Beta version has been released!  Click here to try it out, and let me know any issues you come across.  In particular, please try the nudge shake option, both with and without the broken switch on, and tell me which works and with what version of WLM you are using.

looks cool

The only things I see which might be nice to have are:

Maybe change the radio buttons into checkboxes for the "On attention command" so that the user can choose to play only a sound but not display a toast nor alert dialog. Or that he can choose both a toast (which will dissapear by nature) and a dialog ( which is permanent by nature).

Also, a nice and original* addition to the "On attention command" to choose from would be a simulated nudge (move/shake the chat window quickly, while playing the nudge sound.... well, you get the idea).

Ability to choose among the statusses for "enable whilst status is ..." and "disable whilst status is ..." in the form of a checkbox list of all statusses (maybe even incl. 'on the phone', etc, since those are still very valid).



* AFAIK no script has ever done that.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Maybe change the radio buttons into checkboxes for the "On attention command" so that the user can choose to play only a sound but not display a toast nor alert dialog. Or that he can choose both a toast (which will dissapear by nature) and a dialog ( which is permanent by nature).

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Also, a nice and original* addition to the "On attention command" to choose from would be a simulated nudge (move/shake the chat window quickly, while playing the nudge sound.... well, you get the idea).

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Ability to choose among the statusses for "enable whilst status is ..." and "disable whilst status is ..." in the form of a checkbox list of all statusses (maybe even incl. 'on the phone', etc, since those are still very valid).

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Originally posted by whiz
I could play the sound, but how would I shake the window?  I guess maybe moving it a couple of pixels and then setting a timer a few times would do it...

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Originally posted by whiz
maybe make the taskbar button blink - is that possible with scripting?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
EDIT: just did a quick'n dirty test for the random placement of the window. Works perfectly so far. But the big problem is that MsgPlus.AddTimer does not allow a time of less than 100ms... and for the simulation you would need something like 10ms... :/
So, another possebility would be to use Windows timers. But you can't do that assyncroniously. So that would mean you 'lock' up all execution of Messenger for as long as the nudge simulation runs (=approx. 1 sec I think).

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Yeah, multiple timers will work, didn't thought of that...
Bit 'messy', but it will work.
You don't need to repeat the timers though.


EDIT:
Something I quickly cooked up:

jscript code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(pChatWnd, sMessage) {
    if (sMessage === '/shake') {
        ShakeWindow(pChatWnd.Handle);
        return '';
    }
}

// global variables
var arrShakeWindow = {}; // array, will hold original window positions

// global constants
var g_nSquare = 4;    // movement factor in pixels (-? to +? of original position)
var g_nCount = 40;    // amount of moves
var g_nDelay = 40;    // delay between moves in milliseconds

function ShakeWindow(hWnd) {
    var lpRect = Interop.Allocate(16);
    Interop.Call('User32.dll', 'GetWindowRect', hWnd, lpRect.DataPtr);
    var x = lpRect.ReadDWord(0);
    var y = lpRect.ReadDWord(4);
    arrShakeWindow[hWnd] = {x:x, y:y, w:lpRect.ReadDWord(8) - x, h:lpRect.ReadDWord(12) - y};
    for (var i = 0; i < g_nCount; i++) {
        MsgPlus.AddTimer('shakeit' + (i<10?'0':'')+i + hWnd, 100 + i*g_nDelay)
    }
    MsgPlus.AddTimer('shakedone' + hWnd, 100 + i*g_nDelay)
}

function OnEvent_Timer(sTimerId) {
    var hWnd = sTimerId.substr(9)*1;
    var x = arrShakeWindow[hWnd].x;
    var y = arrShakeWindow[hWnd].y;
    var w = arrShakeWindow[hWnd].w;
    var h = arrShakeWindow[hWnd].h;
    if (sTimerId.substring(0, 7) === 'shakeit') {
        // move window a random amount between +g_nSquare and -g_nSquare pixels
        x += Math.floor((2 * g_nSquare + 1) * Math.random() - g_nSquare);
        y += Math.floor((2 * g_nSquare + 1) * Math.random() - g_nSquare);
    } else {
        // last call, thus also remove array element
        delete arrShakeWindow[hWnd];
    }
    Interop.Call('User32.dll', 'MoveWindow', hWnd, x, y, w, h, true);
}

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Hmm...  a bit more complicated than my attempt.    I just tried moving it in 3-pixel jumps every 25ms for 1 second (so it kind of goes round in circles)...

jscript code:

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// on attention command, with shake enabled
if (Options.Attention.Shake)
{
    MsgPlus.AddTimer("AttentionShakeWindow:" + ChatWnd.Handle + ":A:1", 100);
    MsgPlus.AddTimer("AttentionShakeWindow:" + ChatWnd.Handle + ":B:1", 125);
    MsgPlus.AddTimer("AttentionShakeWindow:" + ChatWnd.Handle + ":C:1", 150);
    MsgPlus.AddTimer("AttentionShakeWindow:" + ChatWnd.Handle + ":D:1", 175);
}

// ---------------------------

// timer event
if (TimerId.substr(0, 20) === "AttentionShakeWindow")
{
    var Data = TimerId.substr(21, TimerId.length).split(":"); // [ChatWnd, Pos, Cycle]
    Data[0] = Number(Data[0]);
    Data[2] = Number(Data[2]);
    var Rect = Interop.Allocate(32);
    Interop.Call("user32", "GetWindowRect", Data[0], Rect);
    var Pos = [Rect.ReadDWORD(0), Rect.ReadDWORD(4), Rect.ReadDWORD(8), Rect.ReadDWORD(12)]; // [Left, Top, Width, Height]
    switch (Data[1])
    {
        case "A":
            Pos[0] += 3;
            break;
        case "B":
            Pos[1] += 3;
            break;
        case "C":
            Pos[0] -= 3;
            break;
        case "D":
            Pos[1] -= 3;
            break;
    }
    Interop.Call("user32", "SetWindowPos", Data[0], 0, Pos[0], Pos[1], Pos[2], Pos[3], 0);
    if (Data[2] < 10)
    {
        MsgPlus.AddTimer("AttentionShakeWindow:" + Data[0] + ":" + Data[1] + ":" + (Data[2] + 1), 100);
    }
}

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Hmmm... my code works without any glitches here though (incl. with skins).

I don't know why it wont work with you. There is no reason why it wouldn't work since it is essentially just a MoveWindow/SetWindowPos call. It might indicate something else is wrong on your system maybe?

Haven't tested your code yet, but personally and at first sight I think I would replace the SetWindowPos API with the MoveWindow API because SetWindowPos (at least like you used it) also activates the window and there might also be other Windows messages it might not send which MoveWindow does (iirc SetWindowsPos is just a subset of what MoveWindow actually does). But this is just a personal pref though.

But what I realy would do is to remove the GetWindowRec API from the timer event function in your code, and move it to the 'start shaking' function. Because getting the size each time is kind of useless in the timer event since it never changes (the same for the position; it doesn't change if you don't rely on the 'moved' position, but instead rely on the original position of the window). And each call to an API takes time too, so...

But all this said, I don't think it would fix the issue you're having though. :/

Found something else out: the amount by which it moves depends on where the window is in relation to the top-left corner of the screen.

Example: when the conversation is in the top-left corner, the inner bit only moves a little.  When the window is moved to the centre of the screen, it moves a lot more.

...so by using x and y as 0, it seems to work (but only shakes the inner window, i.e. not the title bar/border, just the content).

Do you think this might be version-dependant?  I'm using WLM 2011 and Plus! 5 on Windows 7 64-bit.

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Originally posted by whiz
Found something else out: the amount by which it moves depends on where the window is in relation to the top-left corner of the screen.

Example: when the conversation is in the top-left corner, the inner bit only moves a little.  When the window is moved to the centre of the screen, it moves a lot more.

...so by using x and y as 0, it seems to work (but only shakes the inner window, i.e. not the title bar/border, just the content).

Do you think this might be version-dependant?  I'm using WLM 2011 and Plus! 5 on Windows 7 64-bit.

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Originally posted by foaly
your code gave the same effect on my machine:
WLM 2011 and Plus! 5 on Windows 7 32-bit
haven't tried cookies code

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I do have MSG Plus!
But when I use this script, will it work to people how don't have MSG Plus?

Koen

PS. Maybe my English is bad. But I am from the Netherlands.

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Originally posted by KoenLemmen
I do have MSG Plus!
But when I use this script, will it work to people how don't have MSG Plus?

Koen

PS. Maybe my English is bad. But I am from the Netherlands

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Bump...  Can someone on WLM 2009 please try both mine and Cookie's code? 

Cookie's code works just fine
@Whiz: your code moves the chat window downward, off the screen

Hmm, strange...  are you using WLM 2009?

I think I'll go with Cookie's code anyway, much better than mine.    If this is an issue with WLM 2011, then we can just set the X and Y values to 0, instead of the original position.  Must be something to do with child windows or something...

Edit: this isn't something to do with Plus! tabbed chats, is it? 

I've tried your code with only one chat window open and tabs disabled completely. Still, the window goes off-screen. The direction seems random though. The chat window moves off-screen in a direction that is a multiple of 45 degrees.

Does the original position of the window have any effect on the direction it moves (e.g. put it in the top-left corner and it'll move that way)?

I don't think so. I've tried various sizes and positions, it just keeps disappearing off the screen. It moves to the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Dunno if you're into physics, but it seems like an accelerated motion: it starts off slowly, then goes faster and faster (like 1/2 * a * t^2).

Okay, an update on this:

I've implemented the shake feature with a compatibility mode.  By default, it uses Cookie's code, but if that doesn't work, check the 'Broken' option to set X and Y to 0 (instead of the relative position of the window)...

Any other suggestions for the script?

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
Dunno if you're into physics, but it seems like an accelerated motion: it starts off slowly, then goes faster and faster (like 1/2 * a * t^2).

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Yeah, I do A-level physics so I know what you mean.    Certainly strange behaviour, though...

Spoiler:

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WhizWeb Community says (20:56)
hi

John says (20:56)
hello

WhizWeb Community says (20:57)
brb

*changes status to away, Voicemail auto-enables*

John says (21:10)
you back yet?

WhizWeb Community says (21:10)
[Voicemail] This is WhizWeb Community's voicemail.  WhizWeb Community is currently away, or otherwise not available at the moment.
To leave a message for later, send !message <message>.
To attract WhizWeb Community's attention, send !attention.
To be alerted when WhizWeb Community returns, send !return.

John says (21:10)
!return

WhizWeb Community says (21:10)
[Voicemail] A notification has been set - you will be notified when voicemail is disabled.  You can clear this notification by sending !return again.

John says (21:12)
still not back?

WhizWeb Community says (21:12)
[Voicemail] This is WhizWeb Community's voicemail.  WhizWeb Community is currently away, or otherwise not available at the moment.
To leave a message for later, send !message <message>.
To attract WhizWeb Community's attention, send !attention.
To be alerted when WhizWeb Community returns, send !return.

John says (21:12)
!message can't hang around, but need to tell you something... will discuss it tomorrow

*message sound plays*

WhizWeb Community says (21:12)
[Voicemail] Your message has been stored successfully.

John says (21:13)
!attention

*displays toast/alert, plays alert sound, shakes window (as per settings)*

WhizWeb Community says (21:14)
[Voicemail] Your request for attention has timed out or was denied - please try again later.

WhizWeb Community says (21:17)
back...

*changes status to online, Voicemail auto-disables*

WhizWeb Community says (21:18)
[Voicemail] Voicemail appears to have been disabled now...

*message reminder toast/sound*

A venture into the Script Menu, shows one unread message, which, when clicked...

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Beta version is attached here, see first post for info.