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Re: Randon displays question
By: Rick V to Digital Man on Mon May 19 2025 03:02 pm
> Hello Digital.
>
> 29 Sep 70 20:46, you wrote to me:
>
> DM> Re: Randon displays question
> DM> By: Rick V to All on Mon May 19 2025 12:24 pm
>
> >> I use the stock "random" displays when ever someone logs in. But
> >> when they do, 2 of the displays run, one after the other. Is there
> >> a setting to have just one display at the time of a login?
>
> DM> There`s no "setting" - when a display file includes a wildcard (`*` or
> DM> `?`) one file matching that pattern is picked at random. That`s it.
> DM> Double check what files you have and what pattern you`re using.
> I have the stock 8 Random*.msg display files in my text/menu directory.
> Everytime a login happens 2 are always displayed.
That`s not normal. Maybe you *also* have text/menu/logon.* files?
There`s a debug-level message logged by the terminal server whenever
a display file is sent to the remote client, i.e. "Printing file: x"
- that can be helpful in determining file is being sent when.
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