Shoutbox

This is just a little tool that JA & I were thinking could be useful after a discussion about certain contacts we have in common.

What it does:
- Reads a list of emails from autoblock.lst (one per line)
- When you go /busy (or change your status to busy in any other way) it blocks all contacts on the list.
- When you change your status to anything else, it unblocks them.

Simple.

Updated 4 April 2008

Change Log:
0.7:
- Added contact list "Locking": If you disconnect, auto-blocked contacts will be automatically unblocked.

0.6.1:
- Small code clean ups.

0.6:
- Per-user block lists.
- Fix bug where block list array was not re-initialized.

0.2.1 to 0.5:
- Added a GUI to the app, which you can use to modify the list.
- Added the option to override the ignore already blocked contacts behaviour.
- Fixed the initialization of the script - it doesn't create the Contacts array until you sign in now.
- Fixed numerous other bugs that I came across while adding the GUI.

0.2 to 0.2.1:
- !abreload text no longer appears in the chat window.
- Array changed to Array(), dunno how that crept in. (00:30am release, maybe? )

0.1 to 0.2:
- Removed a private email address that was being used to initialize the array (oops).
- Added Cookies recommendation to ignore blocked contacts.
- Added !abreload option - reloads the list.
- Some minor code changes. (LoadList function).

Nice : >

nice...

possible feature (just from reading your comments, thus without checking the script): let the script check if the contact was already blocked or not. If it was, don't unblock it when you go back to not-busy.
And maybe in addition: have a kind of 'forced' unblocking (can just be an "Unblock Blacklist" menu item), meaning the script will unblock the contacts, even if they were blocked before.

^^ I think both these things should be standard in any script which block contacts in some sort of automatic way. (for example to avoid those ackward moments when suddenly someone is unblocked which you want to keep blocked)

hi, can you updet your version and ad this aktion:

e.g.
- my status is online...
- i take a contakt on a speacel list (in your script)
- wenn the contakt goes online than change my status automaticly in "offline looking" ore "block the contact"

this was a great script how i search...

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Originally posted by Spongshga
hi, can you updet your version and ad this aktion:

e.g.
- my status is online...
- i take a contakt on a speacel list (in your script)
- wenn the contakt goes online than change my status automaticly in "offline looking" ore "block the contact"

this was a great script how i search...

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I don't think this is in the scope of the script. The script is for people who don't want to be disturbed when their in busy mode. eg: for work, so block all chat friends.

It is not meant to always 'hide' from people.

In fact, what you just described has almost exactly the same effect, for both you and your contact, as simply _always_ blocking that contact to begin with. Almost the same, because that contact might be appearing offline, and with what you just described, the contact will then be able to see your status and even talk to you. So it won't even work properly to 'hide' from someone. As such, personaly, I don't see any use for what you described, in the scope of this script.

haeay, but this new ad in the script was my favorit... i search long time for this mod. This is a cool feakturie... because my ex girlfreand don't see wenn i am online... she saw it nit wenn this feakturie installet is...

I haven't used ICQ since I went to MSN Messenger, but I miss a couple of features I was very fond of: the visible, invisible and ignore lists. Do you recall?

In case you don't, the visible list allows members on that group to see you online when you are invisible (appearing offline). The Invisible list was the opposite - users under that list would always see you offline. The ignore list is slightly different to the invisible list, for those members of the group cannot contact you. The AutoBlock script you wrote works as temporary ignore list, that you activate by switching to busy status. It's really cool for it is suitable to our moods.

My understanding of programming is what I can remember from my two C++ classes - which is very little. Do you think it is possible to write a script to work as the visible and invisible lists?

I could have wrriten this as a personnal message, but I thought it could show people the differences between what your script was designed to perform and other ideas, which despite of being very handy, are off the purposes of your script.

Please, contact me to tell me what you think.
Thank you.

I have edited this script.. thanks to whoever bumped it up lol.
This should make development easier.

Auto-Block v0.9 beta includes:
- Basic features: Block whoever's email is on autoblock.lst.

No GUI or anything; just edit autoblock.lst.

Hey, just wondering is this for WLM 2009 or does it support WLM 8.5 because it doesn't work on my WLM 8.5 so I suppose it's 2009 only?

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This post was edited on 04-04-2008 at 08:30 AM by andrewdodd13.

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And because WLM2009 was released last december...of course it is not updated for it.