Any hotkey to Set Away mode?

-edit- I decided to change the topic title to reflect more to what I need. (read on below)

What hotkey would you like to use for an Away status?

You can type "/away" in a conversation window and it will set you to away

I think the OP is looking for something like Ctrl+Shift+A and it will set the status to away.

You could do it, without a script, by using the Personalized Statusses in Plus!.

Though this also requires that you at least set a name tag or a personal message or an auto-responder message.

But there is a trick here...

If you set the command /away as the auto-responder message, you actually send nothing to the chat window as an auto-response when someone messages you... That is: you actually set your status to away, but since it is already away, nothing will happen!

Bottom line: this can perfectly be done by using the Personalized Status feature in Plus!, like so:
Plus! > Preferences & Options > Customize! > Personalized Status > Add...
And then something like this:

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Originally posted by matty
I think the OP is looking for something like Ctrl+Shift+A and it will set the status to away.

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You could always set your WLM to a short 'Idle' time, that way, when you lock your computer, it can set itself to away within 1/2 minutes of inactivity?

Again, it's perhaps not ideal, but it will save you needing two shortcut keys?

Well I could easily create a script to set the status to Idle when you lock your computer. That is simple.

Something like this could work (untested by the way):

js code:

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var bIsDesktopLocked;
var nPreStatus = 0;

function OnEvent_Initialize() {
    if (Messenger.MyStatus < STATUS_INVISIBLE) return false;
   
    MsgPlus.AddTimer('isDesktopLocked()', 100);
}

function OnEvent_SigninReady() {
    OnEvent_Initialize();
}

function OnEvent_Timer(sTimerId) {
    var b = isDesktopLocked();
    var n = Messenger.MyStatus;
    if(b !== bIsDesktopLocked) {
        if(Messenger.MyStatus !== STATUS_IDLE &&
           Messenger.MyStatus !== nPreStatus) {
            Messenger.MyStatus = (b ? STATUS_IDLE : nPreStatus);
            nPreStatus = n;
        }
    }
    MsgPlus.AddTimer(sTimerId, 100);
}

function isDesktopLocked() {
    var DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP = 0x100;
   
    var p_lngHwnd = Interop.Call('user32', 'OpenDesktopW', 'Default', 0, false, DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP);
    if(p_lngHwnd !== 0)
        var p_lngRtn = Interop.Call('user32', 'SwitchDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
   
    Interop.Call('user32', 'CloseDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
    return p_lngRtn === 0;
}

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One of my scripts allows you to do this and is customizable

EDIT: If I remember correctly, the Windows WIN+L shortcut to lock the workstation takes priority over any over shortcuts so it may not work to set it to that. You could however set it to WIN+K and do the two shortcuts one after another

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Originally posted by Spunky
One of my scripts allows you to do this and is customizable

EDIT: If I remember correctly, the Windows WIN+L shortcut to lock the workstation takes priority over any over shortcuts so it may not work to set it to that. You could however set it to WIN+K and do the two shortcuts one after another

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Originally posted by matty

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Originally posted by Spunky
One of my scripts allows you to do this and is customizable

EDIT: If I remember correctly, the Windows WIN+L shortcut to lock the workstation takes priority over any over shortcuts so it may not work to set it to that. You could however set it to WIN+K and do the two shortcuts one after another

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I think you misunderstood my code. It just monitors for a locked desktop not the Win+L shortcut key

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Originally posted by Spunky
a mistake? I've not seen it like that before

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Originally posted by matty
Well I could easily create a script to set the status to Idle when you lock your computer. That is simple.

Something like this could work (untested by the way):

js code:

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var bIsDesktopLocked;
var nPreStatus = 0;

function OnEvent_Initialize() {
    if (Messenger.MyStatus < STATUS_INVISIBLE) return false;
   
    MsgPlus.AddTimer('isDesktopLocked()', 100);
}

function OnEvent_SigninReady() {
    OnEvent_Initialize();
}

function OnEvent_Timer(sTimerId) {
    var b = isDesktopLocked();
    var n = Messenger.MyStatus;
    if(b !== bIsDesktopLocked) {
        if(Messenger.MyStatus !== STATUS_IDLE &&
           Messenger.MyStatus !== nPreStatus) {
            Messenger.MyStatus = (b ? STATUS_IDLE : nPreStatus);
            nPreStatus = n;
        }
    }
    MsgPlus.AddTimer(sTimerId, 100);
}

function isDesktopLocked() {
    var DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP = 0x100;
   
    var p_lngHwnd = Interop.Call('user32', 'OpenDesktopW', 'Default', 0, false, DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP);
    if(p_lngHwnd !== 0)
        var p_lngRtn = Interop.Call('user32', 'SwitchDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
   
    Interop.Call('user32', 'CloseDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
    return p_lngRtn === 0;
}

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Originally posted by Bryan84

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Originally posted by matty
Well I could easily create a script to set the status to Idle when you lock your computer. That is simple.

Something like this could work (untested by the way):

js code:

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var bIsDesktopLocked;
var nPreStatus = 0;

function OnEvent_Initialize() {
    if (Messenger.MyStatus < STATUS_INVISIBLE) return false;
   
    MsgPlus.AddTimer('isDesktopLocked()', 100);
}

function OnEvent_SigninReady() {
    OnEvent_Initialize();
}

function OnEvent_Timer(sTimerId) {
    var b = isDesktopLocked();
    var n = Messenger.MyStatus;
    if(b !== bIsDesktopLocked) {
        if(Messenger.MyStatus !== STATUS_IDLE &&
           Messenger.MyStatus !== nPreStatus) {
            Messenger.MyStatus = (b ? STATUS_IDLE : nPreStatus);
            nPreStatus = n;
        }
    }
    MsgPlus.AddTimer(sTimerId, 100);
}

function isDesktopLocked() {
    var DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP = 0x100;
   
    var p_lngHwnd = Interop.Call('user32', 'OpenDesktopW', 'Default', 0, false, DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP);
    if(p_lngHwnd !== 0)
        var p_lngRtn = Interop.Call('user32', 'SwitchDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
   
    Interop.Call('user32', 'CloseDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
    return p_lngRtn === 0;
}

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Thanks! Exactly best of what I wanted!

There is a line that I can change if I choose to set as BUSY instead of AWAY?

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I haven't tested the code either, but by the looks of it it isn't going to work (or I need some more sleep though... quite possible too)...

bIsDesktopLocked isn't set anywhere, yet is used to be compared with b which is the result of the isDesktopLocked() function.

And what after the desktop is unlocked? It doesn't seem to switch the status back, even if bIsDesktopLocked was set to the previous state of b (unless it was never intended to do, then I'll shut up).

And when the status is Appearing Offline, locking the workstation shouldn't set the status to Idle (or Away).

I applied that script and something is wrong. My message icon, is flicking between ONLINE and AWAY like CONSTANTLY. LOL. Like it's ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF in seconds!

-edit- then again seems okay now. Weird. So anyway to set the status back to ONLINE automatically when my computer is unlock?

Yeah Cookie, I realized late last night that bIsDesktopLocked wasn't being set. Like I said I didn't test the code. I will try and get to it tonight to see.

As for the constant change in status that is weird, I will have to have a look.

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Originally posted by matty
Yeah Cookie, I realized late last night that bIsDesktopLocked wasn't being set. Like I said I didn't test the code. I will try and get to it tonight to see.

As for the constant change in status that is weird, I will have to have a look.

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I will add an interface around it where you can select the status for the 2 scenarios.

Cool alright! Sounds nice!

This works.

js code:

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var bIsDesktopLocked = isDesktopLocked();
var nPreStatus = 0;

function OnEvent_Initialize() {
    if (Messenger.MyStatus < STATUS_INVISIBLE) return false;
   
    MsgPlus.AddTimer('isDesktopLocked()', 100);
}

function OnEvent_SigninReady() {
    OnEvent_Initialize();
}

function OnEvent_Timer(sTimerId) {
    if(Messenger.MyStatus !== STATUS_INVISIBLE) {
        var b = isDesktopLocked();
        var n = Messenger.MyStatus;
        if(b !== bIsDesktopLocked) {
            if(Messenger.MyStatus !== STATUS_IDLE || Messenger.MyStatus !== nPreStatus) {
                Messenger.MyStatus = (b ? STATUS_IDLE : nPreStatus);
                nPreStatus = n;
                bIsDesktopLocked = b;
            }
        }
    }
    MsgPlus.AddTimer(sTimerId, 100);
}

function isDesktopLocked() {
    var DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP = 0x100;
   
    var p_lngHwnd = Interop.Call('user32', 'OpenDesktopW', 'Default', 0, false, DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP);
    if(p_lngHwnd !== 0)
        var p_lngRtn = Interop.Call('user32', 'SwitchDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
   
    Interop.Call('user32', 'CloseDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
    return p_lngRtn === 0;
}

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Cool! Will be trying it now!

If your status if Appear Offline nothing will happen to prevent your status from changing.

So if my computer is left UNlock, does the script constantly run to check if my computer is lock? Because if so, I felt it might be use some CPU resources to constantly checking right? If I am wrong, then I am.

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Originally posted by Bryan84
So if my computer is left UNlock, does the script constantly run to check if my computer is lock? Because if so, I felt it might be use some CPU resources to constantly checking right? If I am wrong, then I am.

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Oh okay then! So the request of this function by me, ermm no one requested it before?

Any updates to the script?