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Hi,  i would like to know how would be the script to execute an application when receiving a certain message from someone..

for example,  my WLM is always online,  and i could connect from another account far from home and run a certain application in my home just by sending for example:  !runNorton   !runWinamp   or whatever...

is it possible?

cool, nice idea. but no idea here

For sure. Not too difficult either

code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndReceiveMessage(ChatWnd, Origin, Message, MessageKind)
{
        if(Message == "!runNotepad")
        {
                ChatWnd.SendMessage("/run c:\\windows\\notepad.exe");
        }
}

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makes use of the MsgPlus "/run" command. Simply replicate the if statement for your programs you want to run.

i remember an old tool called "Arcine Messenger lite tools" did something similar for msn 4/5

but the developer stopped working on later versions

i loved that feature in the program

maybe research into that?

I would suggest to add a "trusted" remote account or somekind of password access. Otherwise your friends could start to mess with your computer. You would arrive home and have 400 notepads opened!

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Originally posted by upsfeup
I would suggest to add a "trusted" remote account or somekind of password access. Otherwise your friends could start to mess with your computer. You would arrive home and have 400 notepads opened!

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Oh I agree completely! There is a lot of potential in the Plus Scripting engine for remotely controlling Messenger and the computer, but if not set up securely, it could be very bad. I just threw that together really quickly to illustrate that is could be done very simply.

Simple Security: Have your alternative account always have the same nickname. Check if(origin == "myOtherAccountsNick") before doing anything else. This is also quite insecure though, as anyone can change their nickname to whatever they want.

More secure would be getting the list of contacts in the ChatWnd, and checking that the specified contact is present & that the message came from their nickname. This would still be as insecure as the first option if you are in a group chat with your two accounts, but this is probably quite rare.

I don't plan on using this at all yet, I haven't come up with any cicumstances where it is useful to me. But it is certainly possible, and certainly could be useful.

And as far as passwords go - You probably don't want them sitting in a conversation window at your home computer all day, while you are at school or work.

ok i made this code,    it verifies if its your "Remote Control" account by email...  and then runs the command

please tell me if this code is correct i haven't tried it

code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndReceiveMessage(ChatWnd, Origin, Message, MessageKind){
    if (Contact.Email == xxx@yyy.zzz) {
        if(Message == "!runNotepad"){
            ChatWnd.SendMessage("/run c:\\windows\\notepad.exe");
        }
    }
   
}

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EDIT:  i now wanted to try it,  but a message pops up and says it cant run the script because it is defective or i don't have privileges to run scripts

No, that won't work. The variable "Contact" isn't defined. In this situation it isn't so simple to check who the message is from. The limitations are explained in the scripting documentation.

You will have to get the Contacts from the ChatWnd Object, and then go through each Contact object, and check if your "Remote Control" account is there, and then if the Name of your "Remote Control" is the same as "Origin".

I have to go to bed now. Hopefully someone else can help you if you have more questions.

now?  does this work?

code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndReceiveMessage(ChatWnd, Origin, Message, MessageKind){
    var Contacts = ChatWnd.Contacts;
    var e = new Enumerator(Contacts);

    for(; !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext()){
        var Contact = e.item();
        if (Contact.Email == xxx@yyy.zzz) {
            if(Message == "!runNotepad"){
            ChatWnd.SendMessage("/run c:\\windows\\notepad.exe");
            }
        }
    }
   
   
}

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I suggest a simple login. You send !login <password> and if youre right, you can use the commands, if youre not right, you can't use them and therefore you can't do anything.