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Hey, ive just started coding a plugin in vb but im not sure on one thing.
I want it so if my plugin gets a certain notifycode it will alter the incoming text in a certain way such as adding the time to the end of it and then place it in the chat window as normal.. a simple example:

if the notify code is "atest" then i want it to alter the incoming message so it has "test" at the front and the end.
From what ive seen the ReceiveNotify function's sText parameter allows me to get the text sent to me.. i can then say sumthing like mystring = "test " & sText & " test", but how do i get it to add mystring to the conversation window instead of the actual message they sent. Is this actually possible?

Thanks for any help

RooJ

No, sorry, you can't do that. In ReceiveNotify you can (as you've said) send a message in response of the incomming one, but you can't modifiy in any way the received message. I know that would be great, however that isn't possible.

Plus, it will be in the next Plus! (ahem)

I hope Patchou'll release a new API to let us mess more with incoming text

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Originally posted by eXXon
Plus, it will be in the next Plus! (ahem)

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How do you know this?

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Originally posted by eXXon
I hope Patchou'll release a new API to let us mess more with incoming text

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mmm.... i'm not sure if he'll do that... in the beta version it's not possible (i think)

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Originally posted by optimism_
How do you know this?

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http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=21785

Well, kinda..
there will be a feature to replace incoming words.

BUT, that proofs that Patchou is able to modify incoming text, so I really hope he will let us use that in plugins in the future

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Originally posted by eXXon
BUT, that proofs that Patchou is able to modify incoming text, so I really hope he will let us use that in plugins in the future

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that's not the first proof of patchou beign able to modify incomming texts, also with the color codes, text formatting, /ping command, etc... However there's a limitation: the modified text can't be longer than the original.

Oh yes it is possible to modify the incoming text, thats not in question

What will probably not happen, is that we wont be given access to modify the incoming text in our plugins. It is a security risk, and its why we dont already hav this ability

Damn thats annoying.. at the moment im bringing the altered text up in a msgbox to the other user, but it can really bug you when your typing alot of messages with it.

Optimism, I dont get why you think it would be a security risk, care to explain? as i see it its not like u can fake a connection to yourself from them or something such as a file transfer, the text is already there, mess has processed it, and your just modifying it before its displayed.
Whats the prob?

RooJ