Shoutbox

Okay, so this is my first time creating a Messenger Plus! script though I do have quite a bit of a programming/scripting background.

Anyway, I'm trying to write an AI, or more so an autoresponder that uses an xml list of responses for personal use and I've got it just about all set up, I just need to add a few things here and there.

The problem is, when I log into MSN, MSN crashes... I'm not sure what I've done wrong, but I think it's "ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")" on line 8.  Though I'm not sure what to replace this with, can anyone help me with this?
Here is the full source: http://msnplus.pastebin.com/ma78e704

I'm still learning myself but why do you have an empty function?

jscript code:

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function OnEvent_Uninitialize(MessengerExit)
{
}

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also try signing in as 'away' see if it still crashes.

It was put there by default when I started a new script.  I hadn't gotten around to deleteing it yet, I was searching for a way to fix my problem.

try signing in as Away still if msn still crashes.

It's not crashing when I sign in anymore, but it's crashing whenever I recieve a message that needs to be responded to.

I don't have much time to debug it, but here are a few things which I can say about good practice:

1) Your status doesn't have anything to do with it.

2) Don't use the OnEvent_Initialize() function to read in the XML. As you can read in the scripting documentation, the OnEvent_Initialize() function should return as quickly as possible and is not a good place to do process intensive tasks.

Instead use the OnEvent_SigninReady() function to do that. It also makes more sense because if you are never going to sign in, it is useless to read in the XML and set things up.

3) Before using ChatWnd.SendMessage you should always check if you can actually send a message by using ChatWnd::EditChangeAllowed. Again, see official scripting documentation.

Now, the above pointers don't realy fix anything. But they will prevent possible problems in the long run.

4) There is probably something wrong with the ActiveX object you use. Try to get some documentation about it and study it carefully.

Okay, I did what you said CookieRevised, and it seem's to be working ok now.  I just need to get the responses working now.

Thanks for all your help!

Ok. So I've tried quite a few different things with sending a response, but it crashes whenever I try and send a message...
What am I doing wrong?

code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(ChatWnd,Origin, Message, MessageKind){
    if (Message.substr(0,6).toLowerCase() == "/AwayI"){
        var param = Message.substr(7);
        switch(param){
            case "enable":
                AI.State = true;
                break;
            case "disable":
                AI.State = false;
                break;
            case "commands":
                alert("Enable\nDisable\nCommands");
                break;
            /*default:
                alert("Invalid Command! Type \"/AwayI Commands\" to see a list of valid commands");
                break;
                */
        }
    }
}

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Alert cannot be used the scripting engine.

Is that the only thing?

Edit:
I guess not because it's still crashing.