Shoutbox

hey

im looking for some code help im sending a messege to a contact using

code:

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Wnd.SendMessage(Msgs['Welcome']);

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that would show

Gareth.... says:
Welcome to the test program.
this is just some random text

this is what i would like it to look like with out changing my display name:

Test Program:
Welcome (contacts username)

the away status with messenger plus sort of does what i would like to do.


and how could i get the first 7 letters of the contacts display name and show it where it says contacts username above? cheers

If you be patient I can write this up for you in about 12 hours, if no one helps you before then.

You have to get the contacts name (making sure there is only 1 contact in the current window), and that will be a string. Then use the substring (or substr ?) method to cut it down.

if you could write it that would be great cheers gareth

code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(ChatWnd, Message)
{
    var Contacts = ChatWnd.Contacts;
    var e = new Enumerator(Contacts);
    for(; !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext())
    {
        var Contact = e.item();
        Debug.Trace(" " + Contact.Name.substring(0, 20));
    }
}

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You should be able to adapt that into something useful.
Contact.Name - Name of the contact in the chat.
substring(start, end) - cuts down the string from start, till end.

Might also want to check Contacts.count to see if its 1 (only 1 contact in a the chat window).

Hope that helps.