Shoutbox

do you know any way to get a script to not record an event in the chat log, such as a personal message change, with my countdown script , it really can throw off the rythem of the log. 60% of a log is all personal message changes

i've heard its not possable thats why i'm posting it here, to see if patchou can add that feature to teh scripting area

It's not the script that logs the change, so I think it isn't possible to do this.

can't you just disable the log feature for a while?
like:
deactivate Chatlogs
change name
activate Chatlogs

if it happens fast enough no data will be lost...

Or you could set your countdown script to update once per hour. That way you wouldn't flood your (and your contacts') event logs.

You could set it up so in the event for psm change you disable logging (because all the code for that event is executed BEFORE the psm change), then set a very short timer that would re-enable logging, but you might risk losing a message very occasionally.

i'd still rather have a concreat solution, then one of the work arounds suggestedhopefully patchou can put somehting in

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Originally posted by foaly
can't you just disable the log feature for a while?
like:
deactivate Chatlogs
change name
activate Chatlogs

if it happens fast enough no data will be lost...

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The only 'fast enough' would be instantaneous. Disabling logging in any way, for no matter how short a time, means you risk messages being lost. I mean, they can easily arrive in the tiny gap while you update the PSM.

There's a LogEvent function in the MsgPlus object for the scripting engine.

IMO, Patchou should try (because maybe he can't prevent it) not to log the events generated by scripts, and let them use this function.

That way, the script could have the option to log or not whatever "loggable" events it generates.

Coders would be responsible of this feature.

Disable logging and things like that are really bad ideas. Especially if it's done by the script itself.

I came here today to post a script request for disabling logging of PSM's because of this count down script lol. I am setting its update to every hour right now, but hopefully a "fix" can come across soon ^_^.

There is an option to not log things like that in your chat logs.  So instead of disabling logging completely, maybe just disable that and then turn it back on afterwards.  I don't think anyone would miss something in their logs that says someone changed their status or something like that.


So something like:
1. Toggle these keys from default to 0:
(HKCU\Software\Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live\<email>\Preferences\ChatLogAddEventsTxt)
(HKCU\Software\Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live\<email>\Preferences\ChatLogAddEventsXHtml)
2. Change PSM
3. Toggle keys back to default