Here's how I thought to do it, but as I don't have a wide knowledge of JavaScript (Only C++) there may be a better way (hence me asking).

Create an object containing the window's handle and a "command on/off" boolean when a window is created, then add the object to an array of the active windows.

When the command is called, eg; /command on, loop through the array of active windows checking the window's handle to the current array object's handle and check if "command on/off" is false, if it is, set it to true.

Same for /command off except changing true, to false.

When the window is destroyed remove which ever object in the array has the same handle.

Another way I thought to do it is using the windows handle as a string in the array but I'm not sure whether JavaScript supports this. I am unsure of the correct term so here's an example:

jscript code:

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var fruit = new Array();
fruit['banana'] = "Yellow";
fruit['apple'] = "Red";
fruit['tomatoe'] = "Red"

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Sure does:

jscript code:

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// Declare an object to hold our ChatWindows
var oChatWnds = {};

// An event is fired because a chat window was created
function OnEvent_ChatWndCreated(oChatWnd) {
    // Create an entry in the object for the chat window
    oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle] = {};
        // Store the chat window's object in our oChatWnds object
        oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle].objChatWnd = oChatWnd;
        // Create a read/write property for the on/off
        oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle].bCommand = true;
}

// An event is fired because a chat window was closed
function OnEvent_ChatWndDestroyed(oChatWnd) {
    // Remove the chat window from the object
    delete oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle];
}

// An event is fired because we sent a message
function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(oChatWnd, sMessage) {
    // Perform a regexp function to split the command and params
    if (/^\/([^\s\/]+)\s*([\s\S]*)$/.exec(sMessage) !== null) {
       
        // Declare local variables for the command and the parameters
        var Command = RegExp.$1.toLowerCase();
        var Param = RegExp.$2;
       
        // Check if the command is one of ours
        if (Command === 'command') {
            // If it is then change the variable based on what the paramter is set to
            oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle].bCommand = (Param === 'on' ? true : false);
            // Return a null string to the function
            return '';
        }
    // Return the message if we are doing nothing with it
    return sMessage;
}

// Called when the user presses / in the chat window
function OnGetScriptCommands() {
    // Make sure 'command' is a valid command so Plus! doesn't bark
    return '<ScriptCommands><Command><Name>command</Name></Command></ScriptCommands>';
}

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Just for example, say that oChatWnd.Handle is 1054, when you do this: oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle], it's looking at the 1054th address, what happened to the other 1053? Isn't this going to waste a huge amount of memory?

So what I'm basically asking is, will JavaScript initialize all of the array's adresses, 0 - 1054, and leave any unused empty, or will it simply move 1054 to whatever's the next available slot and then create a pointer in the previous address to the new address?

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Originally posted by MrPickle
Just for example, say that oChatWnd.Handle is 1054, when you do this: oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle], it's looking at the 1054th address, what happened to the other 1053? Isn't this going to waste a huge amount of memory?

So what I'm basically asking is, will JavaScript initialize all of the array's adresses, 0 - 1054, and leave any unused empty, or will it simply move 1054 to whatever's the next available slot and then create a pointer in the previous address to the new address?

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jscript code:

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for(var s in oChatWnds){
    Debug.Trace(oChatWnds[s])
}

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Originally posted by Spunky
what happened to the other 1053?

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I did mean 1053, because I was excluding 1054

If it's sparse arrays then it is wasting memory I think. Well if I'm understanding Wiki correctly then it is wasting memory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_array

It isn't an array so you aren't wasting memory.

What is it then, if it's not an array?

Every langauge I've ever worked in oChatWnds[oChatWnd.Handle] would be an array.

Would this be acceptable.

jscript code:

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var Windows = new Array();

function OnEvent_ChatWndCreated(ChatWnd) {
    wnd = {};
    wnd.Handle = ChatWnd.Handle;
    wnd.bCommand = false;
    Windows.push_back(wnd);
}

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Originally posted by MrPickle
can the value in between the square brackets be a string?

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Originally posted by MrPickle
What is it then, if it's not an array?

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It's ment to be push, not push_back, sorry.
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_push.asp

I'm unsure how it will arrange the elements as strings, if it does it nicely I have an alternative method.

Thanks for you helps.

It's not an array, it's a regular object.

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Originally posted by matty

jscript code:

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// Declare an object to hold our ChatWindows
var oChatWnds = {};

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jscript code:

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var oChatWnds = [];

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Originally posted by MrPickle
Would this be acceptable.
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This would mean you wouldn't have massive gaps but you'd have to loop through the chats.

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