Hi everyone! Must admit I'm a newbie here. Before making this question I've already looked for it in the phorum, but couldn't figure it out.
So,
I want to open a multi-chat window for a few friends that I have to check if they are online. I figured out how to do it individually, but couldn't find the option for opening multi chat window, or inviting someone to an already active chat window.
Any ideas??
Thanks in advance, Pok.

click the 'add contact' button

Yeah, I know that. What I was talking about was how to script that.
Any thoughts?

You can use ChatWnd.SendMessage("/invite email"). This sends the /invite command.

Ok, thanks. That seems to work.
So another question, I really don't know much about Jscript, so, how do I immply some variable in the text? I mean, that email is actually my var semails[i] with 0<i<6....

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Originally posted by Poki
Ok, thanks. That seems to work.
So another question, I really don't know much about Jscript, so, how do I immply some variable in the text? I mean, that email is actually my var semails[i] with 0<i<6....

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Well, thanks for the advice. I'm reading the documentation.

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ChatWnd.SendMessage("/invite " + semails[i]);

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That's it. I figured out.
Now I'm trying to count how many contacts are present in the chat window.
I've found this:
var WndContacts =  iOriginWnd.Contacts;
        if(WndContacts.Count == 2){do some stuff}

but I'm having problems agains..
anybody??
great help guys, I would never make a script without your help.

What is the problem? How can we help if you don't point out what's going wrong?
We'd like to help, but we can't answer if there is no clear question.

Ok. So I'm probably not clear enough.
Again, very thankful for all your help. I expect to share my knowledge back...once I master this thing.
So, now I'm trying the OnEvent_ContactSignIn, but the script doesn't run in that case.
I'm just adding;

function OnEvent_ContactSignin("somemail@hotmail.com")
{

}

and that's it, it doesn't work. Neither when I put inside the function some dumb statement as

var ChatWnd = Messenger.OpenChat(sEmails[0]);
                if (ChatWnd.EditChangeAllowed) ChatWnd.SendMessage("bla bla bla");

Do you know why??

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Originally posted by Poki

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function OnEvent_ContactSignin("somemail@hotmail.com")
{

}

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code:

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function OnEvent_ContactSignin(Email) {
   if(Email == "someone@hotmail.com") {
      //Do your thing here
   }
}

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Originally posted by Poki
function OnEvent_ContactSignin("somemail@hotmail.com")
{

}

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code:

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function OnEvent_ContactSignin(Email){
if(Email =="something@hotmail.com"){
//do something
}
}

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That's right! Thanks again. I'm in my way to make a good (at least for me) script..

So, this is finally going to work!
Almost all my script is working fine, so my last problem seems to be just and if condition...
(promise I will post it after all this)
I have...
if ((Email==sEmails[1]) && (ContactoUno.Status != 1) ){
//do some stuff
}
but it doesn't do the stuff, even after sEmails[1] logs in, and the other one is connected.
I asume the AND condition is right, isn't it? (&&), and I'm sure that the conditions are ok, so? i don't know...

the && is correct, what you could do is use Debug.Trace(ContactoUno.Status); to show values of variables, if it gives an error, you know hte variable is wrong

Ok. I'm trying, but actually I don't understand how to use the Debug..
I'm already enabling debuggin options, but what's supposed to happen? what's the debug window? it seems like i'm having a very stupid problem!

Maybe I've found my mistake, but I'm not quite sure. Is it possible that if I've defined a variable in the SignInReady function, is it local and won't work in ContactSignIn function???

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Originally posted by Poki
Maybe I've found my mistake, but I'm not quite sure. Is it possible that if I've defined a variable in the SignInReady function, is it local and won't work in ContactSignIn function???

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ok, that worked fine once I've realised about the global variable.
but what about the debugging? how to do it? i'm lost

Main window of WLM > Plus! >Scriptdebugger

It's a window that displays useful information on errors etc.
You can add a line, like a variable to show the contents of the variable.
If it's null it's empty, if it's NaN, it's Not a Number etc. etc.

As it's called debug, you can de-bug your program/script

So...I might found the problem, so here's the question, do I have to redefine global variables in every function??
Particulary in OnEvent_SingInReady function??
But....are functions where I do not have to redefine them? or in every function do i?
10q....

Global variables are globaly defined, which means you don't have to redefine them again, in no function.
Once defined they are accessable everywhere in all the code.

Local variables, have to be redefined in every function and will be deleted from the memory once the function has ended.

This example will explain:

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var GlobalVariable;

function Blah(ParsedVariable1)
{
  var LocalVariable = "value";
  GlobalVariable = "value too";
  Blah2(ParsedVariable1);
}

function Blah2(ParsedVariable2)
{
  //GlobalVariable is still "value too",
  //LocalVariable isn't accessible (but exists in the memory, since Blah isn't yet ended, which will end as soo as Blah2 end, because i called Blah2 inside Blah, as Blah will then wait for Blah2 to end)
  //ParsedVariable2 is the same as ParsedVariable1
  //ParsedVariable isn't accessible (see LocalVariable)
}

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Yeah, but there is still something that I do not understand.
Do I have to make it explicit that they are global variables? I mean, in Matlab i define, global MyVar...
But, here it seems that it's just defining it outside every function. Is it like that or something else? Because, in that case, I got a problem because my script wasn't taking global variables correctly..I had to redefine them in every function to make it work, even though I defined them outside...so I don't find the problem...

Global variables have to be defined before anything else, like shown in my example, you can't define global variables any other way AFAIK.

Well, let me show you what my problem was, may be you figure it out.

I had....
var sEmails = new

Array("mail1@hotmail.com","mail2@hotmail.com","mail3@hotmail.com");

var ContactoUno = Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact(sEmails[0]);
var ContactoDos = Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact(sEmails[1]);
var ContactoTres = Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact(sEmails[2]);

before any function, when I realised I needed global variables in order to be accessed by any function, but the fact was that I had to redefine ContactoUno, ContactoDos, ContactoTres y every function I wanted to use it because I'd get an error if I didn't...
So, they are global but need to be defined in every function? in that case the script worked indeed... or what else could be wrong?

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Originally posted by Plan-1130
Global variables have to be defined before anything else, like shown in my example, you can't define global variables any other way AFAIK.

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function Hello() {
    Debug.Trace(myglobalvariable);
}

var myglobalvariable = 'Hello';

function World() {
    Debug.Trace('World');
}

Hello();
World();

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Originally posted by Poki
Well, let me show you what my problem was, may be you figure it out.

I had....
var sEmails = new Array("mail1@hotmail.com","mail2@hotmail.com","mail3@hotmail.com");

var ContactoUno = Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact(sEmails[0]);
var ContactoDos = Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact(sEmails[1]);
var ContactoTres = Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact(sEmails[2]);

before any function, when I realised I needed global variables in order to be accessed by any function, but the fact was that I had to redefine ContactoUno, ContactoDos, ContactoTres y every function I wanted to use it because I'd get an error if I didn't...
So, they are global but need to be defined in every function? in that case the script worked indeed... or what else could be wrong?

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Well, thanks, that was really useful.
So, let me see if I undestood, I had to define the global variables just as I did, but...
don't give them any value before objects like Messenger are fully loaded, so the assignment of the variable had to be done maybe in OnEvent_SignInReady(email), because there I can be sure that Messenger object is ready and there would be no problem in assigning the correct value....
(just verbalizing for myself...)
Again, thanks to every one who helped me in this attempt to make a script...I'll be posting it soon.
Seeya.

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Originally posted by Poki
Well, thanks, that was really useful.
So, let me see if I undestood, I had to define the global variables just as I did, but...
don't give them any value before objects like Messenger are fully loaded, so the assignment of the variable had to be done maybe in OnEvent_SignInReady(email), because there I can be sure that Messenger object is ready and there would be no problem in assigning the correct value....

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Well, finally....
It's done.
May I ask you....how do I export my script so is it downloadable and ready to go?
I only have my .js script, but have several friends who won't know how to make it run unless I do something like that.

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Originally posted by Poki
Well, finally....
It's done.
May I ask you....how do I export my script so is it downloadable and ready to go?
I only have my .js script, but have several friends who won't know how to make it run unless I do something like that.

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You can get a script packager of MPScripts Tools website, this basicly does all the work for you

Well, I've read the MPL scripting guide and there, it says:

make an ScriptInfo.xml with the other files, then zip it but, change its file extension so it can be interpreted as a MPL script.
I did that, but when trying to install it, Messenger says
"The file you try to load does not appear to be a valid Messenger Plus! script pack."
But the .js script is doing ok, so the problem seems to be how to pack it.
What am I missing??

As i said, use the script packager

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Originally posted by Poki
Well, I've read the MPL scripting guide and there, it says:

make an ScriptInfo.xml with the other files, then zip it but, change its file extension so it can be interpreted as a MPL script.
I did that, but when trying to install it, Messenger says
"The file you try to load does not appear to be a valid Messenger Plus! script pack."
But the .js script is doing ok, so the problem seems to be how to pack it.
What am I missing??

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It worked! 10q!