Login() Popup Window in Developer Help

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Apr 22 2005, 5:23 am
I'm trying to make a popup window appear at login, so peaple can better see Info about the game/Rules. Almost everey Byond game has them, but yet I can't seem to find info on how to set one up, can someone tell me the basic codeing to create a popup window at login?
#1 Apr 22 2005, 7:34 am
The browse() procedure might work. Simply write your help/game information into a text file, format it with markup, and save it. On login, put in a line that says
src << browse(helpfile)
Replacing helpfile with the path to YOUR helpfile, of course.
#2 Apr 22 2005, 7:35 am
 
var/html_login_msg={"<html><body>
Whatever
</body>
</html>"}

client/New()
  ..()
  src<<browse(html_login_msg,"window=loginwindow")
#3 Apr 22 2005, 8:14 am
In response to PirateHead (#1)
ok ty.
#4 Apr 22 2005, 9:34 am
In response to Zoltor (#3)
type this in the coding after they log in:

alert("Message you want it to say. you may edit this.")