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{{mirc title|$caller Identifier}}'''$caller''' returns a value which indicate in which kind of exact context an alias was called.
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{{mirc title|$caller Identifier}}'''$caller''' returns a value which indicates the context in which your alias has been called.
  
 
The possible returned value can be:
 
The possible returned value can be:
* "activex" -
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* "activex" - called from $comcall
 
* "command" - called from a command
 
* "command" - called from a command
* "dde" - called from a {{mIRC|$dde|DDE}} call
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* "dde" - called from a external application using {{mIRC|$dde|DDE}}  
* "dll" - called from a {{mIRC|DLL}} call
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* "dll" - called from a {{mIRC|DLL}}
* "dragdrop" - called from a dragndrop context
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* "dragdrop" - called from a drag'n'drop event
 
* "editbox" - called from an editbox
 
* "editbox" - called from an editbox
* "event" - called from an event
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* "event" - called from an event (including $devent = mouse)
* "funckey" - called from a function key context
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* "funckey" - called from a function key
 
* "identifier" - called from an identifier
 
* "identifier" - called from an identifier
 
* "menu" - called from a menu
 
* "menu" - called from a menu
* "mouse" -  
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* "mouse" - called from an alias attached to toolbar menu
 
* "play" - called from a {{mIRC|/play}} context
 
* "play" - called from a {{mIRC|/play}} context
 
* "sendmsg" - called from a {{mIRC|sendmessage|sendmessage()}} function
 
* "sendmsg" - called from a {{mIRC|sendmessage|sendmessage()}} function
 
* "timer" - called from a timer
 
* "timer" - called from a timer
* "other" -
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* "http" - call back alias from $urlget
 
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* "tabcomp" - called from a tab completion in editbox
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* "other" - called from other contexts including:
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# label of popups menu
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# /filter -a sort_alias
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# identifier in dialog table (ie returning one of the x y w h numbers)
  
 
== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
 
<pre>$caller</pre>
 
<pre>$caller</pre>
 
 
== Parameters ==
 
== Parameters ==
 
None
 
None
 
== Properties ==
 
== Properties ==
 
None
 
None
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== Example ==
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Activex: edit the echo in the alias cbthread in {{mIRC|$comcall}} page to include $caller
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Command & Identifier: execute /A or //noop $A
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<source lang="mIRC">alias A B
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alias B echo -ag $caller</source>
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Editbox:
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execute: /A
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or
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execute: //echo -a $caller
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<source lang="mIRC">alias A echo -ag $caller</source>
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Event: execute /dns test
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<source lang="mIRC">on *:dns:echo -a $caller</source>
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Funckey: hit shift + f11 on your keyboad:
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<source lang="mIRC">alias s11 echo -a caller</source>
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Menu: right click in a channel
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<source lang="mIRC">menu channel {
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$caller displays in menu label text as other:echo -a $caller displays here as menu
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}</source>
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play: execute in a connected status window //play -as A $mircini | .timer 1 2 play off
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<source lang="mIRC">alias A echo -sg $caller</source>
  
== Example ==
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Timer: type in editbox:
<source lang="mIRC">alias myalias echo -ag $caller</source>
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<source lang="mIRC">
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/timer 1 1 echo -a $caller
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or
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//timer 1 1 echo -a $ $+ caller
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</source>
  
 
== Compatibility ==
 
== Compatibility ==
pending, beta stage
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== Compatibility ==
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{{mIRC compatibility|7.52}}
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
{{mIRC|$fromeditbox}}
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{{collist
 
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|count = 3
[[Category:mIRC identifiers|caller]]
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|style = width: 100%; display: inherit;
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|
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* {{mIRC|$fromeditbox}}
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* {{mIRC|$comcall}}
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* {{mIRC|/toolbar}}
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* {{mIRC|/filter}}
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* {{mIRC|$dll}}
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* {{mIRC|$dde}}
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* {{mIRC|/play}}
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* {{mIRC|/timer}}
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* {{mIRC|$devent}}
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}}

Latest revision as of 17:14, 5 July 2020

$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
  • "http" - call back alias from $urlget
  • "tabcomp" - called from a tab completion in editbox
  • "other" - called from other contexts including:
  1. label of popups menu
  2. /filter -a sort_alias
  3. identifier in dialog table (ie returning one of the x y w h numbers)

Synopsis[edit]

$caller

Parameters[edit]

None

Properties[edit]

None

Example[edit]

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[edit]

Compatibility[edit]

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.


See Also[edit]