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create-conf-old [10] (1) Obsolete (10)


        create-conf-old [10] (( name : HOLLERITH;
                                type : Any-Conf-Type ))
                -> ( Conf-No );

This call is used to create new conferences. name is the name of the new conference and type is its type. If successful, the call returns the conference number of the newly created conference.

To use this call the session must have logged in as a user with privileges to create conferences (see Security).

Example: 

        1 50 8
        %1 9 0
        1 10 13HInlägg }t mig 00001000
        =1 8
        1 50 8
        =1 13HInlägg }t mig 0000
           43 9 17 14 5 96 5 165 1
           43 9 17 14 5 96 5 165 1
           5 0 5 0 5 0 77 0 1 0

This example creates a new conference named "Inlägg }t mig"1 which accepts all users as members and accepts anonymous articles. The server returns 7 as the new conference number.

Error codes

login-first
Login required before issuing this call.
permission-denied
The server does not allow everyone to create a conference and user does not have the create-conf bit set.
conference-exists
A conference named name already exists.
bad-name
name contains invalid characters.
string-to-long
name is too long to be used as a conference name.
secret-public
The conference type type has the secret bit set, but the rd-prot bit is cleared.

Footnotes

  1. This conference is a standard Lysator conference. It's all Padrone's fault.