TopazChat 8.

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Main Chat Screen

The Main Screen is divided into four windows. The top left window is where all
text from public channels is sent, including information and errors from the
Battle.net server. The bottom left window is where all text is shown that is
received from whispers. If you have a private chat window open for a user, then
his/her text will be redirected to the chat window rather than the whisper window
(see Chat Windows).

The two windows on the right are the user lists. The top window displays all
users currently in the channel, and their appropriate icon (if chat icons are
enabled). The lower window is the custom user list. You can right click on the
custom user list at any time to add or delete users. Users on the custom list can
be whispered or located at any time, whether they are in the same channel or
not.

Enter text on the bottom entry line and press "send" or the [Enter] key to talk in
the channel. To whisper, select a user from either the user list or the custom
user list, and press "whisper". To have your text displayed as an action, type
your message and press the "emote" button (this is the equivalent of using the
Battle.net "/me" command).

Main Menu
Several functions are only available from the main menu.

Save Chat Settings

Saves all your settings for the chat, including responses, name, password, etc.

Open Chat File

Loads a chat file, including all responses, name, password, etc.

Open Text File

Loads a new text file for reading. This may also be reached through the Text File
Screen.

Setup Macros
This sets up responses that are sent when a special key is pressed.

Colors
Sets up custom colors for many elements of the chat.

Fonts
Allows you to change the fonts of the chat and whisper screens.

The Tool Bar

Most common functions can be executed using the Tool Bar and the pulldown
menus. Hold the mouse over a button briefly to see a text description of the
button.

From left to right, the Tool Bar buttons are as follows:

[Connect]
This button connects to Battle.net using the server currently selected in the chat
Setup. This only connects, it does not log on. If the server doesn't respond, you
can cancel the connection, or wait for the chat to timeout automatically. While
connected, the button will remain depressed. Press it again to disconnect the
chat.

[Log on]
The log on button sends your Battle.net user name and password to the server.
You can select a user name and password in the chat Setup, but it MUST be a
name you have previously created using Diablo, Starcraft, or other Blizzard
games. The chat CANNOT create new accounts on its own.

Logging on can take over 30 seconds depending on the server, so please be

patient before disconnecting and trying different servers. If no channel or users
appear after a minute or so, the server may be down.

[Join Channel]
This button will open the channel selection screen. From here, pick a channel
from the list or type in the channel name, then press "Ok" or the [Enter] key. The
chat will then join that channel. Press the "Add" button to add this channel to the
list of channels that are loaded when the program starts.

[List Users]
This brings up the channel selection screen just as if you were joining a channel,
but once a channel is chosen, it simply lists the users who are currently in that
channel without actually going there (equivalent of the Battle.net "/who"
command).

[Setup]
The setup button brings up the chat Setup Screen. Most functions of the chat
are configured from this screen. See "Chat Setup" or press the "help" button on
the Setup Screen for more information.

[Text Files]
TopazChat has the ability to read text files into a channel or whispered to a user.
From the Text File screen, you can chose a text file to read, and an optional user
to whisper the file to. The chat will read one line from the text file every few
seconds until the "execute" button is pressed again to stop the reading, or the file
is finished. If no user is selected, then the chat will read the file into the channel.
The delay between lines can be changed in the Setup Screen.

Responses can be configured to read text files as well. Use "/text" or

"/whispertext" at the beginning of a response, followed by a filename. If
/whispertext is used, the user who triggered the response will be set as the
recipient of the text file.

Any time the chat finds a line in the text file that is simply "/repeat", the chat will
start the text file over at the beginning. In this case, the chat will continue
reading the file until it is cancelled in the Text File Screen.

[Chat Screen Font]

Changes the font of the chat screen.

[Whisper Screen Font]

Changes the font of the whisper screen and whisper windows.

[Setup Colors]
Defines colors for the general chat and specific users.

[About]
This screen gives you information about the TopazChat version and where to
mail for help or suggestions. Please note the version before sending questions.

[Help]
This button displays help on the main chat screen.

[Launch]
This brings up another toolbar with various Blizzard sites and games. Click on
any one of these to load the page or launch the game.

[Exit]
Exits TopazChat. If you have made changes to your configuration, you will be
prompted to save those changes before exiting.

[Away]
This button sets an away message. Anyone whispering you while this is on will
see this message. To turn off Away mode, click the away button again. (This is
the equivalent of the Battle.net "/away" command)

[Whisper Lock]
While this button is down, all messages typed in the input line are sent to the
user selected on one of the user lists, rather than into the channel. If you are
having a private conversation in a public channel, this can avoid embarrassing
slips, as nothing can be said out loud while the button is down. NOTE: this
button does NOT affect responses or the Emote button.

History Buttons

To the right of both chat windows, there are history buttons marked with an up
arrow. Pressing these will temporarily stop incoming messages for that screen
and allow you to go back and read previous messages, as well as copy the text
for pasting elsewhere. Press the button again to return to normal chat.

Right Click Menu

Each user list has a popup menu that appears when you right click a user. You
can choose to perform a "/whois" for that user, kick or ban (if you are a channel
op), open a private chat window or send a URL.

Private Chat Windows

Opening a private chat window will redirect all incoming messages from that user
to the private window.

Sending URL's
This will send a web address to another user. If that user is using TopazChat
version 4 or higher, a message will popup on their chat asking if they would like
to go to that URL. This does NOT work for users of Starcraft, Diablo, or other
chat clients. If you do not wish a message to pop up for the URL when someone
sends one to you, it can be disabled in the Setup Screen.

Chat Setup Screen

This is the where most chat functions are configured. The Setup Screen is
divided into six tabs.

Connection Tab
This tab is where you enter your Battle.net name, password, server and home
channel. You may also choose to define owners for the chat by adding them to
the Owner List.

Name and password

This is the name and password used to log on. These must be created using
Diablo, Starcraft, or other Blizzard game before they can be used by TopazChat.
TopazChat CANNOT create new Battle.net accounts, it can only use existing
accounts.
Home Channel
This is the channel that is joined automatically by the chat when it logs on.

Server
This is the Battle.net server to use. Sometimes servers are down or split. You
can chose a different server from the list and attempt to reconnect with the new
server if you are having problems with a particular server.

Owners
Owners are those users you want to be able to access the chat remotely. Any
user on the Owner List can send whisper commands to the chat. Whisper
commands from users not on the list are ignored by the chat.

The following is a list of all owner commands and their function:

/exec <filename>
- begins reading of a text file

/setuser <user>
- sets the recipient of a text file.

/clearuser
- clears the recipient of text files. All text files from this point are read into
the channel until the recipient is set using /setuser or typed in manually into the
Text File Screen

/stop
- stops execution of a text file

/reset
- resets a text file to the first line

/join <channel>
- instructs the chat to join the selected channel

/squelch <user>
- squelches the selected user

/unsquelch <user>
- unsquelches the selected user

/kick <user>
- kicks the selected user out of the channel if the chat is Channel Op

/ban <user>
- bans the selected user if the chat is Channel Op
/unban <user>
- unbans the selected user

/addban <user>
- adds a user to the list of people to NOT auto-ban

/deleteban <user>
- removes a user from the ban exception list

/add <user>
- adds a user to the chat's Owner List

/delete <user>
- removes a user from the Owner List

/say <message>
- the chat simply repeats the message whispered

/close
- instructs the chat to disconnect

/response <on or off>

- master switch for responses on and off

/phrase <on or off>

- toggles response to phrases

/whisper <on or off>

- toggles response to whispers

/timer <on or off>

- toggles timer responses

/ban <on or off>

- toggles auto-banning of specific users

/noban <on or off>

- toggles auto-banning of users not on the No-Ban list

/at <on or off>

- toggles responses to excessive "@" characters

/repeat <on or off>

- toggles responses to repeated messages
/cap <on or off>
- toggles responses to excessive capital letters

/joinres <on or off>

- toggles responses to users joining channel

General Options Tab

From this tab, you can turn on and off all responses, set general options and text
file delay, or a code for ignoring responses.

Respond to incoming events

This is the master switch for every automatic event. If this is off, the chat will
NOT respond to phrases, whispers, users joining, timers, and will not auto-ban.
This is simply a quick way to turn on and off all events.

Whois on join
When this is checked, the chat will send a /whois command for everyone who
joins the channel.

Include chat icons

Uncheck this option if you do not want the users' icons to be displayed to the left
of their names on the user list.

Auto-rejoin when kicked

Instantly rejoins a channel when the channel op kicks you out. (NOTE: this won't
work if the channel op bans you... you will still remain banned)

Enter/leave notifications
Displays a message anytime someone leaves or enters a channel.

Log account numbers on /whois

Records name/number combinations for a user anytime a /whois is preformed.

Display logged accounts on /whois

Displays all known numbers for a user and users recorded for this account
number when a /whois is performed.

Show pop-up hints

Turns on/off hints when the mouse is held over buttons.

Accept URLs
When this is checked, a message will pop up asking to load a URL whenever a
user of TopazChat sends a URL to you. If this is unchecked, a message will
appear in the whisper window only.
Double-clicking a user should...
When a name is double-clicked on one of the user lists, one of five actions can
be performed:

- Copy name to entry: Copies the user's name to the input line (original Diablo
pre-version 1.04 style)

- Squelch user: squelches the double-clicked user

- Kick user: kicks the user out of the channel if you are channel op

- Ban user: bans the user from the channel if you are channel op

- Open whisper window: opens a private whisper window to the user

Text file delay

This is the delay between lines when reading a text file. NOTE: any setting
below 4 seconds has a tendency to cause disconnection for flooding on larger
text files.

Response ignore code

Messages beginning with this code are ignore by phrase responses.

Responses Tab
This tab is where you can configure the chat to respond to phrases said in
channel or whispered to the chat.

Response to phrases
Click "Add" to add a new phrase to the list if phrases to respond to. If any part of
the user's message contains this phrase, the chat will choose one of the 3
responses at random to say. Leave one or more of the responses blank if you
only want the chat to respond with less than three random phrases. The
responses can contain battle.net commands, such as /msg, /ban, /kick, etc. If
you want the chat to insert the user's name that triggered the response, include
the <user> code in the response. If you want the chat to pick a random user
from the list, include the <random> code. When using <random>, the chat will
not choose itself.

Examples of responses:

/msg <user> You have triggered this response

When a user triggers this response, the chat will whisper "You have triggered this
response" back to the user.
/ban <user>

This will ban the user who triggered the phrase.

Today's victim is <random>!!!

This will pick a random person from the channel and insert their name in place of
<random>... so if it picked me, it would respond with "Today's victim is Topaz!!!"

There are two more additional response codes, /text and /whispertext. These
cause the chat to start execution of a text file whenever this response is
triggered. The syntax is:

/text <filename>
Or
/whispertext <filename>

An example would be as follows:

/whispertext c:\textfiles\somefile.txt

This response would cause the chat to start reading the text file called
"somefile.txt" to the user who triggered the response. /Text works identically,
except that the file is read into the channel rather than whispered.

Response to whispers
Responses to whispers are identical to phrase responses, except that they are
only triggered if the user whispers the phrase to the chat.

All codes for responses work for whisper responses, phrases, special cases,
timers and user join responses. /text and /whispertext are exceptions, as these
only work for whisper and phrase responses.

User Join/Special Tab

This tab is for responses to users joining the channel or special cases.

User Join Response

User join responses work similarly to phrase responses, but are triggered when a
user joins a channel. If responses are defined for "ANY USER", they are
triggered by every user who joins, not just specific users. Click "Add" to add a
user to the list of users to respond to.

Special Responses
These are cases that people find annoying, such as when a user types in all
capital letters, uses whole strings of "@" characters, or repeats messages over
and over.

- Excessive "@" characters

If a user's message contains more than 6 "@" characters, this response is
triggered.

- Excessive caps
If a user's message is over 6 characters long and more than half the
message is in capital letters, this response is triggered.

- Repeated message
This response is triggered whenever a message is repeated two or more
times.

Channel Op Tab
From this tab you can control who the chat bans when it has control of a channel.

Ban everyone Except...

This is a list of people who will NOT be banned by the chat if the ban everyone
option is turned on. This usually is a list of approved people, and anyone not on
the list who enters the channel is automatically banned.

Automatically ban the following...

This is a list of users who should be banned instantly when they join the channel.

Timers Tab
Timer events are responses that happen at regular time intervals.

Click "Add" to define a new timer event, and then a phrase to say when that time
event is triggered. Then pick a time interval. The phrase will then be repeated
every time interval is reached. For example, if the interval is 60 seconds, the
chat will say the phrase every 60 seconds. You can define any number of timer
events.

Note on events: there is no limit on the number of responses, phrases, timers or

whispers you may define, only what is limited by the available memory on your
system.

Channel Server Tab

This tab has useful options such as banning certain types of users and setting up
access levels/ranks for users.

User Type Actions

This allows certain actions to be performed when certain types of users join a
channel. For example, if the response for "Chat Client/Bot" is set to "/kick
<user>", anyone entering who is using a chat client will be kicked out of the
channel if you are the channel op. The action can be any phrase or battle.net
command.

Clear Screens
This will clear the chat screens after it has filled up with the specified number of
lines. Recommended if using the chat as a channel op or server to prevent chat
screen from getting too full.

Allow Users to Send Email

This allows users to use TopazChat as a mail server for delivering simple one
line text messages. THIS OPTION MUST BE CHECKED for email to work even
if you have user access levels set to allow email. This is the master switch for all
email functions.

To send mail to a user, whisper to the TopazChat bot acting as the server "/mail
name message". For example:

/mail -Lady~Topaz- woohoo! You've got mail!!

will store the message "you've got mail" for me to receive at a later time.

To check to see if you have mail, whisper "/checkmail" to the bot. All stored
messages will be read in the order they were sent. use "/deletemail" to remove
all messages that have been sent to you.

The actual messages sent by users will NOT be visible to the user of TopazChat.
The only thing that will appear on the whisper screen is that mail has been sent.
This is to protect the privacy of users sending email. Email messages are
encrypted before they are saved.

User Access Levels

You may define up to 10 user access levels to allow users different modes of
access to the Chat program. For each of the 10 levels, you can check off any of
the options for that level, and any user set to that level (or rank if you prefer) will
be allowed to perform those functions.

Access levels go from lowest to highest in the list. This only affects the /promote
and /demote commands for identifying which rank is higher. You may actually
define more options for a lower rank, but keep in mind that wouldn't make much
sense.

The FIRST level in the list (which defaults to the description "any user") is
ALWAYS set to any user who does not have a rank. Use this level to define
what options users have when the chat program doesn't have a rank for them.
- Define This Access Level
If this is checked, this level will be defined for you to edit and will appear
on the right-click menu for the user list on the main screen. Once a level is
defined and "enable user access levels" is checked, you may give users a level
from the main screen by right-clicking their name and selecting "Access Level",
or from the "Access Levels" tab in the setup.

- Description
This is the description of the access level. If you are playing Starcraft,
these can be common ranks like ensign, captain, admiral, etc. For Diablo you
may choose knight, queen, king, etc. These can be anything you want. They
default to things like guest, member, senior member, etc. This is the description
used for the <level> code (can be used in ANY response, the user's access level
will be inserted, similar to <user>). This is also the description that appears on
the right-click menu on the main screen user list, or when promoting or demoting
remotely.

- Greeting/Special action
This is similar to a user join response, but it is only triggered when
someone of this rank enters the room. This can be a greeting, or a command
such as /kick, /ban, etc. You may include <user>, <random> or <level> as part of
the response, as with any response.

- Can Send Email

Allow users of this rank to send email to other users. Remember, if the
"Allow Users to Send Email" option is NOT checked, users will NOT be able to
send email regardless of their level.

- Can Receive Email

Allow users of this rank to receive email.

- Can Promote Users

Allow remote promotion of users by users of this rank. If this option is
checked for a certain rank, users of this rank may whisper "/promote user" to the
chat to raise a user up one rank. Example:

/promote -Lady~Topaz-

will promote me to the next level on the list.

Users may NOT promote other users any higher than their OWN level, to prevent
people of low level giving others options beyond what they can do themselves.

- Can Demote Users

Allows users to use the "/demote" command to lower a user by one level.
Works the same way as /promote, except that users cannot demote a user below
the first level, nor can they demote users of the SAME or HIGHER rank than
themselves.

- Can Talk in Channel

This option will allow a user to talk in the channel if they are this level. If
this option is NOT checked, users of this level will be BANNED if they talk in the
channel. Use this option only for guest users or enemies, otherwise it will ban
people anyone who talks.

- Owner Functions:
- /close
Allows a user of this level to issue a remote /close command to turn off the
chat.
- /squelch
Allows users of this level to instruct the chat to squelch other users.
- /unsquelch
Allows users of this level to instruct the chat to unsquelch other users.
- /join
Allows users of this level to instruct the chat to join another channel
- /kick
Allows users of this level to instruct the chat to kick other users.
- /ban
Allows users of this level to instruct the chat to ban other users.
- /unban
Allows users of this level to instruct the chat to unban other users.
- /exec or /stop
Allows users of this level to execute text files - gives access to the
commands /exec, /setuser, /clearuser, /stop and /reset.

Access Levels Tab

This tab allows you to set users to certain access levels. Define the access
levels themselves in the Channel Server Tab.