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#1

How can I change my iChat buddy icon in iChat AV to an image on my desktop called image.tiff in an applescript?

Thanks for the help.

Andrew

#2

Is the new iChat scriptable? The current version isn’t. I don’t have the beta, but if you open the Script Editor and browse to iChat and it’s grayed out, then you’re out of luck with Applescript.

#3

It is scriptable. I browsed the dictionary and found the application class with the property image, a tiff image of your buddy icon. I have the current script:

set i to choose file of type {“TIFF”}
tell application “iChat”
set image to i
end tell

But after I select my image, it gives me an execution error:
iChat got an error:
NSCannotCreateScriptCommandError

Thanks,

Andrew

#4

A quick perusal of the dictionary for iChat shows that the image property for the object account is read only [r/o].
Sorry.

#5

Though, it isn’t read only on the application class. Neither is status message (which I tested and works).

#6

so, what can one do here? I’d need that too…
thank you,
oddy