Contact::Status

The Contact::Status property returns the current Messenger status of the contact.

Syntax

This is a read only property.
[enum] Status;

Data Type

A number taken from the following enumeration:

STATUS_OFFLINE (1) STATUS_ONLINE (3) STATUS_BUSY (4) STATUS_BRB (5) STATUS_IDLE (6) STATUS_AWAY (7) STATUS_INCALL (8) STATUS_OUTLUNCH (9)

Offline Online Busy Be Right Back Idle Away In a Call Out to Lunch

If Messenger Plus! fails to get the contact's status for any reason, the return value is:

STATUS_UNKNOWN (0)

Unknown

Remarks

The Idle status can be interpreted like Away if needed. Messenger automatically sets the status of a user to Idle after a period of inactivity.

Messenger Plus! 4.23 and earlier: enumeration names are not available, numbers must be used instead.

Property Information

See Also

Contact Object.