AOL IM input functions?

programming flash
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Hi! OK, a few weeks ago i asked about E-Cards and how did they get that ‘email to a friend’ function, and thanks to a kind soul here, i did actually figure it out! Sooo, I’d also like to add a similar input box with an ‘IM to a friend’ function, but can only seem to get the Instant Messanger to open and not also with an IM window specifically for the inputted subject. So this is what i have so far, an input box with the variable named ‘im’ And then my button is actionscripted with this:

on (release)
{
getURL(“aim:GoIMScreename=‘im’&message=Check%20This%20Out!&body=I%20thought%20this%20would%20be%20something%20you%20would%20like%20to%20see:%20http://www.meatloaf-multimedia.com”, “”);
}

Now, ive tried adjusting the "GoImScreename= to all sorts of different ways to try and figure out how it would accept and load the inputted name, but have come up with the same result each time, that only the Messanger loads and not an IM window with the name. Does anyone see what im doing wrong?? Like i said, i managed to get the email to a friend inputted function and box to work just fine but not this!! Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks and have a good Holiday weekend!!
Jen

2

im is the variable? then I think the script should look like this:


on (release)
{
getURL("aim:GoIMScreename="+im+"'&message=Check%20This%20Out!& body=I%20thought%20this%20would%20be%20something%2
0you%20would%20like%20to%20see:%20http://www.meatloaf-multimedia.com", "");
}

you have to put + to join the string to the variable…

3

on (release)
{
getURL(“aim:GoIMScreename=”+im+"'&message=Check%20This%20Out!& body=I%20thought%20this%20would%20be%20something%2

    0you%20would%20like%20to%20see:%20http://www.meatloaf-multimedia.com", "");

}
(release)

Dangit! I dont know what im doing wrong, i inputted it exactly like you have it and i still just get the Messanger program to open and not with the IM window for the inputted screen name as well! I DO have the input box named im (to answer your question if that was my variable) and then actionscripted my button with the above and even tried variations, taking out the quotes, leaving just the +'s and also tried it exactly how you have it and i just get the same output each time, JUST the program itself opens! Where i got this from in the tutorials, they have it set somehow that the program launches as well as the IM window, and i figured somehow that could be made to be a ‘user input’ function (I’d like it to be an “IM to a friend” function in my e-card, i already have the “Email to a friend” function working great!) but im coming up blank here! Thanks so much for your help, and i REALLY appreciate it!! Take care!!
Jen

4

I figured it out! You were really close, and thanks to your input, i figured out the missing pieces. It shouldve looked like this instead of what i was doing:

on (release)
{ getURL(“aim:goim?screenname=” + /:im + “&message=Check%20This%20Out!%20%20I%20thought%20this%20would%20be%20something%20you%20would%20like%20to%20see:%20http://www.meatloaf-multimedia.com”, “”);
}

Just figured i’d post it just in case someone else comes looking for help with something similar. Thanks SO much again!! Happy Easter all!!
Jen

5

oh you needed a colon there? awesome. :slight_smile: