Shoutbox

I found that if i open multiple instances of MSN, that i have the same scripts on every account i sign into. And if i disable a script on one account, it disables on both.  I want my scripts independent for each account, can i do this?


System details:
Windows Live Messenger Version 8.5
Messenger Plus! Version 4.23.0.276
Windows XP SP2


(sorry if this isn't considered a bug)

it is normal behaviour for this to happen

but it could change in 4.50 but I'm not 100% sure

This would be hard to implement, because all scripts gets enabled before you sign in, therefor it is impossible. If your script is well-coded, it will save all settings for each user.

It would not be hard to implement, thats ridiculous. You would just need separate script folder and settings for each user. -_-

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Originally posted by vikke
This would be hard to implement, because all scripts gets enabled before you sign in, therefor it is impossible. If your script is well-coded, it will save all settings for each user.

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Hm not really, it wouldnt be too hard.
Patchou could introduce an option in the scriptInfo.xml called <userLevel> and allow that to be set to global or user. If its global then store it how it currently is but if its set to user then install it into a directory like /scripts/email/scriptname and run it when the user signs in and unload it when that user signs out

and maybe Plus! could even have the option for both levels, and let the user choose when you install the script

I'd love to have this in the next version of Plus!. Because when debugging/testing my scripts i want it only running on one of my MSN's, otherwise there conflicting and its annoying. Took me 30mins to realize why my script wasn't working

I noticed this but it's not a major problem. Maybe each script should just find a list of users and save who it should be enabled for...

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Originally posted by -dt-

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Originally posted by vikke
This would be hard to implement, because all scripts gets enabled before you sign in, therefor it is impossible. If your script is well-coded, it will save all settings for each user.

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Hm not really, it wouldnt be too hard.
Patchou could introduce an option in the scriptInfo.xml called <userLevel> and allow that to be set to global or user. If its global then store it how it currently is but if its set to user then install it into a directory like /scripts/email/scriptname and run it when the user signs in and unload it when that user signs out

and maybe Plus! could even have the option for both levels, and let the user choose when you install the script

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This should work, but it would ruin the simplicity about scripts.

Also, you cannot run 2 scripts at the same time with different settings (if it's not programmed that way, some are).

Edit: It's not ridiculous, you don't seem to know anything about how scripts work. Some scripts may need to run when Messenger starts to apply their features. The best solution I've come up with is to create a new object for Messenger Plus!, called Registry or something.

Something like this:

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class Registry:
  function SaveGlobalSetting(Name, Value);
  function LoadGlobal(Name, Default);
  function SaveUserSetting(Name, Value);
  function LoadUserSetting(Name, Default);

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What about in the registry, istead of using "Enabled" how about the MSN ID.  If the ID doesnt exist then it will be created for that script but set to disabled (zero).By using the MSNID it adds a little security to the system (I know its still a hash with a  small chance of double ups), but we also get to store everything pretty much how it already is and still nice, neat and logical while adding this extra functionality.

This would replace the Enabled key in all scripts and just use this one for simplicity of everything, eliminating any choices being needed to be take by people.  Personally I find global settings annoying and it would probably be better to set up the script to write it either way rather than relyig on plus for this.

Any changes would mean editing all existed scripts wouldn't it?