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A Sample Script
Once
m has been activated, it will show you the list of installed scripts and modules.
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| Series 60 sample screen | | UIQ sample screen |
A script is like an application you can run. As an example, let's open the Partytime script:
| Series 60: | Navigate to Partytime and press the confirm button. |
| UIQ: | Select Partytime with the pen. |
This will show the script's empty console. To start the script:
| Series 60: | Press the confirm button again. |
| UIQ: | Press the  button. |
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| Series 60 sample screen | | UIQ sample screen |
The script runs and prints Waiting... on the console. Now have a friend send you an SMS with the text "party". After a few seconds she should automatically receive a reply from you, sent from the Partytime script. In fact, the script acts as a very simple automatic SMS service.
Stop the script by selecting . You have just successfully used your first m script!
You can look at the script by selecting .
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| Series 60 sample screen | | UIQ sample screen |
If you want to change the reply message, or the text triggering the reply, simply edit the script. will start the script again, with your changes. See section * () for details.
For your convenience, the complete script is printed here, with comments added:
/*
A very simple m SMS service:
anybody sending the keyword "party"
will get a standard reply.
*/
use sms // we need it
r="The party starts at 8pm!"; // our standard reply
while true do // loop forever
print "Waiting..."; // let the user know
n=sms.receive(); m=sms.get(n); // get the next msg
t=lower(trim(m["text"])); // isolate the word
if t="party" then // if it's party,
sms.send(m["sender"], r); // send the reply
print "Replied to",m["sender"] // and log it
end
end
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