Message Conference & Area Lists

Two modules let users move around the message base. They work the same way and are themed the same way; which one you are looking at depends on whether the user is picking a conference or an area within it.

Module	Menu	Lists
msg_conf_list	Message conference list	Every conference the user can see
msg_area_list	Message area list	Areas within the user’s current conference

Theming

Both provide an itemFormat object to MCI 1 (%VM1):

Field	Available on	Description
index	both	1-based index into the list
name or text	both	Display name
desc	both	Description
confTag	conference list	Conference tag
areaTag	area list	Area tag
areaCount	conference list	Number of areas in the conference

Both also update additional MCIs as the user moves through the list:

• MCI 2 (%TL2) receives the description of the selected entry.
• MCI 10+ (%TL10 and up) are custom ranges carrying the same fields as itemFormat above. The area list formats these with areaListItemFormat##.

See Entry Formatting in MCI Codes for the format syntax, and Themes for where custom range formats are declared.

See Also

• Configuring a Message Area — conferences, areas and their ACS
• Configure Newscan — which of these areas a user’s newscan covers