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Quick PM Reply Box · **Released**: 05-02-2002

Quick PM Reply Hack Version 2.4 - by Dr. Erwin Loh
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Inspired by Firefly, Neo, Vincent "MW" Chan

Version 2.4 for vBulletin 2.3.0 - 23rd of March 2003
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This is a simple hack that puts a "Quick PM Reply" box underneath a PM that you have received, with the username, subject and message in quotes already inserted. All you need to do is to just type the reply and click send. In the new version, you also have the option of deleting the original PM when you send the reply, as well as multiple options like saving the copy, and message tracking.

Upgrading from version 1.x - just make the 2nd PHP file changes, and copy and paste the the new template changes over the old one.

Version 2 additions:
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Added options using checkboxes to:

1) Delete original: Delete original PM from PM box when you send reply
2) Automatically parse URLs.
3) Show Signature.
4) Save a copy: Also save a copy in the 'Sent Items' folder.
5) Request Read Receipt: Choose message tracking.

Version 2.1 - minor bug fix to make the icon change after a message is sent.
Version 2.2 - minor bug fix to make sure the delete tickbox works.
Version 2.3 - fixed a minor template issue
Version 2.4 - fixed the multiple RE: bug

NEW: Added minor addition to make cursor go automatically to the PM Quick Reply Box.

NOTE: To get the newest attachment, you need to clear your browser cache - otherwise you may download the previous version text file.

XFLBret · #**132** 11-28-2002, 01:05 AM

hey erwin, i got your response, thank you, but I think i didn't express myself well with what i wanted...

even if i scroll down with the mouse, the cursor is not in the box initially until i click in the quick reply box with my mouse.

what I am trying to accomplish is to just have the cursor already blinking in there by default, as I am a keyboard guy. don't like using the mouse except when necessary

you know how it is.....

XFLBret · #**133** 11-28-2002, 01:07 AM

oops, i tried following your instructions, and i don't have the word "code" in my privmsg template. did I do somehting wrong?

Erwin · #**134** 11-28-2002, 01:43 AM

Easy...

Replace

<body>

with

<BODY onLoad="document.forms.vbform.message.focus()">

XFLBret · #**135** 11-28-2002, 04:33 AM

I replaced both body entries with that and it works. it goes directly do the quick reply box now, but i guess that's all right.

Erwin · #**136** 11-29-2002, 02:51 AM

There should be only 1 <body> tag in each of your templates.

wolfman · #**137** 11-29-2002, 03:13 AM

Ok I made the body tag change and WOW it seems to cause the font color and the backgroung color to change drasticlly example my background on the rest of the forum is black and the font is a light grey. The change seems to make it white and black. Though it does make the cursor jump to the quick PM window though

Erwin · #**138** 11-29-2002, 03:38 AM

That's because it means that the <body> tag in your style is replaced with something else usually. To get around this, just add a <body> tag underneath this one - in other words, have just 1 <body> and then have the code as well.

If you just want to have 1 body tag, copy the body tag contents from your style, and paste it into the body tag in the template. But this is time consuming, as you would have to do this for each style that you have.

So in essence, I take back what I said -

- to maintain your background colors, you need to have <body> still in your privmsg, as well as my additional one.

wolfman · #**139** 12-20-2002, 02:24 AM

Ah like this? I did it this way and it seems to work just fine and I am using the default theme

Code:

<body>
<BODY onLoad="document.forms.vbform.message.focus()">

Erwin · #**140** 12-20-2002, 02:29 AM

Yup - that works.
I was using that, but my members started complaining lots, so I took it out.

zachb · #**141** 12-26-2002, 07:45 PM

Hey Erwin, I updated the HTML code for the template a bit to make the tables look better. Here it is:

[edit: attached instead, the code tags messed up the topic page.]

Thanks a lot for this hack, I love it.

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