Shoutbox

I am trying to get the group names of the messenger user from a script.
Example: if dsfd@hotmail.com logs in and has a group called "aaa" with friends there. I want to get the name of the group such that it is associated with the friends in that group.

Is there a way to just get the names of these groups?

You can't, to the best of my knowledge there has been no good and reliable way of doing this with WLM to date and hence why Patchou has not implemented such a feature with anything in MP!L.  I'm sorry.

thank you very much for the prompt response...

I can happily forget about doing that for now

thanks again

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btw, sorry

what about nicknames? sorr

You can get the nickname of a contact based on his/her e-mail address.

code:

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var Nickname = Messenger.MyContacts.GetContact("someone@hotmail.com").Name

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This requires that the contact is in the contact list. However, you should be aware that:

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Originally posted by Plus! Live Scripting Documentation
This property returns the name of the contact as published by the contact. It does not return the eventual nickname associated with the contact.

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Originally posted by Mattike
You can get the nickname of a contact based on his/her e-mail address.

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Thats their display name... I think they might mean the custom nicknames stored in WLM

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff

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Originally posted by Mattike
You can get the nickname of a contact based on his/her e-mail address.

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Thats their display name... I think they might mean the custom nicknames stored in WLM

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Which is subject to the same limitation as groups at this current point in time to the best of my knowledge.

I see...very useful information. I had hoped i could get the custom names but its all good.

Thanks for your prompt responses .