Ok that sounds a bit of a strange request. I want to have a timer that allows me to appear online even when I'm offline. But think about it, your boss has got your MSN but is out and about, on MSN. You want to leave 15 mins early but your boss is signed in. Set time for 15 mins, leave my machine on and bang it goes off. Looks like I've just left on time!

Anyone else think that this might be a good feature?

You could always block your boss 15 minutes before you leave lol and then unblock him when you wish.

That won't work if you're not at the computer to unblock him Clark.
This would be possible with a script, have the script log you out after a specified amount of time

Yeh but if your at work it wont matter because you wont be at the computer anyway and you'll be offline so it will appear to his boss that he has left early but he has actually been blocked and when Iain returns from work he can unblock his boss if you get me lol.

Clark, I think iainskwatt wants that his boss sees him as online as if he is still at the work. So blocking boss would be the worst thing to do in this case.

iainskwatt, if possible, you may try to sign in from another location as appearing offline, so it will sign the messenger at work out. Or set an Personalized Status with an auto reply "/signout" . So if you can make someone write a message to you at the moment you must signout, auto reply message signs you out.

Answering Machine Plus! would provide a better way to sign you out with remote command. (You can find this script in scritps database of Messenger Plus!

I think he wants to turn the PC off before he leaves the work.

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Originally posted by Chancer
I think he wants to turn the PC off before he leaves the work.

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quote:

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Originally posted by iainskwatt
Ok that sounds a bit of a strange request. I want to have a timer that allows me to appear online even when I'm offline. But think about it, your boss has got your MSN but is out and about, on MSN. You want to leave 15 mins early but your boss is signed in. Set time for 15 mins, leave my machine on and bang it goes off. Looks like I've just left on time!

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I agree with Dane above lmao

SLM coded me something a while back, that automatically signs you off WLM after a certain amount of time.

code:

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                     /* This is a bastardized version     *\
                     |  of Shondoit\'s "TimeZone" script   |
                     \* edited by SpunkyLoveMuff          */


///////////////////////  EDIT THESE ONLY \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

var Banned = "your email" //### The email to signout ###
var Remaining = 20; // Time the user has before signout (Minutes)

////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

var Minute = 60000; // One Minute 
var Second = 1000 // One Second   


var ChatWnds = new Array()
var ChildWnds = new Array()
var S = new Object()
    S.AlwaysShowTimer = true
    S.FixOffset = true
    S.FixTabs = true
    S.Mask = "h:mm a"
   
    S.Width = 57
    S.Height = 25
    S.Top = 49
    S.Left = undefined
    S.Right = 15
    S.Bottom = undefined
dbg = true
dbgt = false

var Shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell")

function OnEvent_Initialize (MessengerStart) {
        if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
        MsgPlus.AddTimer("count",Minute);
    Debug.Trace("####################################");
    Debug.Trace("Auto-Logout initiated for "+Banned);
    Debug.Trace(Remaining+ " Mins before Auto-Logout");
    Debug.Trace("####################################");
    if (!MessengerStart) {
        LoadSettings()
        UpdateWindows()
        Remaining2=Remaining;
       
    }
    }
}
var Remaining2;
function OnEvent_Signin (Email) {
    if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    LoadSettings()
    Remaining=Remaining2;
    }
}
function LoadSettings () {
if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    if (dbg) Debug.Trace("Loaded Settings from Registry")
    S.AlwaysShowTimer = (ReadDWord("Settings\\AlwaysShowTimer", 1) != 0)
    S.FixOffset = (ReadDWord("Settings\\FixOffset", 1) != 0)
    S.FixTabs = (ReadDWord("Settings\\FixTabs", 1) != 0)
    S.Mask = ReadString("Settings\\Mask", "h:mm a")
    S.Width = ReadDWord("Settings\\Width", 57)
    S.Height = ReadDWord("Settings\\Height", 25)
    var ScriptLoaded = (ReadDWord("Settings\\Loaded") == 1)
    if (ScriptLoaded) {
        S.Top    = ReadDWord("Settings\\Top")
        S.Left   = ReadDWord("Settings\\Left")
        S.Right  = ReadDWord("Settings\\Right")
        S.Bottom = ReadDWord("Settings\\Bottom")
    } else {
        WriteDWord("Settings\\Loaded", 1)
        S.Top    = ReadDWord("Settings\\Top", 15)
        S.Right  = ReadDWord("Settings\\Right", 15)
    }
    if (dbg) TraceSettings()
    }
}
function TraceSettings() {
if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    //Debug.Trace("Current Settings:")
    //Debug.Trace("\tAlwaysShowTimer = " + S.AlwaysShowTimer)
    //Debug.Trace("\tFixOffset = " + S.FixOffset)
    //Debug.Trace("\tFixTabs = " + S.FixTabs)
    //Debug.Trace("\tMask = " + S.Mask)
    //Debug.Trace("\tWidth = " + S.Width)
    //Debug.Trace("\tHeight = " + S.Height)
    //Debug.Trace("\tLeft = " + S.Left)
    //Debug.Trace("\tRight = " + S.Right)
    //Debug.Trace("\tTop = " + S.Top)
    //Debug.Trace("\tBottom = " + S.Bottom)
    }
}
function SaveSettings () {
if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    if (dbg) Debug.Trace("Saved settings to Registry")
    WriteDWord("Settings\\AlwaysShowTimer", (S.AlwaysShowTimer) ? 1 : 0)
    WriteDWord("Settings\\FixOffset", (S.FixOffset) ? 1 : 0)
    WriteDWord("Settings\\FixTabs", (S.FixTabs) ? 1 : 0)
    WriteString("Settings\\Mask", S.Mask)
    WriteDWord("Settings\\Width", S.Width)
    WriteDWord("Settings\\Height", S.Height)
    if (S.Left != undefined) WriteDWord("Settings\\Left", S.Left); else DeleteKey("Settings\\Left")
    if (S.Right != undefined) WriteDWord("Settings\\Right", S.Right); else DeleteKey("Settings\\Right")
    if (S.Top != undefined) WriteDWord("Settings\\Top", S.Top); else DeleteKey("Settings\\Top")
    if (S.Bottom != undefined) WriteDWord("Settings\\Bottom", S.Bottom); else DeleteKey("Settings\\Bottom")
    if (dbg) TraceSettings
    }
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function OnEvent_ChatWndCreated (ChatWnd) {
if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    if (ChatWnd.Contacts.Count == 1) AddButton(ChatWnd)
    ChildWnd.SetControlText("LblTime", Remaining+" Mins")
    }
}
function OnEvent_ChatWndDestroyed (ChatWnd) {
if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    RemoveButton(ChatWnd)
    }
}
function UpdateWindows () {
if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    for (var e = new Enumerator(Messenger.CurrentChats); !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()) UpdateButton(e.item())
}
}
function OnEvent_ChatWndContactRemoved (ChatWnd, Email) {
    if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    UpdateButton(ChatWnd)
    }
}
function OnEvent_ChatWndContactAdded (ChatWnd, Email) {
    if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    UpdateButton(ChatWnd)
    }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage (ChatWnd, Message) {
    if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    var IsCommand = /^\/TZ(.+?)\s(.+)$/i.test(Message)
    Command = RegExp.$1.toLowerCase()
    Params = RegExp.$2
    if (IsCommand && dbg) //Debug.Trace("Evaluating [" + Command + "]...\n\tParams: " + Params)
    var Result = ""
    switch (Command) {
        case "setgmt":
            if (/^(?.+)\s)?((?:\+?\d+(??:\.|,)\d+)?)$/i.test(Params)) {
                var Email = RegExp.$1
                var GMT_String = RegExp.$2
                var GMT = GetGMT(GMT_String)
                if (Email == "") {
                    if (ChatWnd.Contacts.Count != 1) return Message
                    var e = new Enumerator(ChatWnd.Contacts)
                    var Email = e.item().Email
                }
                if (dbg) //Debug.Trace("SetGMT:\n\tEmail = " + Email + "\n\tGMT_String = " + GMT_String + "\n\tGMT = " + GMT)
                if (GMT != 0) {
                    WriteString(Email, "" + GMT)
                    UpdateButton(ChatWnd)
                } else {
                    DeleteKey(Email)
                }
            }
            break
        case "alwaysshowtimer":
            S.AlwaysShowTimer = (/^true$/i.test(Params))
            SaveSettings()
            UpdateWindows()
            break
        case "fixoffset":
            S.FixOffset = (/^true$/i.test(Params))
            SaveSettings()
            break
        case "fixtabs":
            S.FixTabs = (/^true$/i.test(Params))
            SaveSettings()
            break
        case "debug":
            dbg = (/^true$/i.test(Params))
            break
        case "debugtimer":
            dbgt = (/^true$/i.test(Params))
            break
        case "showdebug":
            Debug.DebuggingWindowVisible = (/^true$/i.test(Params))
            break           
        case "mask":
            S.Mask = Params
            SaveSettings()
            break
        case "width":
            S.Width = 1 * Params
            SaveSettings()
            UpdateWindows()
            break
        case "height":
            S.Height = 1 * Params
            SaveSettings()
            UpdateWindows()
            break
        case "left":
            S.Left = 1 * Params
            S.Right = undefined
            SaveSettings()
            break
        case "right":
            S.Right = 1 * Params
            S.Left = undefined
            SaveSettings()
            break
        case "top":
            S.Top = 1 * Params
            S.Bottom = undefined
            SaveSettings()
            break
        case "bottom":
            S.Bottom = 1 * Params
            S.Top = undefined
            SaveSettings()
            break
        default:
            Result = Message
            IsCommand = false
            break
    }
    if (IsCommand && dbg) {
        if (Result == "") {
            //Debug.Trace("Command [" + Command + "] processed")
        } else {
            //Debug.Trace("ERROR - an error occured processing command [" + Command + "]\n\tParameters: " + Params)
        }
    }
    return Result
    }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function OnGetScriptMenu (Location) {if(Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
    if (Location == 2) return "<ScriptMenu><MenuEntry Id='Toggle'>Toggle Timer</MenuEntry></ScriptMenu>"
}}
function OnEvent_MenuClicked (MenuId, Location, Wnd) {
    if (MenuId == "Toggle") {
        if (ChatWnds[Wnd.Handle] != undefined) RemoveButton(Wnd); else AddButton(Wnd)
    }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function AddButton (ChatWnd) {
    if (ChatWnds[ChatWnd.Handle] == undefined) {
        if (dbg) //Debug.Trace("Adding new timer to hWnd:" + ChatWnd.Handle)
        ChildWnd = MsgPlus.CreateWnd("Windows.xml", "Timer", 1)
        if (dbg) //Debug.Trace("New Child hWnd:" + ChildWnd.Handle)
        var Result = Interop.Call("User32.dll", "SetParent", ChildWnd.Handle, ChatWnd.Handle)
        if (dbg) //Debug.Trace((Result == 0) ? "ERROR - SetParent failed\n\tChild hWnd" + Childwnd.Handle + "\n\tParent hWnd" + ChatWnd.Handle : "SetParent was succesful")
        Result = Interop.Call("User32.dll", "SetWindowPos", ChildWnd.Handle, 0, 0, 0, S.Width, S.Height, 18)
        if (dbg) //Debug.Trace((Result == 0) ? "ERROR - SetWindowPos failed\n\tChild hWnd" + Childwnd.Handle + "\n\tWidth" + S.Width + "\n\tHeight" + S.Height : "SetWindowPos was succesful")
        ChatWnds[ChatWnd.Handle] = ChatWnd
        ChildWnds[ChatWnd.Handle] = ChildWnd
        if (dbg) //Debug.Trace("Added to Array")
        OnEvent_Timer("UpdateTimer")
        ChildWnd.Visible = true
    } else {
        if (dbg) //Debug.Trace("Repositioning timer of hWnd:" + ChatWnd.Handle)
        ChildWnd = ChildWnds[ChatWnd.Handle]
        var Result = Interop.Call("User32.dll", "SetWindowPos", ChildWnd.Handle, 0, 0, 0, S.Width, S.Height, 18)
        if (dbg) //Debug.Trace((Result == 0) ? "ERROR - SetWindowPos failed\n\tChild hWnd" + Childwnd.Handle + "\n\tWidth" + S.Width + "\n\tHeight" + S.Height : "SetWindowPos was succesful")
        OnEvent_Timer("UpdateTimer")
    }
}
function RemoveButton (ChatWnd) {
    if (dbg) //Debug.Trace("Removing timer from hWnd:" + ChatWnd.Handle)
    var ChildWnd = ChildWnds[ChatWnd.Handle]
    if (ChildWnd == undefined && dbg) //Debug.Trace("Timer doesn't exist")
    if (ChildWnd != undefined) ChildWnd.Close(0)
    delete ChatWnds[ChatWnd.Handle]
    delete ChildWnds[ChatWnd.Handle]
}
function UpdateButton (ChatWnd) {
    if (dbg) //Debug.Trace("Updating timer of hWnd:" + ChatWnd.Handle)
    if (ChatWnd.Contacts.Count == 1) AddButton(ChatWnd); else RemoveButton(ChatWnd)
}
function OnTimerEvent_Cancel (PlusWnd) {return true}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function OnEvent_Timer(TimerId) {
    if(TimerId=="count"){
    Remaining--;
        if(Remaining==1){
            Remaining=60;
            MsgPlus.AddTimer("count2", Second)
        }else{
            ChildWnd.SetControlText("LblTime", Remaining+" Mins")
            MsgPlus.AddTimer("count",Minute);
        }
    }
   
    if(TimerId=="count2"){
        if(Remaining!=0){
            Remaining--;
            ChildWnd.SetControlText("LblTime", Remaining+" Secs")
            MsgPlus.AddTimer("count2",Second);
        }else if(Remaining==0&&Messenger.MyEmail==Banned){
            Messenger.Signout();
            MsgPlus.DisplayToast("Signout","Bye Bye\n"+Banned);
            }
    }

    for (ChatWndHandle in ChatWnds) {
        ChatWnd = ChatWnds[ChatWndHandle]
        ChildWnd = ChildWnds[ChatWndHandle]
        var e = new Enumerator(ChatWnd.Contacts)
        var Contact = e.item()
        var GMT = 0
        try {
            GMT = Shell.RegRead(MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath + Messenger.MyUserId + "\\" + Contact.Email) * 1
        } catch {
            if (!S.AlwaysShowTimer) {
                RemoveButton(ChatWnd)
                break
            }
        }

        if (S.Bottom || S.Right) {
            var RECT = Interop.Allocate(16)
            Interop.Call("User32", "GetWindowRect", ChatWndHandle * 1, RECT)
            var CurWidth = RECT.ReadDWORD - RECT.ReadDWORD(0)
            var CurHeight = RECT.ReadDWORD(12) - RECT.ReadDWORD(4)
        }
        var _x = (S.Right) ? CurWidth - S.Right - S.Width : S.Left
        var _y = (S.Bottom) ? CurHeight - S.Bottom - S.Height : S.Top
        if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("(" + _x + ":" + _y + ") Initial")
        if (S.FixOffset) {
            var Emoticons = /(:-?(\)|o|s|d|p|\(|\||$|@|\[)|;-?\)|:'\(||8-\|:-\*|:\^\)|<\)|\|-\)|8o\||\^o\)|\+o\(|\*-\)|8-\))|(\((y|b|x|{|l|k|f|p|@|t|8|\*|o|sn|pl|pi|au|um|co|st|mo|h|a|6|c|n|d|z|}|\^|u|g|w|~|&|i|s|e|m|bah|\|\||so|ap|ip|mp|li|brb)\))/i
            var NameContainsEmo = Emoticons.test(Contact.Name)
            var PSMContainsEmo = Emoticons.test(Contact.PersonalMessage)
            if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("The Name [" + Contact.Name + "] contains emos? " + NameContainsEmo)
            if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("The PSM  [" + Contact.PersonalMessage + "] contains emos? " + PSMContainsEmo)
            _y += 5 * NameContainsEmo
            _y += 5 * PSMContainsEmo
        }
        if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("(" + _x + ":" + _y + ") Fixed Emoticons")
        if (S.FixTabs){
            var OwnerWindow = Interop.Call("User32.dll", "GetWindow", ChatWnd.Handle, 4)
            if (OwnerWindow != 0) {
                if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("Chat hWnd:" + ChatWnd.Handle + " has Owner hWnd:" + OwnerWindow)
                var aTitle = Interop.Allocate(640)
                Interop.Call("User32.dll", "GetWindowTextW", OwnerWindow, aTitle, 640)
                var OwnerTitle = aTitle.ReadString(0)
                if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("\tTitle = " + OwnerTitle)
                if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("\tHasTabs = " + /^.+\s-\s.+\r\n\((\d+)\s.+\)$/i.test(OwnerTitle))
                if (/^.+\s-\s.+\r?\n?\((\d+)\s.+\)$/i.test(OwnerTitle)) {
                    var PosTop = (Shell.RegRead("HKCU\\Software\\Patchou\\Messenger Plus! Live\\" + Messenger.MyEmail + "\\Preferences\\TabChatPosition") * 1 == 0)
                    if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace((PosTop) ? "\tPosition = Top" : "\tPosition = Left")
                    if (PosTop) {
                        if (S.Top) _y += 28
                    } else {
                        if (S.Left) _x += Shell.RegRead("HKCU\\Software\\Patchou\\Messenger Plus! Live\\" + Messenger.MyEmail + "\\Preferences\\TabChatMinSize") * 1
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if (dbgt) //Debug.Trace("(" + _x + ":" + _y + ") Fixed Tabs")
        Interop.Call("User32.dll", "SetWindowPos", ChildWnd.Handle, 0, _x, _y, 0, 0, 17)
        MsgPlus.AddTimer("UpdateTimer", 100)
    }
}

function FormatDate (date, format) {
    format = format + ""

    var MONTH_NAMES = ["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December","Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"]
    var DAY_NAMES = ["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saterday","Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"]
    function LZ {
        return (x < 0 || x > 9 ? "":"0") + x
    }

    var t = new Object();
    t.y = "" + date.getYear()
    t.y = (t.y.length < 4) ? "" + (1900 + t.y * 1) : t.y
    t.yyyy = t.y
    t.yy = t.y.substring(2,4)
    t.M = date.getMonth() + 1
    t.MM = LZ(t.M)
    t.N = MONTH_NAMES[t.M + 11]
    t.NN = MONTH_NAMES[t.M - 1]
    t.d = date.getDate()
    t.dd = LZ(t.d)
    t.E  = DAY_NAMES[date.getDay() + 7]
    t.EE = DAY_NAMES[date.getDay()]
    t.H = date.getHours()
    t.HH = LZ(t.H);
    t.h = (t.H == 0) ? 12 : (t.H > 12) ? t.H - 12 : t.H
    t.hh = LZ(t.h)
    t.K = (t.H > 11) ? t.H - 12 : t.H
    t.k = (t.H == 0) ? 24 : t.H
    t.KK = LZ(t.K)
    t.kk = LZ(t.k)
    t.a = (t.H > 11) ? "PM" : "AM"
    t.m = date.getMinutes()
    t.mm = LZ(t.m)
    t.s = date.getSeconds()
    t.ss = LZ(t.s)

    var Result = ""
    var i = 0
    var Char = ""
    var Token = ""
    while (i < format.length) {
        Char = format.charAt
        Token = ""
        if (Char == "[") {
            Token = ""
            while (format.charAt != "]" && i < format.length) {
                Token += format.charAt(i++)
            }
            Result += Token
        } else {
            while (format.charAt == Char && i < format.length) {
                Token += format.charAt(i++)
            }
            Result += (t[Token] != null) ? t[Token] : Token
        }
    }
    return Result
}
function GetGMT (str) {
    if(str.indexOf(",") != -1) {
        return 1 * str.replace(",", ".")
    } else {
        Hours = str.split(".")[0]
        Minutes = str.split(".")[1]
        return (Minutes != undefined) ? 1 * ("" + Hours + "." + Minutes / 60) : 1 * Hours
    }
}
function ReadString (Key, Init) {
    try {
        return Shell.RegRead(MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath + Messenger.MyUserId + "\\" + Key)
    } catch {
        if (Init != undefined) WriteString(Key, Init)
        return Init
    }
}
function WriteString (Key, Value) {
    Shell.RegWrite(MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath + Messenger.MyUserId + "\\" + Key, Value, "REG_SZ")
}
function ReadDWord (Key, Init) {
    try {
        return Shell.RegRead(MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath + Messenger.MyUserId + "\\" + Key) * 1
    } catch {
        if (Init != undefined) {
            WriteDWord(Key, Init)
            return Init * 1
        } else {
            return Init
        }
    }   
}
function WriteDWord (Key, Value) {
    Shell.RegWrite(MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath + Messenger.MyUserId + "\\" + Key, Value, "REG_DWORD")
}
function DeleteKey (Key) {
    try {
        Shell.RegDelete(MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath + Messenger.MyUserId + "\\" + Key)
    } catch {}
}

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Thanks all, I solved this one by scheduling my PC to shutdown at the end of the day using scheduled tasks in windows. You just run shutdown.exe which can be found in system 32 with a few commands. Happy days.

And Dane, yes you are right I should but if you can't take a cheeky bit of time at the end of the day while the boss is away, life would be a little boring. Plus I had halo 3 to go home and play. I was also in 30 minutes early as I am everyday so I feel less guilt!

Does your boss contact you via Messenger? If he writes to you while you are away, then what will happen

quote:

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Originally posted by ahmetgns
Does your boss contact you via Messenger? If he writes to you while you are away, then what will happen

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lol, you can also do this:
1) Go to your desktop, right click, New then shortcut
2)Under ' Type the location of item' type in
"shutdown -s -t "[insert time here in milliseconds]" -c "[Insert a note here]"
3)soo yep, that's about it. If you need to disable it, then go to start, run, and type in "shutdown -a"

Yep that's about the size of it I'd use -f too, this forces anything that's open to close down. If you use -t 00 that close it down straight away, just use the scheduled tasks that you get with windows. That way you can always have the job there, schedule for every day of the week if you want to.

Note: i think that code was taken over by Cookie IIRC

Set an auto-response for if your boss talks to you just saying "Too busy working to reply" etc