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<h1class="page-title">The Show Art Module</h1>
<h2id="the-show-art-module">The Show Art Module</h2>
<p>The built in <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">show_art</code> module add some advanced ways in which you can configure your system to display art assets beyond what a standard menu entry can provide. For example, based on user selection of a file or message base area.</p>
<li><codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">method</code>: Set the method in which to show art. See <strong>Methods</strong> below.</li>
<li><codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">optional</code>: Is this art required or optional? If non-optional and we cannot show art based on <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">method</code>, it is an error.</li>
<li><codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">key</code>: Used for some <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">method</code>s. See <strong>Methods</strong></li>
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<h3id="methods">Methods</h3>
<h4id="extra-args">Extra Args</h4>
<p>When <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">method</code> is <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">extraArgs</code>, the module selects an <em>art spec</em> from a value found within <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">extraArgs</code> that were passed to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">show_art</code> by <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">key</code>. Consider the following:</p>
<p>Given an <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">menu.hjson</code> entry:</p>
<p>If the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">showWithExtraArgs</code> menu was entered and passed <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">extraArgs</code> as the following:</p>
<p>…then the system would use the <em>art spec</em> of <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">LOLART</code>.</p>
<h4id="area--conferences">Area & Conferences</h4>
<p>Handy for inserting into File Base, Message Conferences, or Mesage Area selections selections. When <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">method</code> is <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">fileBaseArea</code>, <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">messageConf</code>, or <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">messageArea</code> the selected conf/area’s associated <em>art spec</em> is utilized. Example:</p>
<p>Given a file base entry in <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">config.hjson</code>:</p>
<p>…if the user choose the “All Your Base” area, the <em>art spec</em> of <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALLBASE</code> would be selected and displayed.</p>
<p>The only difference for <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">messageConf</code> or <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">messageArea</code> methods are where the art is defined (which is always next to the conf or area declaration in <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">config.hjson</code>).</p>
<p>While <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">key</code> can be overridden, the system uses <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">areaTag</code> for message/file area selections, and <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">confTag</code> for conference selections by default.</p>
