iChat 5.0.3 Issues

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#1

Hi,

I’m running the script below and getting unexpected results (see the comments in the script itself). Can others confirm this wonkiness? Any suggestions for getting the expected results?

--Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K540)
--iChat Version 5.0.3 (745)
--AppleScript 2.1.2

tell application "iChat"
	get status message
	--> ""
	get status
	--> available
	
	set status to away
	set status message to "On the phone..."
	get status message
	--> "" [while iChat says the status message is "", it is updated to "On the phone..." per the request]
	get status
	--> available [this should be away]
	
	delay 10
	
	set status message to ""
	set status to available
	get status message
	--> "" [while iChat says the status message is "", it is still "On the phone..." from the earlier request]
	get status
	--> available
end tell

Thanks,
Jon

#2

Hi,

for me it works reliably when setting the status always first and adding some short delays


tell application "iChat"
	get status message
	--> ""
	get status
	--> available
	
	set status to away
	delay 0.2
	set status message to "On the phone..."
	delay 0.2
	get status message
	--> "" [while iChat says the status message is "", it is updated to "On the phone..." per the request]
	get status
	--> available [this should be away]
	
	delay 10
	
	set status to available
	delay 0.2
	set status message to ""
	delay 0.2
	get status message
	--> "" [while iChat says the status message is "", it is still "On the phone..." from the earlier request]
	get status
	--> available
end tell
#3

Great, that helped. Thank you. The script now performs as expected:

--Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K540)
--iChat Version 5.0.3 (745)
--AppleScript 2.1.2

tell application "iChat"
	get status message
	--> ""
	get status
	--> available
	set status to away
	delay 0.2
	set status message to "On the phone..."
	delay 0.2
	get status message
	--> "On the phone..." [true]
	get status
	--> away [true]

	delay 10
	
	set status to available
	delay 0.2
	set status message to ""
	delay 0.2
	get status message
	--> "" [true]
	get status
	--> available [true]
end tell

Thanks for your help, Stefan.

Regards,
Jon