directory).
  
 Menu files may have one of the following file suffixes / extensions: Menu files may have one of the following file suffixes / extensions:
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 |tpolicy       |str.cpp     |File transfer policy (displayed instead of ''[[custom:text.dat]]'' strings: TransferPolicyHdr, TpUpload, TpDownload)| |tpolicy       |str.cpp     |File transfer policy (displayed instead of ''[[custom:text.dat]]'' strings: TransferPolicyHdr, TpUpload, TpDownload)|
 |random*       |logon.js    |Logon screen, picked for display at random | |random*       |logon.js    |Logon screen, picked for display at random |
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 +===== Modifications =====
 +When modifying a stock display file from the ''[[dir:text]]'' directory (or its ''menu'' sub-directory), a sysop should first copy the file to the ''[[dir:mods]]/text[/menu]'' directory and modify that copy so that their modifications will **not** be overwritten (and thus lost) by a future Synchronet update.
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
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   * [[util:ANS2ASC]] utility   * [[util:ANS2ASC]] utility
   * [[resource:ANSI Editors]]   * [[resource:ANSI Editors]]
 +  * [[dir:text]] directory
 +  * [[dir:mods]] directory
  
-{{tag>}}+{{tag>menu ansi customiza}}

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