So I'm really new to jscript and looking for some input. I've got a script i'm working on that in the end will both lock the computer and set the status to away and the PSM to "I'm not here right now" or something of the sort.

I haven't exactly worked out how I want to do this yet but I'm already coding it. I'm not sure if I can tie this script to a shortcut key or if I can add a button on the WLM interface or create another menu entry on the Messenger Plus Live menu...

Anyway, here is the issue i'm having with my dialog:

I have the simple interface XML created and saved using UTF-16 encoding (little endian).

code:

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var Wnd = MsgPlus.CreateWnd("lock.xml", "WndLock")

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code:

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function OnWndLockEvent_CtrlClicked(Wnd, ControlId)
{
        if(ControlId == "BtnNo")
            Wnd.Close(7);
       
        else(ControlId == "BtnYes")
            Interop.Call("User32.dll", "LockWorkStation", "", "N");
}

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For starters remove the ; at the end of Wnd.Close(7) if you want to use the short form.

If you write IF THEN ELSE code in that way, thus seperated over multiple lines, remember that all those lines are actually always seen as 1 command line. But ; donates the end of a command line. So, it is a small syntax error, which can confuse the interpreter in some cases. It isn't realy wrong wrong in this case though since the interpreter is smart enough to interpret it properly in this particular case, but just be aware of it that it shouldn't be there.

But the real fault is in your Else syntax.
As you said so yourself, it should be IF THEN ELSE or IF THEN ELSEIF. But what you did is a IF THEN ELSEIF but without the IF.

Even in a language like Visual Basic (I assume you're used to that seeing that you said "if/then/else/elseif"), you need an IF codeword if you want to compare something else on the Else line:

code:

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If ControlId = "BtnNo" Then
     CloseWindow Wnd, 7
ElseIF ControlId = "BtnYes" Then
     LockWorkStation "", "N"
End If

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vb code:

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Function OnWndLockEvent_CtrlClicked(Wnd, ControlId)
     If ControlId = "BtnNo" Then
          CloseWindow Wnd, 7
     Else
          ControlId = "BtnYes"
     End If
     LockWorkStation "", "N"
End Function

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js code:

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function OnWndLockEvent_CtrlClicked(Wnd, ControlId)
{
        if (ControlId == "BtnNo") {
                 Wnd.Close(7);
        } else {
                 ControlId == "BtnYes";
        }
        Interop.Call("User32.dll", "LockWorkStation", "", "N");
}

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js code:

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if(ControlId == "BtnNo")
     Wnd.Close(7)     
else if(ControlId == "BtnYes")
     Interop.Call("User32.dll", "LockWorkStation", "", "N");

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js code:

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if(ControlId == "BtnNo") {
     Wnd.Close(7)
} else if(ControlId == "BtnYes") {
     Interop.Call("User32.dll", "LockWorkStation", "", "N")
}

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js code:

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if(ControlId == "BtnNo") {
     Wnd.Close(7)
} else {
     if(ControlId == "BtnYes") {
          Interop.Call("User32.dll", "LockWorkStation", "", "N")
     }
}

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quote:

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Originally posted by dfnkt
Is that really considered good to to say:

If(blah)
   blah
If(blah2)
  blah

I've just always been accustomed to doing if/then/else/elseif type of a flow.

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Thanks for all your info cookie. I'll double check my code and work on refactoring it. I was wondering if jscript supported something like case.

What about the ability of scripts to add a button on the WLM contacts list or the ability of them to add another menu item on the messenger plus menu that could kick this thing off?

I'm trying to work out what makes the most sense for making this work, it needs to be something that makes sense from a usability standpoint.

quote:

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Originally posted by dfnkt
What about the ability of scripts to add a button on the WLM contacts list or the ability of them to add another menu item on the messenger plus menu that could kick this thing off?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Matti
You could however assign a system-wide hotkey to fire a script's function using the Windows API.

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I made a small script called OnLock that detects when Windows is locked/unlocked and changes status.
Feel free to use it as a basis or steal bits of it for whatever it is you want to do