Hi all,

I'm working on my message reader and have added a method (for sysops) to validate a message that requires moderation. It seems to me the way to do that would be to add the MSG_VALIDATED attribute to a message header and save it with msgbase.put_msg_header(), but it seems that if I re-load the message header, it doesn't have the MSG_VALIDATED attribute. msgbase.put_msg_header() returns true, which I'd think would mean it successfully saved the header. I'm wondering what I might be doing wrong?

This is the code I have for the method:

function DigDistMsgReader_ValidateMsg(pSubBoardCode, pMsgNum)
{
if (!msg_area.sub[pSubBoardCode].is_moderated)
return true;
if ((this.msgbase == null) || !this.msgbase.is_open)
return false;

var validationSuccessful = false;
var msgHdr = this.msgbase.get_msg_header(false, pMsgNum, false);
if (msgHdr != null)
{
if ((msgHdr.attr & MSG_VALIDATED) == 0)
{
msgHdr.attr &= MSG_VALIDATED;
validationSuccessful = this.msgbase.put_msg_header(false, msgHdr.number,
msgHdr);
}
else
validationSuccessful = true;
}

return validationSuccessful;
}


Nightfox

Subject: Validating a moderated message
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Re: Validating a moderated message
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jan 21 2017 18:10:49

This is the code I have for the method:

if ((msgHdr.attr & MSG_VALIDATED) == 0)
{
msgHdr.attr &= MSG_VALIDATED;

Try: msgHdr.attr |= MSG_VALIDATED;

The & operator returns 1 wherever the bits in both operands are set. The | operator returns a 1 wherever a bit in either operand is set.

('a&=b' is basically shorthand for 'a=a&b', as 'a|=b' is to 'a=a|b'.)

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Subject: Validating a moderated message
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Re: Validating a moderated message
By: echicken to Nightfox on Sat Jan 21 2017 23:26:14

('a&=b' is basically shorthand for 'a=a&b', as 'a|=b' is to 'a=a|b'.)

^ May not have come through as intended:

('a&=b' is basically shorthand for 'a = a & b', as 'a|=b' is to 'a = a | b'.)

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Try: msgHdr.attr |= MSG_VALIDATED;

The & operator returns 1 wherever the bits in both operands are set. The | operator returns a 1 wherever a bit in either operand is set.

Of course.. I knew that and just had one of those moments. :)

Nightfox