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calesta
Apprentice
Joined: 07 Dec 2008
Posts: 102
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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 Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:39 am
MXP question
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I have an alias that makes use of the #read command to execute a script from a file. This alias works fine when called directly from the command line. I then tried to make use of this alias by executing it from an MXP <send> menu that I built. The alias still executes fine, but the #read command will no longer function.
I understand from the MXP documentation that I read that you can't use #read, #write, or #file from the #MXP command for security reasons. The documentation gave me the impression however, that as long as the use of those commands was inside a locally defined alias, that the functionality should still be usable in this scenario. Am I misunderstanding what is being said here? This is the section from the MXP documentation that gave me this impression:
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Not all zScript commands can be used in this way. Some commands are protected because they can be used to create and remove files, run applications, and so on. If you find that a script isn't working from an MXP tag, or if your script is complex, first create an alias for that command and then use the <send> tag to run the alias:
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Tech
GURU
Joined: 18 Oct 2000
Posts: 2733
Location: Atlanta, USA
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:32 am
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Can you post the code you are running?
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calesta
Apprentice
Joined: 07 Dec 2008
Posts: 102
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:23 am
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I don't have the old code since I ended up abandoning the use of files since I couldn't get this working. Here is an example that is the same as what I was attempting though. I created a file test.txt with a single line in it saying
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| #show This is the line from the file |
I saved this file in the same directory as the main session package file. I then created an alias
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| #alias test {#show Reading file;#read test.txt} |
This alias works fine from the command line (you see the show from the alias and from the file displayed as output). I then made an MXP line
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| #mxp Click <send 'test' 'test'>this</send> |
Executing the alias from this MXP tag you get the show from the alias but not the show from the file. |
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Arde
Enchanter
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 605
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:50 am
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I'm sorry, writing on the run...
May be it is stupid suggestion, but have you tried
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| #MXP 1 Click <send 'test' 'test'>this</send> |
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calesta
Apprentice
Joined: 07 Dec 2008
Posts: 102
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:32 pm
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Yeah, I tried that with the same results. Secure mode is supposed to default to on anyway according to the #MXP command documentation, and I believe it is since if I do
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| #MXP 0 Click <send 'test' 'test'>this</send> |
I get the following output where the MXP doesn't even create the link
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Reading file
Click <send 'test' 'test'>this</send> |
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