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$caller Identifier - mIRC
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$caller returns a value which indicates the context in which your alias has been called.
The possible returned value can be:
- "activex" - called from $comcall
- "command" - called from a command
- "dde" - called from a external application using DDE
- "dll" - called from a DLL
- "dragdrop" - called from a drag'n'drop event
- "editbox" - called from an editbox
- "event" - called from an event (including $devent = mouse)
- "funckey" - called from a function key
- "identifier" - called from an identifier
- "menu" - called from a menu
- "mouse" - called from an alias attached to toolbar menu
- "play" - called from a /play context
- "sendmsg" - called from a sendmessage() function
- "timer" - called from a timer
- "tabcomp" - called from a tab completion in editbox
- "other" - called from other contexts including:
- label of popups menu
- /filter -a sort_alias
- identifier in dialog table (ie returning one of the x y w h numbers)
Synopsis
$caller
Parameters
None
Properties
None
Example
Activex: edit the echo in the alias cbthread in $comcall page to include $caller
Command & Identifier: execute /A or //noop $A
alias A B alias B echo -ag $caller
Editbox: execute: /A or execute: //echo -a $caller
alias A echo -ag $caller
Event: execute /dns test
on *:dns:echo -a $caller
Funckey: hit shift + f11 on your keyboad:
alias s11 echo -a caller
Menu: right click in a channel
menu channel { $caller displays in menu label text as other:echo -a $caller displays here as menu }
play: execute in a connected status window //play -as A $mircini | .timer 1 2 play off
alias A echo -sg $caller
Timer: type in editbox:
/timer 1 1 echo -a $caller or //timer 1 1 echo -a $ $+ caller
Compatibility
Compatibility
Added: mIRC v7.52
Added on: 28 Feb 2018
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.