Instant message application.

[mumrah]

My apologies if this is posted somewhere I've over looked.
Is there an instant message application that growl is compatible with?
Or can growl be installed as plugin to work with any instant messenger
application?

Thanks Rah,

[Jack La Voy]

You can use Trillian in combination with the Growl for Windows Command
Line tool. Trillian lets you hook into events such as IM inbound, IM
outbound etc. You'll need to use another application to hide the
command window though otherwise it's a bit ugly (command line window
stealing focus etc). A bit of a hack, but once you get it set up,
works perfectly!

[briandunnington]

the latest version of growlnotify doesnt spawn a command window, so
you should be able to fire off growlnotify commands without the window
popping up and getting in the way. although, i am not sure how
Trillian is launching the commands, so maybe it is opening the command
window?

if you havent tried it yet, download the new version of growlnotify
and see if it solves the issue.

oh - and thanks for the tip - that is a great way to add Growl
functionality!

[Jack La Voy]

The command window opening is probably a result of me using a batch
file to call Growl Notify.

To start off, I should probably explain how/why I'm using this method
- especially since Trillian does have the ability to produce popup
notifiers when IMs are received. I spend most of my time working on a
laptop using a virtual machine (VMWare workstation) to do most of my
work. Trillian's popup notifiers don't show over my VM when I'm in
fullscreen mode, but Growl notify does! With that said for anyone
interested - here's what I've set up.

1. Download and install Trillian (I'm using Astra (in beta), though
previous versions of Trillian support automation as well)

2. Download hstart (this application suppresses command prompts and
will prevent the growl notify call from stealing focus or knocking you
out of full screen mode)
*NOTE - you will likely need to allow this to run in your virus
protection settings)

3. Create a batch file to call Growl Notify with desired parameters

Example:
@ECHO OFF
CALL "C:\Growl\Configuration\Growl\growlnotify.exe" /t:Trillian /i:"C:
\Growl\Images\Trillian.png" /a:"Trillian" /r:"Trillian" /n:Trillian
%1" message from "%2

4. Open up Trillian Preferences->Advanced->Automation

5. Click Add, and set up the event with the following settings

Event Type -> Program Generated
Program Generated Event -> Whatever you want, I only use it for
Message: IM Inbound (out of focus)
Action Type -> Execute Program
Program -> C:\Growl\hstart\hstart
Parameters -> /NOCONSOLE ""C:\Growl\Scripts\trillian.bat" %medium%
%address%"

The result is a nice Growl Notify featuring the Chat Client and
Contact you're receiving a message from. There are other parameters
you can send in the notification such as Message Text, but this is all
of the information I wanted to show.

Hope this helps!

Brian, thanks for the awesome tool!

[Jack La Voy]

In removing some of the personal information from the paths listed
below, I realize they're different in a few places - if you're copying
and pasting - use the command

On May 19, 10:07 am, Jack La Voy <jack.la...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The command window opening is probably a result of me using a batch
> file to call Growl Notify.
>
> To start off, I should probably explain how/why I'm using this method
> - especially since Trillian does have the ability to produce popup
> notifiers when IMs are received.  I spend most of my time working on a
> laptop using a virtual machine (VMWare workstation) to do most of my
> work.  Trillian's popup notifiers don't show over my VM when I'm in
> fullscreen mode, but Growl notify does!  With that said for anyone
> interested - here's what I've set up.
>
> 1. Download and install Trillian (I'm using Astra (in beta), though
> previous versions of Trillian support automation as well)
>
> 2. Download hstart (this application suppresses command prompts and
> will prevent the growl notify call from stealing focus or knocking you
> out of full screen mode)
> *NOTE - you will likely need to allow this to run in your virus
> protection settings)
>
> 3. Create a batch file to call Growl Notify with desired parameters
>
> Example:
> @ECHO OFF

> CALL "C:\Growl\growlnotify.exe" /t:Trillian /i:"C:

[briandunnington]

thanks for the detailed write-up.

i think using Growl to communicate across VMs/Terminal Server sessions
is a great use for GFW - no more constantly switching back and forth
between views.

[Jack La Voy]

FYI

While browsing around the site, I noticed there were a lot of requests
on the supported apps wishlist for Google Talk, Skype etc.

Trillian's latest offering - Trillian Astra supports all of these
clients - meaning you can get your growl notifications for any of
these.....

-Jabber
-Google Talk
-Facebook
-Skype
-AOL IM
-ICQ
-Yahoo Messenger
-MySpace
-Twitter
-Windows Live

You'll have to sign up to get into the beta program, but I do have a
few invites left if anyone is interested.