Microsoft KB Archive/187754

= How to Create and Edit Rules =

Article ID: 187754

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Chat 2.5
 * Microsoft Chat 2.5
 * Microsoft Chat 2.5

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This article was previously published under Q187754



SUMMARY
This article describes how to


 * Create a Rule Set
 * Create a Rule
 * Edit a Rule
 * Duplicate a Rule

to respond to Microsoft Chat events.



MORE INFORMATION
You can configure Chat to respond to one or more events by creating rule sets and rules. For example, when a friend joins a chat room you can create a rule to play a sound on your computer, or you can create a rule to send your friend a whisper. Since rules are processed in the order that they are listed in Events under Rules Of Selected Set, you can set up a sequence of rules that follow one another.

Create a Rule Set
To create rules, you must first create a rule set. To create a new rule set, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the View menu, click Automation.
 * 2) Click the Rule Sets tab, and then click Create Set.
 * 3) In the Rule Set Name box, type a name for the rule set.
 * 4) Click OK, and then click OK.

Create a Rule
To create a rule in a rule set, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the View menu, click Automation.
 * 2) Click the Rules tab, click to select the Rule Set that you want to create a rule for, and then click Add Rule.
 * 3) In the Event box, click the event that you want.
 * 4) In the Event Parameter box, click the parameter that you want, or type the parameter.
 * 5) In the Actions box, click the action that you want.
 * 6) In the Action Parameter box, click the action that you want, or type the action.
 * 7) To create additional rules for the rule set, repeat steps 2-6.
 * 8) Click OK, and then click OK.

Edit a Rule
To edit a rule, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the View menu, click Automation.
 * 2) Click the Rules tab, click to select the rule set that contains the rule that you want to edit, and then click the rule.
 * 3) Click Edit Rule, make the changes that you want, click OK, and then click OK.

Duplicate a Rule
To create a new rule based on an existing rule, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the View menu, click Automation.
 * 2) Click the Rules tab, click to select the rule set that contains the rule that you want to base a new rule on, and then click Duplicate Rule.
 * 3) Click to select the duplicate rule, click Edit Rule, make the changes that you want, click OK, and then click OK.

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