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    From Michael Long@VERT to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Oct 8 06:09:59 2020
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    Is there a way from javascript to handle the error like the C function errormsg, where it writes it to the consoles with red "The sysop has been notified" and puts it in the log?
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  • From echicken@VERT/ECBBS to Michael Long on Thu Oct 8 10:28:01 2020
    Re: Javascript error message handling
    By: Michael Long to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Oct 08 2020 06:09:59

    Is there a way from javascript to handle the error like the C function errormsg, where it writes it
    to the consoles with red "The sysop has been notified" and puts it in the log?

    Sure:

    try {
    doSomethingThatMightThrowAnException();
    } catch (err) {
    log(LOG_ERR, err);
    console.putmsg('\1+\1h\1r' + err + '\1-\r\n');
    }

    There's lots to be read online about error handling in JS, including the optional and rarely useful 'finally' block.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Michael Long on Thu Oct 8 11:14:01 2020
    Re: Javascript error message handling
    By: Michael Long to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Oct 08 2020 06:09 am

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    Is there a way from javascript to handle the error like the C function errormsg, where it writes it to the consoles with red "The sysop has been notified" and puts it in the log?

    There's no single function that does that in Sync-JHS, but this would be very similar:

    alert(log(LOG_ERR, "Some error happened") + ", sysop has been notified");

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