MUSHclient scripting

Description of MUSHclient world function: world.GetChatOption

Name	GetChatOption
Type	Method
Summary	Gets the value of a chat session option
Prototype	`VARIANT GetChatOption(long ID, BSTR OptionName);` View list of data type meanings
Description	Gets the current value of a chat session option. You must specify the identifier of a current chat session, and a chat option from the list below. The return type is Variant, so the returned value will be the appropriate type for the data (ie. string or number (long)). If the option name is not known, or is not allowed to be retrieved, a NULL variant is returned. If the chat session does not exist, EMPTY is returned. If the name given is invalid, NULL is returned. If the option name is not known, EMPTY is returned. (Use "IsEmpty" and "IsNull" to test for these possibilities). OPTION NAMES "address" - TCP/IP address of remote user (address to call them) "can_send_commands" - can that user send us commands? "can_send_files" - can that user send us files? "can_snoop" - can that user snoop on our session? "group" - their group name "ignore" - ignore them? "private" - private session? "served" - incoming call? "server" - TCP/IP address of remote user "user" - user value (for scripting, is not used by MUSHclient) "username" - their chat name "version" - what version client they are using Note: Available in version 3.37 onwards.
VBscript example	`Note GetChatOption (ChatGetID ("nick"), "group")`
Jscript example	`Note (GetChatOption (ChatGetID ("nick"), "group"));`
PerlScript example	`Note (GetChatOption (ChatGetID ("nick"), "group"));`
Python example	`world.Note (world.GetChatOption (world.ChatGetID ("nick"), "group"))`
Lua example	`Note (GetChatOption (ChatGetID ("nick"), "group"))`
Returns	`As described above.`
Introduced in version	3.37

See also ...

Function	Description
ChatGetID	Looks up what chat ID (identifier) corresponds to a particular chat name
GetChatInfo	Get information about a chat connection
GetChatList	Gets the list of chat sessions
GetChatOption	Gets the value of a chat session option
SetChatOption	Sets the value of a chat session option

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