Shoutbox

Hello!

I'm very curious to know if it is possible somehow to get an alert sound when receiving a new message while I'm set to "Busy"?

I've taken a look at the Messenger Plus options, and saw that I could check a box where it said "Play sounds while set to busy". But that doesn't alert me with a sound when receiving a message.

Does anyone know how I can receive an alert sound when I'm said to busy?

If it can't be done with Messenger Plus as it is, I would be very interested in a script or something else, that would make this possible.

Look forward to hearing ideas or maybe even a solution.

That option relates only to Messenger Plus! Live Custom Sounds.    Unfortunately there isn't a way to get regular sounds to play whilst you're busy, as that's the intention of the status.  Perhaps use a different status in order to get the sounds to come through?  If you don't mind hearing sounds and are wanting people to message you, perhaps just leave yourself as "Available"?

Thanks for your answer. I've already considered setting the stauts as something else, but i dont want sounds except when someone is writing me. If I set myself as available, sometimes, i get too many messages, so I prefere "busy". anyway, if anyone knows a trick, i'd be happy. Thanks in advance

Set yourself as Away, then you probably won't receive as many messages, while still hearing the sound.

Or even a Personalized Status called 'Busy' but sets you as Away, like so:

I suppose a script could play the sound file if you're set to busy...

Javascript code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndReceiveMessage(ChatWnd, Origin, Message, MessageKind) // message received event
{
    if (Origin !== Messenger.MyName && Messenger.MyStatus === 4) // if you're busy and not the sender
    {
        MsgPlus.PlaySound("\\C:\\Program Files\\Windows Live\\Messenger\\type.wma"); // play the sound
    }
}

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Have you tried setting a sound for the Event "started a new chat/a new one-to-one chat has been started" in combination with "Play sounds when my status is set to Busy" (Plus > Preferences and Options > Customize > Events Notifications)?



Of course this is only for the first message in a new chat, but maybe that is something you may prefer?

(Sorry, I can't test this myself right this minute)

Thanks guys really, all good ideas, i'm gonna try them all out. I actually thought about the "away" thing too and then writing busy, but would prefere if it would be possible in another way.

I'll let you know if any of it works Thanks to all for answering and taking the time to illustrate your ideas! Much appreciated!

Cheers

Hey guys, just remembered that I had written that I would let you know if any of it worked.

I tried putting in the script, but it doesn't seem to work. I also tried to change some of the settings, but nothing quite seems to do the trick.

So in the end I've chosen to set myself as "away" to hear an alert sound.

Thanks for all your good answers!