Okay.....so for the next step in my script (having overcome the menu hurdle!)...i'm trying to get it to add a list of e-mail addresses to a RichEditControl (one at a time, via an input box)

I can get it so that the edit control reads collects its input successfully from the first box on the press of a button.

However I then want it to add the second e-mail on a new line

This might be a bit pointless depending on the answer to the following question:

Can a script read back seperate lines from edit controls in order to put them through other commands?

I'm creating a script which will automatically change your status to a defined status whenever a certain contact signs in...and I want the user to be able to use the options window to define what their status will be changed to for what contact.

So for example you input contacta@hotmail.com and the status Online and then contactb@hotmail.com and the status Appear Offline.

What I would like is the e-mails to be listed in one control box and the status in another and then for them to be read back through the main bit of code

code:

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if ( sEmail ===  e-mail address Messenger.MyStatus = status; )

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You can do it that way using the Rich/EditControl or a ListBoxControl. The ListBoxControl would be a better method for this however for the Rich/EditControl you can read the string and split the string on \n which would then cause the string to be converted to an array where each line would be a slot in the array.

For instance

js code:

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var str = 'this\nis\nsome\ntext';
Debug.Trace(str);
var array = str.split('\n');
Debug.Trace('the length of the array is: '+array.length);
for (var a in array) Debug.Trace('Array position ('+a+') contains the data: '+array[a]);

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Okay, i've changed it to a ListBox as i think this might help a LOT with accomplishing what I'm trying as I've got other things working properly (such as deleting items and adding into two list boxes (one for e-mail, one for status)

I've almost got the ListBox set up, however what I can't get it to do is read/write to/from the registry.

I basically need all the items in the listbox to be stored and then put back into it when saving/reloading the form.

This was working previously when it was a RichEdit control, I'm just not sure what commands to use to do it properly.

Following this I think all I'll need is to know how to feed everything back into the initial piece of code (as shown above).


Edit: The statuses show in the list box at the moment as numbers (relating to the number item they are in the listbox......however they kinda need to be parsed as 'STATUS_ONLINE', etc.....how can I accomplish this?  Also how can I get them to show in the listbox as their item name, rather than number

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Originally posted by djdannyp
Edit: The statuses show in the list box at the moment as numbers (relating to the number item they are in the listbox......however they kinda need to be parsed as 'STATUS_ONLINE', etc.....how can I accomplish this?  Also how can I get them to show in the listbox as their item name, rather than number

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js code:

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var status = new Array("Unknown", "Offline", "", "Online", "Busy", "BRB", "Idle", "Away", "In A Call", "Out to Lunch"); // I think I got them in the right order

Debug.Trace(status[Contact.Status]); // Obviously, you have to enumerate contacts to get the status...

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js code:

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Debug.Trace(status[6]); //Which would trace "Idle"

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I think you're gonna have to explain it a bit simpler than that

also, which part does this do?  does it return them as text items in the listbox......or does it allow me to put them through the original bit of code?

and how can i do whichever part of this it doesn't let me do?

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Originally posted by djdannyp
I think you're gonna have to explain it a bit simpler than that

also, which part does this do?  does it return them as text items in the listbox......or does it allow me to put them through the original bit of code?

and how can i do whichever part of this it doesn't let me do?

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Edited my post above to make it clearer (I hope)

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Originally posted by matty

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Originally posted by djdannyp
I think you're gonna have to explain it a bit simpler than that

also, which part does this do?  does it return them as text items in the listbox......or does it allow me to put them through the original bit of code?

and how can i do whichever part of this it doesn't let me do?

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That bit will convert the status to the text equivalent.

matty's reply to Tips << Registry access

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code:

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sEmails = oWScript.RegRead(MsgPlus.ScriptRegPath + sEmail + '\\emails');

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quote:

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Originally posted by djdannyp
It's like 90% working using Plus' own registry reading/writing bit, I just don't know how to do it with a listbox

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Yeah, I'm using the ActiveX thingy

What i'm trying to accomplish is a script which changes your status to a pre-defined status for a contact coming online, so in the listboxes (labeled emails and statuses) it would read like this:

emails                                       statuses
Contact1@hotmail.com               Online
Contact2@hotmail.com               Away
Contact3@hotmail.com               Idle
Contact4@hotmail.com               Appear Offline
Contact5@hotmail.com               Online

I already have it working such that it will read the e-mail address from the registry (however only one, as i put it there manually) and change my status back to online (just set manually in the script to test, thus far)

The desired outcome is that the user inputs a list of contacts and statuses that get written to the registry (to save the settings), then each time they load the settings form, the items are re-loaded (where they can be succesfully deleted) and that the items are then read from the registry back into the main bit of code which initialises on contact signin.

the only things I need sorting are:

[*]Getting proper names intead of numbers into the statuses listbox
[*]Reading/Writing to/from the registry to/from a ListBox (existing code is for a RichEditControl)
[*]Reading from the registy into the code, matching up each e-mail address with its status.

That's about it I think, it feels like I'm so close I'd prefer it if you can give me a few more pointers rather than just fixing the plsc for me as I'd like to learn. 

I've attached it anyway, but I'd like it if you can give me some pointers on how to fix it myself (albeit very basically explained pointers), rather than just posting a working plsc (although I wouldn't mind the latter if it's really the easiest way, as I can study the differences to learn from)

You'll both get credit in the release anyway

(Oh, and anyone else if they manage to help significantly first)

If Vista has finished installing when I get home from work (it was having some trouble), I'll help you on WLM if you add me...

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