I don't know JS at all, so as a learning experience I just started throwing things together, and naturally I've run into some questions.

First question
The following code works fine when I type !whatevercommand, but I also want my contacts to be able to type !whatevercommand, have the script respond to them, and increment the nbrPoke++.

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function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(ChatWnd, Message) {

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        if(Message.substr(0,5).toLowerCase()=="!poke"){
        nbrPoke++;
        var z = Math.floor((Math.random()*(xArray.length-1)));
        return "*" + Messenger.MyName + " pokes with a pointy stick* \n" +xArray[z];
    }

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aArray[6] = "*" + Messenger.MyName +" attacks " + Messenger.MyContacts + "*";

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for your first question, you should use the function OnEvent_ChatWndReceivedMessage(ChatWnd,Origin,Msg,Kind){

as for the second question, Messenger.MyContacts isn't a string so it doesn't work like that.  You need to do

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Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact("put their email here").Name

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Thanks for the help, Markee. =)

I tried putting in function OnEvent_ChatWndReceivedMessage(ChatWnd,Origin,Msg,Kind){ instead, and after doing so, that part of the script completely stops working(!command will simply show up as !command, for both sides of the conversation).
I figured it must be a conflict with some other part of my script, so I systematically removed all of those other parts, and tested without each one, but it didn't fix the problem.

Here is the relevent code section:

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    //// Actions
function OnEvent_ChatWndReceivedMessage(ChatWnd,Origin,Msg,Kind){
        if(Message.substr(0,8).toLowerCase()=="!petrafi"){
        nbrPet++;
        var h = Math.floor((Math.random()*(dArray.length-1)));
        return "*" + Messenger.MyName + " pets Rafeal* \n" +dArray[h];
    }
    }
    //// End Actions

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There's a couple problems.

First off, the event is "onEvent_ChatWndReceiveMessage" rather than "onEvent_ChatWndReceivedMessage".

Also, you have

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function OnEvent_ChatWndReceivedMessage(ChatWnd,Origin,Msg,Kind){
if(Message.substr(0,8).toLowerCase()=="!petrafi"){

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Ah! Thank you!! Now the script is actually attempting a return instead of just displaying the raw !command. I'm glad I don't have to go searching other chunks of the code for the problem.
However, it seems there's still something wrong here... D:
As you suggested, I changed it to

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function OnEvent_ChatWndReceiveMessage(ChatWnd,Origin,Message,Kind){

        if(Message.substr(0,8).toLowerCase()=="!petrafi"){
        nbrPet++;
        var h = Math.floor((Math.random()*(dArray.length-1)));
        return "*" + Messenger.MyName + " pets Rafeal* \n" +dArray[h];
    }

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Kao says:
*Kao pet

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I think the problem is that the message you return in the ChatWndReceiveMessage event cannot be longer than the original message, or it just gets truncated. There's no way round this to my knowledge I'm afraid, as it's a technical limitation of Plus.

...Crap.

So... If I just want both people in a conversation to be able to type !command, and have text return based on that... there's really no way at all to do that? Or am I just trying to go about it in the wrong way?

Argh D: *pulls hair*

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Originally posted by kaourika
...Crap.

So... If I just want both people in a conversation to be able to type !command, and have text return based on that... there's really no way at all to do that? Or am I just trying to go about it in the wrong way?

Argh D: *pulls hair*

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Ah! Okay, I understand, thank you.

Then there should be a way to edit the text as it's being sent, so just the end edited result appears to both contacts? Like how Quick Texts work.

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Originally posted by kaourika
Ah! Okay, I understand, thank you.

Then there should be a way to edit the text as it's being sent, so just the end edited result appears to both contacts? Like how Quick Texts work.

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Alright! I figured out how to do that, and almost everything is working perfectly now! Thanks!

Just one little annoyance... in my variable responses, I put Messenger.Myname, which I thought would return the name of the person who invoked the !command. Instead, it always returns MY name, even when it's my friends who typed !commandwhatever.

So, is there any way to produce the name of the person who initiated the command?

Thanks! 8D

use the Origin variable that is a parameter of the function.

PS: reading the scripting documents helps a lot in such cases. Most problems you encountered here are explained very clearly in the scripting documentation.

So, major tip: each time you want to use a certain function, look up that function in the scripting documentation and read its explaination.




eg: Scripting Doc > Index > OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage

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Return Value
A string containing the message to be sent (thus not recieved) instead (thus it will be replaced) of Message. If you do not want to modify the message, simply return Message without changing it. No size restriction applies to the new message except for the maximum size allowed by Messenger. If the event handler returns an empty string, the message is ignored and not sent to the server.

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Origin
Name of the user that sent the message (which covers one of your other questions in how to get the contact's name), as it appears in the chat window.......

Return Value
A string containing the message to be displayed in the chat window instead of Message (which explains why you didn't saw what the contact had typed, but you saw your new string, at least a part of it). If you do not want to modify the message, simply return Message without changing it. The new string will be parsed for possible format codes. It is important to remember that the new message cannot be longer than the original one (use Message.length) and will be cut if necessary which explains why the string was truncated. Also, Messenger will not re-parse the message for emoticons codes.

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The ChatWnd.SendMessage function sends a (new) message to the contacts currently present in the chat window.

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The EditChangeAllowed property should be checked before this function is called.

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The ChatWnd.EditChangeAllowed property specifies whether or not text can be entered/send in the typing area of the chat window.

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A string containing the name of the current user (thus not a contact; the user is you... hence MyName).

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