• RE: [WINServer] telnet-outbound.wcc

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    Subject: RE: [WINServer] telnet-outbound.wcc
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    Looks like I need to release my SeaTel outbound telnet WCX next €€€€

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    From: listadmin-winserver@winserver.com <listadmin-winserver@winserver.com> On Behalf Of Hector Santos
    Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2018 10:12 AM
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    Subject: Re: [WINServer] telnet-outbound.wcc



    On 11/22/2018 5:39 AM, Terry Roati wrote:
    I am in the process of setting up old doors on Win XP Pro VM using a game
    Sever which I can connect to using telenet-outbound.wcx however it displays an echo of characters, how do I turn off the echo in the telnet-outbound.wcc?


    Terry,

    Before I get into some wcBASIC details, in general for console applications, like telnet, you can control this with the Telnet client. Most, if not all, telnet clients, will give you an "Local Echo" On/Off option because you never know what the server will do when processing characters. The option is normally called "Local
    Echo" on the client side Here is looks like for the Windows telnet
    client:

    C:\wcat\telnet

    Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client

    Escape Character is 'CTRL+]'

    Microsoft Telnet> help

    Commands may be abbreviated. Supported commands are:

    c - close close current connection
    d - display display operating parameters
    o - open hostname [port] connect to hostname (default port 23).
    q - quit exit telnet
    set - set set options (type 'set ?' for a list)
    sen - send send strings to server
    st - status print status information
    u - unset unset options (type 'unset ?' for a list)
    ?/h - help print help information
    Microsoft Telnet> set ?
    bsasdel Backspace will be sent as delete
    crlf New line mode - Causes return key to send CR & LF
    delasbs Delete will be sent as backspace
    escape x x is an escape charater to enter telnet client prompt
    localecho Turn on localecho. <<<<< LOCAL ECHO
    logfile x x is current client log file
    logging Turn on logging
    mode x x is console or stream
    ntlm Turn on NTLM authentication.
    term x x is ansi, vt100, vt52, or vtnt

    Again, most telnet clients will give you a "Local echo" option and its normally
    off by default because the server is general in control here with how to display of input characters. It can't rely on the client itself to do it right, so the server will do it.

    Ok, for your needs, using wcBASIC, you mentioned a door?

    For running the DOOR, the DOOR itself will have its own input and echo features, so you need to see what it does. You can see the one of
    the example wcDoor32 applications to show you how it reads the Keyboard and does local echoing. But it general, the door will handle it, and normally it will echo.

    But for pure wcBASIC, lets first understand what are the current read/input/keyboard functions. These are the following functions that you can use in your wcBASIC programs to get input.

    The intrinsic input function:

    Input "Prompt: ", line

    and all the extrinsic input string functions from the library "cmdline.wch"

    InputString
    InputMask
    InputWord
    InputNumber
    InputYesNo
    InputDate
    InputDateString

    All do echoing. Can't avoid it. They all use the same internal function:

    sub ReadString(rs as TReadStringState)

    By setting various fields in rs (see plus pack cmdline.wcc for example), you can set different input effects, like password stars, but nothing to turn off echoing.

    To turn off echoing, you have to use the Readkey() and ReadKeyRaw()
    Functions:

    function ReadKeyRaw(timeout as boolean = INFINITE) as integer
    function ReadKey(timeout as integer = 10000) as integer

    ReadKeyRaw() is pretty "raw" and ReadKey() is more higher level where you can use it for a FSE (Full Screen Editor) beause it handles the special keys for UP/DOWN, HOME, PGUP, PGDN, etc.

    Only with these two functions can you do a NO ECHO concept.

    Here is an example function called "MyInputString()" which gives you an LocalEcho option:


    Function MyInputString(byval maxlen as integer, _
    byval localecho as boolean) as String
    dim s as string = ""
    dim nlen as integer = 0
    dim msecs as integer = 100
    const BS = chr(8)
    const CR = chr(13)
    const LF = chr(13)
    do
    dim k as integer = ReadKey(msecs)
    select case(k)
    case 0: // timeout, only for ReadKey()
    case -1: // timeout, only for ReadKeyRaw()
    case 8: // backspace
    if len(s) > 0 then
    s = left(s, len(s)-1)
    if localecho then print BS+" "+BS;
    end if
    case 10: // ignore linefeed
    case 13: // exit with carriage return
    if localecho then print CRLF;
    exit do
    case else:
    if maxlen > 0 and len(s) >= maxlen then
    exit do
    end if
    if localecho then print chr(k);
    s = s + chr(k)
    end select
    loop
    MyInputString = s
    End Function

    Now you can use this in "Telnet Outbound.wcc" but keep in mind how it
    is "InputString" is used here. It is called twice:

    s = InputString(0, False) // LINE #78
    s = InputString(0) // LINE #85

    The first one says, don't wait for input if there any commands in the
    stack (CurrentCmdLine stack which is part of the "Cmdline.wcx"
    library) In general, the way this is used is:

    dim s as string
    s = InputString(0, FALSE) // don't wait if command in stack
    if s = "" then // nothing in stack so prompt
    print "Enter whatever: ";
    s = InputString(0)
    end if

    So to use your new MyInputString(), change the second one to this:

    dim s as string
    s = InputString(0, FALSE) // don't wait if command in stack
    if s = "" then // nothing in stack so prompt
    print "Enter whatever: ";
    s = MyInputString(0, FALSE)
    end if

    That will work I think for you.

    Hope these details helps. Please ask developers question in the
    Developer list or forums. Thanks

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    Hello Robert,

    Mike Purdy helped me so no longer an issue.

    At present I am just experimenting and getting back into WINS after many years,
    after this will be getting back into Fido and Wildnet etc.

    Once Hector releases the next update, I plan to get a CD and do a clean install
    and then add back some of the old stuff.

    Thanks.

    Terry

    -----Original Message-----
    From: listadmin-winserver@winserver.com <listadmin-winserver@winserver.com> On Behalf Of robert.wolfe@robertwolfe.org
    Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2018 8:51 AM
    To: WINServer@winserver.com
    Subject: RE: [WINServer] telnet-outbound.wcc

    Looks like I need to release my SeaTel outbound telnet WCX next €€€€

    -----Original Message-----
    From: listadmin-winserver@winserver.com <listadmin-winserver@winserver.com> On Behalf Of Hector Santos
    Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2018 10:12 AM
    To: WINServer@winserver.com
    Subject: Re: [WINServer] telnet-outbound.wcc



    On 11/22/2018 5:39 AM, Terry Roati wrote:
    I am in the process of setting up old doors on Win XP Pro VM using a game
    Sever which I can connect to using telenet-outbound.wcx however it displays an echo of characters, how do I turn off the echo in the telnet-outbound.wcc?


    Terry,

    Before I get into some wcBASIC details, in general for console applications, like telnet, you can control this with the Telnet client. Most, if not all, telnet clients, will give you an "Local Echo" On/Off option because you never know what the server will do when processing characters. The option is normally called "Local
    Echo" on the client side Here is looks like for the Windows telnet
    client:

    C:\wcat\telnet

    Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client

    Escape Character is 'CTRL+]'

    Microsoft Telnet> help

    Commands may be abbreviated. Supported commands are:

    c - close close current connection
    d - display display operating parameters
    o - open hostname [port] connect to hostname (default port 23).
    q - quit exit telnet
    set - set set options (type 'set ?' for a list)
    sen - send send strings to server
    st - status print status information
    u - unset unset options (type 'unset ?' for a list)
    ?/h - help print help information
    Microsoft Telnet> set ?
    bsasdel Backspace will be sent as delete
    crlf New line mode - Causes return key to send CR & LF
    delasbs Delete will be sent as backspace
    escape x x is an escape charater to enter telnet client prompt localecho Turn on localecho. <<<<< LOCAL ECHO
    logfile x x is current client log file
    logging Turn on logging
    mode x x is console or stream
    ntlm Turn on NTLM authentication.
    term x x is ansi, vt100, vt52, or vtnt

    Again, most telnet clients will give you a "Local echo" option and its normally
    off by default because the server is general in control here with how to display of input characters. It can't rely on the client itself to do it right, so the server will do it.

    Ok, for your needs, using wcBASIC, you mentioned a door?

    For running the DOOR, the DOOR itself will have its own input and echo features, so you need to see what it does. You can see the one of
    the example wcDoor32 applications to show you how it reads the Keyboard and does local echoing. But it general, the door will handle it, and normally it will echo.

    But for pure wcBASIC, lets first understand what are the current read/input/keyboard functions. These are the following functions that you can use in your wcBASIC programs to get input.

    The intrinsic input function:

    Input "Prompt: ", line

    and all the extrinsic input string functions from the library "cmdline.wch"

    InputString
    InputMask
    InputWord
    InputNumber
    InputYesNo
    InputDate
    InputDateString

    All do echoing. Can't avoid it. They all use the same internal function:

    sub ReadString(rs as TReadStringState)

    By setting various fields in rs (see plus pack cmdline.wcc for example), you can set different input effects, like password stars, but nothing to turn off echoing.

    To turn off echoing, you have to use the Readkey() and ReadKeyRaw()
    Functions:

    function ReadKeyRaw(timeout as boolean = INFINITE) as integer
    function ReadKey(timeout as integer = 10000) as integer

    ReadKeyRaw() is pretty "raw" and ReadKey() is more higher level where you can use it for a FSE (Full Screen Editor) beause it handles the special keys for UP/DOWN, HOME, PGUP, PGDN, etc.

    Only with these two functions can you do a NO ECHO concept.

    Here is an example function called "MyInputString()" which gives you an LocalEcho option:


    Function MyInputString(byval maxlen as integer, _
    byval localecho as boolean) as String
    dim s as string = ""
    dim nlen as integer = 0
    dim msecs as integer = 100
    const BS = chr(8)
    const CR = chr(13)
    const LF = chr(13)
    do
    dim k as integer = ReadKey(msecs)
    select case(k)
    case 0: // timeout, only for ReadKey()
    case -1: // timeout, only for ReadKeyRaw()
    case 8: // backspace
    if len(s) > 0 then
    s = left(s, len(s)-1)
    if localecho then print BS+" "+BS;
    end if
    case 10: // ignore linefeed
    case 13: // exit with carriage return
    if localecho then print CRLF;
    exit do
    case else:
    if maxlen > 0 and len(s) >= maxlen then
    exit do
    end if
    if localecho then print chr(k);
    s = s + chr(k)
    end select
    loop
    MyInputString = s
    End Function

    Now you can use this in "Telnet Outbound.wcc" but keep in mind how it is "InputString" is used here. It is called twice:

    s = InputString(0, False) // LINE #78
    s = InputString(0) // LINE #85

    The first one says, don't wait for input if there any commands in the stack (CurrentCmdLine stack which is part of the "Cmdline.wcx"
    library) In general, the way this is used is:

    dim s as string
    s = InputString(0, FALSE) // don't wait if command in stack
    if s = "" then // nothing in stack so prompt
    print "Enter whatever: ";
    s = InputString(0)
    end if

    So to use your new MyInputString(), change the second one to this:

    dim s as string
    s = InputString(0, FALSE) // don't wait if command in stack
    if s = "" then // nothing in stack so prompt
    print "Enter whatever: ";
    s = MyInputString(0, FALSE)
    end if

    That will work I think for you.

    Hope these details helps. Please ask developers question in the Developer list
    or forums. Thanks

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    On 11/22/2018 5:39 AM, Terry Roati wrote:
    I am in the process of setting up old doors on Win XP Pro VM using a game
    Sever which I can connect to using telenet-outbound.wcx however it displays an echo of characters, how do I turn off the echo in the telnet-outbound.wcc?


    Terry,

    Before I get into some wcBASIC details, in general for console
    applications, like telnet, you can control this with the Telnet
    client. Most, if not all, telnet clients, will give you an "Local
    Echo" On/Off option because you never know what the server will do
    when processing characters. The option is normally called "Local
    Echo" on the client side Here is looks like for the Windows telnet
    client:

    C:\wcat\telnet

    Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client

    Escape Character is 'CTRL+]'

    Microsoft Telnet> help

    Commands may be abbreviated. Supported commands are:

    c - close close current connection
    d - display display operating parameters
    o - open hostname [port] connect to hostname (default port 23).
    q - quit exit telnet
    set - set set options (type 'set ?' for a list)
    sen - send send strings to server
    st - status print status information
    u - unset unset options (type 'unset ?' for a list)
    ?/h - help print help information
    Microsoft Telnet> set ?
    bsasdel Backspace will be sent as delete
    crlf New line mode - Causes return key to send CR & LF
    delasbs Delete will be sent as backspace
    escape x x is an escape charater to enter telnet client prompt
    localecho Turn on localecho. <<<<< LOCAL ECHO
    logfile x x is current client log file
    logging Turn on logging
    mode x x is console or stream
    ntlm Turn on NTLM authentication.
    term x x is ansi, vt100, vt52, or vtnt

    Again, most telnet clients will give you a "Local echo" option and its normally off by default because the server is general in control here
    with how to display of input characters. It can't rely on the client
    itself to do it right, so the server will do it.

    Ok, for your needs, using wcBASIC, you mentioned a door?

    For running the DOOR, the DOOR itself will have its own input and echo features, so you need to see what it does. You can see the one of
    the example wcDoor32 applications to show you how it reads the
    Keyboard and does local echoing. But it general, the door will handle
    it, and normally it will echo.

    But for pure wcBASIC, lets first understand what are the current read/input/keyboard functions. These are the following functions that
    you can use in your wcBASIC programs to get input.

    The intrinsic input function:

    Input "Prompt: ", line

    and all the extrinsic input string functions from the library
    "cmdline.wch"

    InputString
    InputMask
    InputWord
    InputNumber
    InputYesNo
    InputDate
    InputDateString

    All do echoing. Can't avoid it. They all use the same internal function:

    sub ReadString(rs as TReadStringState)

    By setting various fields in rs (see plus pack cmdline.wcc for
    example), you can set different input effects, like password stars,
    but nothing to turn off echoing.

    To turn off echoing, you have to use the Readkey() and ReadKeyRaw()
    Functions:

    function ReadKeyRaw(timeout as boolean = INFINITE) as integer
    function ReadKey(timeout as integer = 10000) as integer

    ReadKeyRaw() is pretty "raw" and ReadKey() is more higher level where
    you can use it for a FSE (Full Screen Editor) beause it handles the
    special keys for UP/DOWN, HOME, PGUP, PGDN, etc.

    Only with these two functions can you do a NO ECHO concept.

    Here is an example function called "MyInputString()" which gives you
    an LocalEcho option:


    Function MyInputString(byval maxlen as integer, _
    byval localecho as boolean) as String
    dim s as string = ""
    dim nlen as integer = 0
    dim msecs as integer = 100
    const BS = chr(8)
    const CR = chr(13)
    const LF = chr(13)
    do
    dim k as integer = ReadKey(msecs)
    select case(k)
    case 0: // timeout, only for ReadKey()
    case -1: // timeout, only for ReadKeyRaw()
    case 8: // backspace
    if len(s) > 0 then
    s = left(s, len(s)-1)
    if localecho then print BS+" "+BS;
    end if
    case 10: // ignore linefeed
    case 13: // exit with carriage return
    if localecho then print CRLF;
    exit do
    case else:
    if maxlen > 0 and len(s) >= maxlen then
    exit do
    end if
    if localecho then print chr(k);
    s = s + chr(k)
    end select
    loop
    MyInputString = s
    End Function

    Now you can use this in "Telnet Outbound.wcc" but keep in mind how it
    is "InputString" is used here. It is called twice:

    s = InputString(0, False) // LINE #78
    s = InputString(0) // LINE #85

    The first one says, don't wait for input if there any commands in the
    stack (CurrentCmdLine stack which is part of the "Cmdline.wcx"
    library) In general, the way this is used is:

    dim s as string
    s = InputString(0, FALSE) // don't wait if command in stack
    if s = "" then // nothing in stack so prompt
    print "Enter whatever: ";
    s = InputString(0)
    end if

    So to use your new MyInputString(), change the second one to this:

    dim s as string
    s = InputString(0, FALSE) // don't wait if command in stack
    if s = "" then // nothing in stack so prompt
    print "Enter whatever: ";
    s = MyInputString(0, FALSE)
    end if

    That will work I think for you.

    Hope these details helps. Please ask developers question in the
    Developer list or forums. Thanks

    --
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    Santronics Software, Inc.
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