Automatically change the status in iChat

June 22nd, 2008 | Category: Apple / Mac

Automatically change the status in iChat

Here is a way to automatically change your status when sending or receiving text, audio/video invitations. You’ll need to create five simple AppleScripts, and save them into your user’s Library » Scripts » iChat folder (create the folder whether necessary).

Open Script Editor (in Applications » AppleScript), soon after copy and paste these scripts, one at a instance, into the Script Editor window. go the Compile button, next choose File » Save As and point to the previously-noted iChat folder. Name them as shown with each scripts cipher, on the second page of the hint…

Script name: iChat invited text.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on received text invitation theText from theBuddy for theChat

accept theChat

set savedstatus to status – save actual status

set savedstatusmsg to status message – save actual status message

set status to away

set firstname to (get first name of theBuddy)

set lastname to (get last name of theBuddy)

set status message to “Currently text chatting” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

set message_status to status message

say message_status

if (savedstatusmsg contains “Chat”) or (savedstatusmsg contains “Conversation”) then

delay 10 – display only for a few seconds

set status to savedstatus – restore the original status before the invitation

set status message to savedstatusmsg – restore the original notice before the invitation

end if

end received text invitation

end using terms from

Script name: iChat invited video.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on received video invitation theText from theBuddy for theChat

set status to away

set firstname to (get first name of theBuddy)

set lastname to (get last name of theBuddy)

set status message to “Video Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

set message_status to “Video Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

– say message_status

end received video invitation

end using terms from

Script name: iChat invited audio.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on received audio invitation theText from theBuddy for theChat

set status to away

set firstname to (get first name of theBuddy)

set lastname to (get last name of theBuddy)

set status message to “Audio Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

set message_status to “Audio Chat” & ” with “ & firstname & ” “ & lastname

– say message_status

end received audio invitation

end using terms from

Script name: iChat started.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on av chat started

tell application “iChat”

set windowname to (get name of window 1)

if (windowname does not contain “Chat”) and (windowname does not contain “Conversation”) then

set windowname to (get name of window 2)

end if

if (windowname does not contain “Chat”) and (windowname does not contain “Conversation”) then

set windowname to (get name of window 3)

end if

end tell

set status to away

set status message to windowname

– say windowname

end av chat started

end using terms from

Script name: iChat ended.scpt

using terms from application “iChat”

on av chat ended

set status to available

set status message to “Available . . .”

end av chat ended

end using terms from

You now need to create five alerts in iChat. Open iChat’s preferences, choose the Alerts icon, and next set up five new rules, attaching one script to each specified event:

• Event: Text invitation » Run AppleScript » iChat invited text.scpt