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O.P. Anyway to automatically set AWAY when computer is lock?
Any hotkey to Set Away mode?

-edit- I decided to change the topic title to reflect more to what I need. (read on below)

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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
What hotkey would you like to use for an Away status?
09-28-2010 11:27 AM
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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
You can type "/away" in a conversation window and it will set you to away
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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
I think the OP is looking for something like Ctrl+Shift+A and it will set the status to away.
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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
You could do it, without a script, by using the Personalized Statusses in Plus!.

Though this also requires that you at least set a name tag or a personal message or an auto-responder message.

But there is a trick here...

If you set the command /away as the auto-responder message, you actually send nothing to the chat window as an auto-response when someone messages you... That is: you actually set your status to away, but since it is already away, nothing will happen!

Bottom line: this can perfectly be done by using the Personalized Status feature in Plus!, like so:
Plus! > Preferences & Options > Customize! > Personalized Status > Add...
And then something like this:
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O.P. RE: RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
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Originally posted by matty
I think the OP is looking for something like Ctrl+Shift+A and it will set the status to away.

Yeah you are correct. Because often I have to WinKey + L to lock my workstation as I step away from my desk. So when I lock my computer, I would like my WLM to auto set away for me. :)

yeah Ctrl + Alt + L seems okay to what I want to do. Thanks. If only Winkey+L works too... so locking the computer and setting away is done with just one action =D

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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
You could always set your WLM to a short 'Idle' time, that way, when you lock your computer, it can set itself to away within 1/2 minutes of inactivity?

Again, it's perhaps not ideal, but it will save you needing two shortcut keys?

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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
Well I could easily create a script to set the status to Idle when you lock your computer. That is simple.

Something like this could work (untested by the way):
Javascript code:
var bIsDesktopLocked;
var nPreStatus = 0;
 
function OnEvent_Initialize() {
    if (Messenger.MyStatus < STATUS_INVISIBLE) return false;
   
    MsgPlus.AddTimer('isDesktopLocked()', 100);
}
 
function OnEvent_SigninReady() {
    OnEvent_Initialize();
}
 
function OnEvent_Timer(sTimerId) {
    var b = isDesktopLocked();
    var n = Messenger.MyStatus;
    if(b !== bIsDesktopLocked) {
        if(Messenger.MyStatus !== STATUS_IDLE &&
           Messenger.MyStatus !== nPreStatus) {
            Messenger.MyStatus = (b ? STATUS_IDLE : nPreStatus);
            nPreStatus = n;
        }
    }
    MsgPlus.AddTimer(sTimerId, 100);
}
 
function isDesktopLocked() {
    var DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP = 0x100;
   
    var p_lngHwnd = Interop.Call('user32', 'OpenDesktopW', 'Default', 0, false, DESKTOP_SWITCHDESKTOP);
    if(p_lngHwnd !== 0)
        var p_lngRtn = Interop.Call('user32', 'SwitchDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
   
    Interop.Call('user32', 'CloseDesktop', p_lngHwnd);
    return p_lngRtn === 0;
}


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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
One of my scripts allows you to do this and is customizable :D

EDIT: If I remember correctly, the Windows WIN+L shortcut to lock the workstation takes priority over any over shortcuts so it may not work to set it to that. You could however set it to WIN+K and do the two shortcuts one after another

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RE: Any hotkey to Set Away?
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One of my scripts allows you to do this and is customizable :D

EDIT: If I remember correctly, the Windows WIN+L shortcut to lock the workstation takes priority over any over shortcuts so it may not work to set it to that. You could however set it to WIN+K and do the two shortcuts one after another
I think you misunderstood my code. It just monitors for a locked desktop not the Win+L shortcut key :)
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