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hotScript

hotScript is a way of identiying postings from selected people. You can get an audio alert they post. Their posts go into a separate transcript panel as well as into the room transcript. Their nicknames appear in Red.

Selecting people

Action	Description
Add	Right-click their name in the Invited List and select Add to hotScript. You can identify these people, because their names appear in red in the invited List.
Remove	Right-click their name and select Remove from hotScript.

hotScript Panel

To see the hotScript, click View and check hotScript Panel. The hotScript opens as a separate panel. You can undock and move it.

Right-click in the Panel to see a menu of options:

Action	Description
Copy to Clipboard	Copies the contents. You can paste the hotScript text into another document.
Clear	Erases the contents.
Print	Prints to a printer.
Save	Saves the HOTSCRIPT.TXT file.

hotScript Sound Events

You can assign a sound of your choice to the hotComm Incoming hotScript Message event in your Windows Sound Events list. This sound plays whenever anyone in your hotScript list posts a message.

How to change a sound in Windows XP:

1. Open your Windows Start menu.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Select Sounds and Audio Devices (this may be called Sounds and MultiMedia).
4. Select the Sounds tab.
5. Look in Program Events for hotComm.
6. Highlight a sound event.
7. To disable it, select None in the Sounds drop-down list. To change it, select a different sound from the Sounds drop-down list, or click Browse to find a different sound.
8. Click OK.

How to change a sound in Windows Vista:

1. Open your Windows Start menu.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Select Sound or select Hardware and Sound and then Sound .
4. Select the Sounds tab.
5. Look in the Program list for hotComm.
6. Highlight a sound event.
7. To disable it, select (None) in the Sounds drop-down list. To change it, select a different sound from the Sounds drop-down list, or click Browse to find a different sound.
8. Click OK.

hotScript files

The hotScript Panel transcript is stored as a text file named HOTSCRIPT.TXT in your hotComm /USR folder. You can edit this file if you wish.

The list of selected names is stored in HCFrame.HCD in your hotComm /USR folder. HCFrame.HCD is a "ini" file that contains many of your hotComm settings. Please do not edit this file without assistance from hotComm Support.