Script kiddies, i need your help! I have no idea where to start!

I really have no idea at what I'm doing and when I look at LSL, I'm lost. I'm looking for a way to have an object ask a series of questions, confirm responses from user input, and then forward those responses to an email or two. I've asked around and the task they say is easy, but i really have no idea where to begin.

If anyone could help, It would be greatly appreciated!

You can contact me here, in game @ Jon Desmoulins, or email [email]redlove615@yahoo.com[/email]

Thank you all for your help!

Jon Desmoulins,
CEO, BBR Marketing Division
Head DJ, BBR Djs (Recruitment and Voice Training Division)

Sounds like you'll be using a lot of conditional (if, then, else) statements to do the Q&A part. I'd suggest maybe using llDialog to work out a list of selections to normalize the Q&A to keep data your collecting normalized. Then have it put all the info a llIM2Me(I think that's the right statement, I forget exactly) so it sends it to your email by the IM queue(if you have that option turned on in your preferences).

thanks!! Like i said I'm very new to scripting. it's almost foreign to me, but I'm bright enough to edit stuff.

I would greatly appreciate any more help if anyone can.

I would use llDialog to ask the questions. I would then take the response given from the dialog and add it to a global answer list. Then once the list is completed, I would use llDumpList2String into an llEmail call. Hope that helps.

I have a couple of questions:

Question 1) Are you expecting this LSL application to be used to provide answers to "online" marketing questions, rather like those people that phone you late at night begging for your time?
Question 2) How much are you willing to pay to achieve this?



Oh by the way (as always happens on the phone too)...

Question 3) You think people who script are kids? The ones I know who make good SL applications have years of software experience. The days of the kid-hacker died in 1999.

To answer you...or anyone else interested...

Question 1) Are you expecting this LSL application to be used to provide answers to "online" marketing questions, rather like those people that phone you late at night begging for your time?

Answer: No. I just need this scripted object to ask a series of questions to my staff as a means of tracking their performance and accomplishments, and paying them accordingly by what they answer to a series of questions and having those answers sent to me via email.

Question 2) How much are you willing to pay to achieve this?

Answer: I'm willing to negotiate. Throw me a figure and we will talk.

Question 3) You think people who script are kids? The ones I know who make good SL applications have years of software experience. The days of the kid-hacker died in 1999.

Answer: Certainly not. I used the term "script kiddie" because I came from the MMORPG The Matrix Online and one of the abilities on their is "Script-Kiddie"...apart of the hacker tree. If I offended anyone, I humbly apologise, I have a lot of respect for the acomplishments of my peers and those more knowledgable than I...be them my age or not.

"Script kiddie" is a term that predates the Matrix MMO. It refers to a low form of cracker, one who is only capable of what they do by running scripts that others have written, and usually lacks true understanding of how it is accomplished, much less the knowledge needed to do anything original. Thus, it is quite derisive.

See the hacker jargon file entry for more details.

I have to say, I almost skipped this entire thread when I saw the reference to Script Kiddies in the subject. (In hacker-speak, calling anyone a "Script Kiddy" is a serious insult).

But, if to get on topic - what you are asking for looks pretty simple to implement for an experienced LSL coder.

I suggest that you begin by reviewing the following commands:
llDialog() - Opens a dialog pop-up.
llListen() - Listens for input from users from chat text or dialog buttons
llEmail() - Sends an E-Mail to an RL address

Alternativly, if you prefer to hire someone else to do this for you... trow me an In-World IM, and we can work something out.

I really apologise if I had offended anyone!! I had no means to do so. Perhaps MxO should change their lingo a bit if it offends.

I did find someone to code that for me and for a price that I couldn't beat. It works wonders for me now.

Thank you all for your offers and assistance.

For my part, I wasn't offended. Just wanted to clarify what it actually means.

Generally, I'd agree with the llDialog assertion, but I'd have to hear what kind of questions you're asking your employees before I could recommend any particular approach.

I might wonder, however, if this kind of scripted system is the best way to manage these types of inquiries.

I've programmed professionally for years, and don't mind being called a
script kiddie. Some of us don't mind, at least.

10 print "31337 H@x0r"
20 goto 10

Sorry, I mean llPrint and llGoto.

heh.