Forums Developers bug in timers???

it's an alias
/protect /timer1 0 3600 /mode #funsite.be +mnt

to set every hour the channel settings to +mnt

but it do nothing

if i do
/protect /timer1 0 3600 /msg $chan test

I say every hour "test" in that channel ....
what's the problem ??? It's just the same thing ...

1. /protect is a command in mIRC - read /help /protect
2. Are you sure you have +o in the channel? Channel mode changes requires Operator status

I have changed the /protect command and i'm sure i have +o but it is a problem with the server ... on other server it seems to work ....

If those modes are already set, some IRCd's will show you attempt to set them again, others won't - are you sure that's not the problem?

Umm...if I'm not mistaken:

$chan is set when a channel related event is fired, and cannot be used in an alias. Wouldn't it be $null?

Regards,

That's the problem I think

That's not a bug though
$chan refers to the channel that the fired event occured in. A timer is a mIRC based object..global if you will, and does not occur in a channel.

Regards,

just to clearify

although i dont recomend useing $chan and such in aliases, but rather simply sending the proper parms to them, you CAN use them in aliases provided that the aliases are called by an event :P

and even in timers in aliases that are called by an event where $chan will resolve as the $chan identifer will resolve before the timer is set .. although in this case, the alias was not called by an event so obviously $chan would be $null

Cobra^

I'd suggest any alias use $1 and pass the $chan as a param from the event.

as for an alias being named the same as a mirc internal command that is ok as custom aliases have precedence over mircs internal commands. the opposite being true for internal identifiers and custom identifiers.