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Re: script iChat to send message
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Re: script iChat to send message


  • Subject: Re: script iChat to send message
  • From: Phi Sanders <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:01:07 -0500

OK - so I can get iChat to send a message with this syntax :

tell application "iChat"
set vMessage to "testing 1 2 3"
send vMessage to account 13
-- 13 is just an integer
-- numerical reference is the only form I have gotten to work...
end tell

This sends to whomever the 13th account is, which is apparently determined by some arcane ordering I do not understand. I am able to find a match and send a message in this manner :

===============================================
set vOKtoSend to false

set vTarget to "aim_handle" as Unicode text

tell application "iChat"

set vAccountList to every account

repeat with i from 1 to number of items in vAccountList

set vCandidate to (handler of account i) as Unicode text

if vCandidate is equal to vTarget then

set vAccountNum to i
set vOKtoSend to true
display dialog vCandidate & return & "Account # : " & i
exit repeat

end if

end repeat

end tell

if (vOKtoSend) then

set vMessage to "testing iChat applescript"

tell application "iChat"
send vMessage to account vAccountNum
end tell

end if
===============================================

But that is such a pain in the tush! Not to mention ugly... There has to be a better way. Anyone got some pointers for me? (Is Jens still on the iChat team?)

Also, I want to have the capability to send to an arbitrary "handler" (note: says "handle" in the dictionary) like you can with the "new chat with person" menu item. GUI scripting is an area I haven't gotten into yet, and I'm so close now that I'm loathe to resort to menu puppetry

~Phi

On Nov 16, 2003, at 7:01 PM, Phi Sanders wrote:

I want to automate sending a message via iChat AV under Panther (to send intermapper alerts to my treo) and am having trouble figuring out the "send" command syntax :

send: Send account a text message or video invitation.
send reference -- the object for the command
[to account]

The "reference" part is what has me stymied, as I believe "to account" would accept "to 'email@hidden'" - I've tried all kinds of random variations, but I ether get...

Error "send command not sent to an account object" when I try :

set vMessage to "this is a test IM from my script"
set vChatter to "aim_handle"

tell application "iChat"
send vMessage to vChatter
end tell
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