Hello, obviously this is my first post, and I will also say this, I apologize if I sound like a complete idiot to you people. I have just started working with AppleScript recently and I’m just trying to learn at this point.
Right now, I’m trying to make an application that will send an away message in iChat whenever I get a message. Now I know, I could just use the away-message feature, but there are compatability issues between iChat and the actual AIM client in that my away message does not actually get sent to anyone, but they can read it if they access my profile. I would rather the message be sent to them, because I grow tired of having a bunch of windows open asking, “Where are you?”
I have a script that allows me to input a message and an account name and then it sends that message to the account name, however, I do not know how to get the account name from a recently opened window and store it.
Basically, I need a way to get the account name from the little “half window” that pops up when you recieve a message in iChat and then I need to send a message to that account and close the window afterwards. And it also needs to be continuously running, so it needs an idle command as well.
Is there any way for me to accomplish this task?
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Ok, so I just found out that there is a “Click at { x,y }” command in System Events…
I was thinking that I could have it click on the little box that appears whenever somebody initially sends you a message. Then, I could use the “Keystroke” command to type in the message followed by an & return/enter (i’m not sure which) and presto, it would be done. except, i would have to set it up so that it would then close that window, and it would probably have to click there every so often as well.
However, I don’t fully understand how to figure out what the X,Y coordinates are. I mean, I could guess around because I would imagine that they go by pixels or they are determined by the resolution setting, but I’m not sure. I also don’t know where the origin (0,0) would be…
this is an adaptaion of a previous script of mine…
be forwarned, if the person has 2+ AIM handles that are logged in, it could send to the wrong one
Please let me know if you find this useful, and can I see the finished product, it sounds intriguing.
property test_to_send : "I am rubber, you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."
property seconds_between_checks : 1 --second
property already_seen : {}
on idle
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
if this_item contains "Chat with " then
if already_seen does not contain this_item then
set already_seen to already_seen & this_item
set nom to (text items 11 thru (count of text items in this_item) of this_item)
end if
end if
end repeat
tell application "Address Book"
set addBnoms to name of every person
if addBnoms contains nom then
set evpson to every person
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in evpson
set this_item to item i of evpson
if name of this_item is nom then
set sns to value of every AIM Handle of this_item
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end if
end tell
tell application "iChat"
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in sns
set this_item to item i of sns
try
send test_to_send to account (this_item) of service 1
exit repeat
on error
--nada
end try
end repeat
end tell
return seconds_between_checks
end idle
Well, the problem is that I haven’t even opend Address Book yet. So unless iChat adds names and contact information in to Address Book when I add them in to iChat, then I don’t think it would work…
I did copy and paste your script in and gave it a try and nothing happened. I did get some great ideas from your script though which I am about to tinker around with.
Once I get it working I will definitly post it so you can see what I did.
Thanks for the try and the ideas.
EDIT: I think I found the problem with the script that you submitted. In order for your script to work, I would need to click on the little window that appears before you click on it to chat with them. Otherwise, the words “Chat with…” never appear.
EDIT (again): Well, the part that really interested me was the initial block where it says:
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
end repeat
I thought I would play around with that, but either I screwed it up or it’s wrong (probably not the latter). It looks like the “click at…” and “Keystroke” commands are my only hope really.
property test_to_send : "I am rubber, you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."
property seconds_between_checks : 1 --second
property already_seen : {}
on idle
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
if this_item contains "Chat with " then
if already_seen does not contain this_item then
set already_seen to already_seen & this_item
set nom to (text items 11 thru (count of text items in this_item) of this_item)
end if
end if
end repeat
set found to false
tell application "Address Book"
set addBnoms to name of every person
if addBnoms contains nom then
set evpson to every person
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in evpson
set this_item to item i of evpson
if name of this_item is nom then
set sns to value of every AIM Handle of this_item
set found to true
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end if
end tell
if found then
tell application "iChat"
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in sns
set this_item to item i of sns
try
send test_to_send to account (this_item) of service 1
exit repeat
on error
--nada
end try
end repeat
end tell
else
tell application "iChat"
try
send test_to_send to account (this_item) of service 1
on error
--nada (person went offline relly fast)
end try
end tell
end if
return seconds_between_checks
end idle
alright, here’s the code that I have so far: it reiles on the fact that the Chat with… window is open and I have sent them a message though…
display dialog "My Away Message" default answer ""
set AwayMessage to text returned of result
tell application "iChat" to activate
tell application "System Events" to keystroke AwayMessage & return
as you can see, it’s a very very simple code. nothing complex at all. The only problem I face now is actually “opening” that Chat with… window.
EDIT: and the buddy list window has to be closed… which isn’t really a problem because it’s probably possible to make an if… then loop that will close that window if it’s open.
property test_to_send : "I am rubber, you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."
property seconds_between_checks : 1 --second
global already_seens
on run
set already_seens to {}
end run
on idle
try
set noms to {}
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
if this_item contains "Chat with " then
if already_seens does not contain this_item then
set already_seens to already_seens & this_item
set nomx to (text items 11 thru (count of text items in this_item) of this_item) as text
set end of noms to nomx
end if
end if
end repeat
if noms is {} then
--display dialog "none"
error
end if
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in noms
set nom to item i of noms
tell application "iChat"
try
send test_to_send to account (nom) of service 1
on error
--nada (person went offline relly fast)
end try
end tell
end repeat
on error
--nada
end try
return seconds_between_checks
end idle
alright, so i have the script all written and everything, and it works fine when i run it as a script, but for some reason i can’t get the on idle thing to work…
display dialog "My Away Message" default answer ""
set AwayMessage to text returned of result
tell application "iChat" to activate
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
if this_item contains "Chat with " then
set ScreenName to (text items 11 thru (count of text items in this_item) of this_item) as string
tell application "iChat" to send AwayMessage to account ScreenName
end if
end repeat
that script works perfectly. however, when i put it in a “on idle” loop, like this:
property seconds_between_checks : 1
on run
display dialog "My Away Message" default answer ""
set AwayMessage to text returned of result
end run
on idle
try
tell application "iChat" to activate
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
if this_item contains "Chat with " then
set ScreenName to (text items 11 thru (count of text items in this_item) of this_item) as string
end if
end repeat
tell application "iChat" to send AwayMessage to account ScreenName
tell application "iChat" to close window ("Chat with " & ScreenName)
end try
return seconds_between_checks
end idle
property seconds_between_checks : 1
global AwayMessage
on run
display dialog "My Away Message" default answer ""
set AwayMessage to text returned of result
end run
on idle
try
tell application "iChat" to activate
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
if this_item contains "Chat with " then
set ScreenName to (text items 11 thru (count of text items in this_item) of this_item) as string
end if
end repeat
tell application "iChat" to send AwayMessage to account ScreenName
tell application "iChat" to close window ("Chat with " & ScreenName)
end try
return seconds_between_checks
end idle
alright, i’m done with this script, thanks to the help of themacgeek. i will post the script here in case anyone here has any need of it, and also because i’m rather proud of it myself as it’s my first script.
anyways, here it is:
property seconds_between_checks : 1
on run
display dialog "My Away Message" default answer ""
set AwayMessage to text returned of result
end run
on reopen
display dialog "My New Away Message" default answer ""
set AwayMessage to text returned of result
end reopen
on idle
try
tell application "iChat" to activate
set windas to (name of windows of application "iChat")
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in windas
set this_item to item i of windas
if this_item contains "Chat with " then
set ScreenName to (text items 11 thru (count of text items in this_item) of this_item) as string
end if
end repeat
tell application "iChat" to send AwayMessage to account ScreenName
tell application "iChat" to close window ("Chat with " & ScreenName)
end try
return seconds_between_checks
end idle
you’ll notice that i also added an “on reopen” statement. this allows you to change the away message without quitting and restarting the application. again, thanks themacgeek for all your help.
