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first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 05-28-2007 at 11:47 AM
hi
do you know how a script can read the name and first name of the contact ?
of course, I indicated before to MSN the first name and the name of the contact...
thanks
RE: first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 05-29-2007 at 11:01 AM
No idea ?
nobody is interested by this functionality ?
RE: first name of the contact by Volv on 05-29-2007 at 11:05 AM
Not possible.
RE: RE: first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 05-29-2007 at 12:23 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Volv
Not possible.
why ? we will never access to this data or MsgPlus doesn't have this functionality or will never have this functionality ?
RE: first name of the contact by Volv on 05-29-2007 at 01:02 PM
The MsgPlus scripting engine doesn't have this functionality. I suppose there is a possibility that it may be added in by Patchou at a later date (if possible) but I don't think it will as hardly any scripts would require this function... 
RE: first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 05-30-2007 at 06:59 AM
I think it's useful to replace nickname or email which i don't know with name who is more explicit . Script can also access to birthday date..
RE: first name of the contact by absorbation on 05-30-2007 at 10:17 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Silicium62
I think it's useful to replace nickname or email which i don't know with name who is more explicit . Script can also access to birthday date..
Birth date is not used in Messenger at all, adding an event for it would be breaking the law (it's personal data)
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RE: first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 05-30-2007 at 11:19 AM
Birth Date is already into Windows Live Contacts....
Script can use this information to remind us the birthday of our contacts instead of to use an external file
RE: first name of the contact by Matti on 05-30-2007 at 11:53 AM
The problem is that with the current scripting engine, we can't interact with those sources. I agree, it'd be much more interesting for people to place all information about a contact in Messenger and let a script use that information, but unfortunately this isn't possible (yet?).
RE: first name of the contact by 04riversj on 05-30-2007 at 01:23 PM
Some users may not be botherd with that either... it would need to be a general consensus
RE: first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 05-30-2007 at 08:26 PM
why would it need to be a general consensus :
alias and email aren't as practical as the name and the first name...
script which use contact's info, is better than script which use an other external file
who doesn't agree with that?
RE: first name of the contact by Volv on 05-31-2007 at 02:36 AM
quote:Other external file?
Originally posted by Silicium62
script which use contact's info, is better than script which use an other external file
RE: first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 05-31-2007 at 05:21 AM
the file of the script which contains the dates of birthdays
RE: first name of the contact by Silicium62 on 06-01-2007 at 06:31 AM
where do I have to post/ask this functionality to have a chance that it is developed ?