AutoHotkey Community

[silkcom]

UPDATE:
I've changed the code to listen to an INI type file. It creates it if it doesn't exist, and makes it very easy to pick which character goes with which friend.

2.001 - Added the ini stuff
2.002 - Did a little "error handling"

Version 2.002

[silkcom]

Can someone find a way to rewrite this script so that it works with Google Talk? I can't find any COM information on it.

[Andreas129]

I don't understand, how do you use it?

[silkcom]

I was using it with direct access (a launcher program that is slightly more friendly but way less powerful), and I'd just launch it.

Now i've put the code into a script. It still works very much the same, basically it just adds custom hotkeys to instant message certain people.

[silkcom]

Here's my new code (completely written for Autohotkey)

How to use:
-hold ctrl-alt and see a list of all your MSN contacts
-while holding ctrl-alt hit the letter for the person u want to chat to
-chat window will open and give focus (or just give focus if already openned

very useful for anyone who chats with the same people all the time (who doesn't)

Improvements needed (if u can fix it, just reply with the code):
-make the CTRL-ALT combo be easily changable
-allow for more than 26 contacts
-create hotkeys "dynamically" rather than having the huge list that we have here
-save letter for person so that it never changes (make this letter changable/configurable)
-show live status (that changes every time you hit ctrl-alt)
-be able to also show google talk list
-possibly bold online contacts (not sure that's possible with tooltips)
-click system tray icon (or right click) and see a list of online buddies, click on person to open chat window

[silkcom]

ok, here's the latest and so far greatest, still doesn't do a lot that i'd like it too, but hey it's way better than it was before.

[Jim Clark]

This script is great but I get an error at startup because I have too many contacts and loopChar is eventually incremented to an invalid value.

I thought I could work around this by modifying the script to only include contacts from one group in my contacts list but I can find no reference material for the Messenger API.

Do you have a resource for this information or any advice about how to make the modifications I mentioned above?

[silkcom]

Ya, I knew this was a possibility sorry.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms631614%28VS.85%29.aspx

That's the COM interface for IMessenger. The other way that you could do it is to have it stop at Z.

I'm hoping in the future I'll get some help in making everyone an INI file. So that your list gets populated into an ini file (if it doesn't exist), and you can assign letters to people. That would be nice .

[Trikster]

Is it possible to check for the creation of such object?
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[silkcom]

I'm not sure what you're asking, check for the creation of what object?

So i've decided that I'm going to start working on the INI file for this. I need some help though, here's the end goal:

someone opens the script and it gets a list of current contacts, it looks to see if the ini exists

IF ini exists
- go through the list and make sure there aren't any unknown contacts,
- assign them to available letters
- setup all the hotkeys for everyone in the ini file (which should be everyone now)

IF ini doesn't exist
- create an ini file
- create a list of everyone in the ini, start from the beginning and add them all to the list
- setup all the hotkeys for everyone in the ini file

This would allow people to setup certain letters for certain people, and remove letters from people they don't want to do.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated

[icefreez]

This is an amazing Script. I would love to see this script modified into more of an nDroid 320MPH style searching.

So you press a hotkey like CTRL + ALT + M and it pops up a box where you can type in and contacts are displayed and filtered as you type. Sort of how messenger currently does when you start typing in the messenger window.

[silkcom]

I'll reply so people can see the changes.

I made this into an ini based program. It works very very nice (in my opinion).

See the code at the top, and let me know of any improvements you are able to make.

[silkcom]

Ok, one more change. I'll start including the code here too.

Version 2.002

I made it so that it only listens to keys 1-9, a-z, A-Z, otherwise it lets the user know that the line has been ignored.