Shoutbox

If anybody is interested, this script makes an audio alert every time a message is recieved, even if the window is in focus. It helps if you are the person that is back and forth from the computer, and would like to know if the person you are talking to has said something.

Make sure you go into the Windows Live Messenger options, then go to the Alerts and Sounds tab and disable the New Message Alert or you will here an echo when you recieve a message when a window is not in focus.

If you want to change the sound you hear when you recieve a message, go to the "C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Scripts\New Message Alert" directory, and replace the "new_message.mp3" sound file with a different MP3 sound file. Make sure you keep the file name the same (new_message)
Special thanks to BigBob85 for helping me fix a bug in the script

Hey, that looks familiar .

Works good, you forgot to tell people do disable sounds from within messenger, so they don't get double sounds.

Actually, if you look, i did mention that, thanks for the help with that script

Lol, my bad.

I really gota stop posting when I'm half asleep.

it works great and i really needed sumthin like this good job

Could you make it for individual sends via thier email address?

That way it would make a different sound for different contacts?


Just a thought,gonna give it a go any how Thank you for this.

Gumby

I'll look into that, but I'm not that much of a scripter.

I notice this portion of the script:

    //Makes sure the message isnt from you.
    if (Origin != Messenger.MyName){

However it's not working for me -- the sound plays even when I send a message. 

(I'm a software developer but am not up on MsgPlus scripting so I don't know how to query the values of Origin and MyName.)

Any idea why it would not be working as written?

- Phil

it does not work usually if you use a chat-only name. so if you use Messenger Discovery Live, or Stuff Plug to make your name different in conversation windows than in your contact list, that would be why, cause the script is looking for your name that appears on your contact list. when it sees a different name show up, it will make the sound. there might be a fix to this, i will have to look it up in the scripting documentation and get back to you

I don't use either of those.  The name as it shows in a conversation window is the same as I entered in Messenger's "My Display Name" in Personal options.

Does that help either clarify or muddle things?