string NOTECARD_NAME = "config"; // name of the card we are going to read
integer notecard_line = 0;
integer num_notecard_lines = 0;
key notecard_request = NULL_KEY;
list card_data; // the data in the card
integer
check_card(string name) // check that that the named inventory item is a notecard
{
integer i = llGetInventoryType(name);
return i == INVENTORY_NOTECARD;
}
default
{
state_entry()
{
state init;
}
}
state ready
{
touch_start(integer detected)
{
llOwnerSay("the notecard contained the following data:");
llOwnerSay(llDumpList2String(card_data, "\n"));
}
changed(integer change)
{
if (change & (CHANGED_INVENTORY)) // if someone edits the card, reset the script
{
llResetScript();
}
}
}
state init
{
state_entry()
{
if (!check_card(NOTECARD_NAME)) // check the card exists
{
state error;
}
llSetText("initialising...", <1, 1, 1>, 0);
notecard_request = NULL_KEY;
notecard_line = 0;
num_notecard_lines = 0;
notecard_request = llGetNumberOfNotecardLines(NOTECARD_NAME); // ask for the number of lines in the card
llSetTimerEvent(5.0); // if we don't hear back in 5 secs, then the card might have been empty
}
timer() // if we time out, it meant something went wrong - the notecard was probably empty
{
llSetTimerEvent(0.0);
state error;
}
dataserver(key query_id, string data)
{
if (query_id == notecard_request) // make sure it's an answer to a question we asked - this should be an unnecessary check
{
llSetTimerEvent(0.0); // at least one line, so don't worry any more
if (data == EOF) // end of the notecard, change to ready state
{
state ready;
}
else if (num_notecard_lines == 0) // first request is for the number of lines
{
num_notecard_lines = (integer)data;
notecard_request = llGetNotecardLine(NOTECARD_NAME, notecard_line); // now get the first line
}
else
{
if (data != "" && llGetSubString(data, 0, 0) != "#") // ignore empty lines, or lines beginning with "#"
{
card_data = (card_data = []) + card_data + data;
}
++notecard_line;
notecard_request = llGetNotecardLine(NOTECARD_NAME, notecard_line); // ask for the next line
}
}
// update the hover-text with the progress
llSetText("read " + (string)(notecard_line) + " of " + (string)num_notecard_lines + " lines", <1, 1, 1>, 1);
}
state_exit()
{
llSetText("", <0, 0, 0>, 0);
}
}
state error
{
state_entry()
{
llOwnerSay("something went wrong; try checking that the notecard [ " + NOTECARD_NAME + " ] exists and contains data");
}
changed(integer change)
{
if (change & CHANGED_INVENTORY)
{
llResetScript();
}
}
}
