Forums Scripts & Popups help with a very simple script...

hey all,

i'm trying to write a script where everytime a user says something in the main channel (a bot, actually), the script will automatically copy what that person (or bot) said and open a new window and paste it there.

kinda like:

[9:00a] (JohnDoe) New Announcement: <New Forum Post> Title: 'How to write IRC scripts' posted by 'JaneDoe' - [In this tutorial, JaneDoe will try to help r0uJe with his IRC script.] - To read more about this post, visit - http://www.pleasehelpmemakemyscriptwork.com

...and then the script will automatically open a new window (named JohnDoe for example) and it'll basically copy all that JohnDoe said.

here's my non-working script so far:



what happens when i use my script is that it only copies the first line or sentence which is:

[9:00a] (JohnDoe) New Announcement: <New Forum Post> Title: 'How to write IRC

...and it stops there. it does not copy the rest of the announcement (meaning, the next line(s) or sentence(s)).


thanks in advance!

If that's where it stops, is it because 'JohnDoe' is sending the announcement in multiple parts? I can't see why (if sent ias one line) it would stop short.

JohnDoe is saying the announcement in one long sentence. sometimes, that one sentence breaks up in 4-5 lines (in my IRC client).

i have no clue why the script copies only the first line or sentence and stops there.





EDIT: the announcement is EXACTLY the same as the example announcement in my original post (and sometimes, longer than that).

I think I understand now. It's not the message received, it's the window itself. The -b isn't updating the horizontal scrollbar, and the text continues off-screen with no way or viewing it. I'm not really farmiliar with how it should work, all I can recommend is perhaps using /echo so the line wraps instead of continuing on the same line. Perhaps this is a bug in the way -b is treated?

aline -hpi @JohnDoe 7[ $+ $time(hh:nn:ss) $+ 7] 4 $+ $1-

Using -hpi with /aline makes the line wrap if it is too long, the wrapped line is indented, and the window button is highlighted.

-genius_at_work

thank you SO much for the help!!! adding -hpi worked perfectly!

may i ask what -hpi means? i'm guessing h = highlight and i = indent?

thanks again!


P.S. KingTomato, thanks for the quick responses as well!

Commands
The following commands allow you to manipulate the lines in a custom window.

/help /aline





-genius_at_work

hey! sorry for rudeness and etc.. i`m new in this site and new in forums at all... welll .. i have a problem .. maybe, some1 could help? anyway .. here`s my script:
on ^*:text:*:#: {
if (%highlightsoundstatus == on) {
if (%highlightsound != $null) {
if (%highlightsound == beeeep) { beep }
if (%highlightsound != beeeep) { splay " $+ %highlightsound $+ " }
}
}
if ($me isin $strip($1-)) {
if ($away == $true) { notice $nick as away su priezastim: 4-= %awaymsg =- . Manes nera jau 4-= $duration($awaytime,1) =- | write -a awaylog.txt $timestamp < $+ $nick $+ > $1- }
if ($nick isop #) { flash $chan | window -g2 $chan | echo # 4 $+ $timestamp 10 $+ $chr(171) 4 $+ $chr(64) $+ $+ $nick $+ $+ 10 $chr(187) 8 $1- | halt }
if ($nick isvoice #) { flash $chan | window -g2 $chan | echo # 4 $+ $timestamp 10 $+ $chr(171) 4 $+ $chr(134) $+ $+ $nick $+ $+ 10 $chr(187) 8 $1- | halt }
if (($nick !isop #) && ($nick !isvoice #)) { flash $chan | window -g2 $chan | echo # 4 $+ $timestamp 10 $+ $chr(171) 4 $+ $+ $nick $+ $+ 10 $chr(187) 8 $1- | halt }
}
else {
if ($nick isop #) { window -g1 $chan | echo # $timestamp $+ 10 $chr(171) $+ 4 $+ $chr(64) $+ $+ $nick $+ 10 $+ $chr(187) 0 $1- | halt }
if ($nick isvoice #) { window -g1 $chan | echo # $timestamp $+ 10 $chr(171) $+ 4 $+ $chr(134) $+ $+ $nick $+ 10 $+ $chr(187) 0 $1- | halt }
if (($nick !isop #) && ($nick !isvoice #)) { window -g1 $chan | echo # $timestamp $+ 10 $chr(171) $+ 4 $+ $+ $+ $nick $+ 10 $+ $chr(187) 0 $1- | halt }
}
} and the problem with it is very simple... everything works as i wanted, except one thing... when some1 draws a ASCI pic, i can`t see it properly.. i meen, i can`t see all the "spaces" between symbols... any ideas, what should i do
thnx

You're altering the text output. It's just mIRC's temper with consecutive spacing, that's all.You may try $rawtext, but even then I think you're not going to have the desired output. I'm not exactly positive though, i don't go in to too much depth of 'theming' mIRC.

First off, this should've been put as a New Post, not as a reply to a post/topic already started.
Secondly, it's a lot easier to read and work with code when the Code Tags are used.
I regret that I can't offer you a solution to your problem, however, I would like to offer you the following code, which is a re-write of your current code, condensing common elements, re-writing for a 'better' script (ie: proper usage of the if/elseif/else format and removal of the halt statements)

emmm ... thnx for script, but.. it`s not what i wanted.. in mine everything`s exactly as i wanted.. only problem is those "spaces" and you script would do tha same sh..... sorry `fcourse, some adjujstments should be done in "ifs" but... just can`t figgure it out about spaces...:/ that`s all i`m after here...