Added in 3.8
/playctrl [-aescpbnx q# m# f# rl# t#] [alias] [channel/nick/stop] <filename> [delay]
Allows "playing" a file to a channel or private window, line by line.
If no parameters is defined, opens the play control dialog.
Empty lines are treated as a delay.
See also $play, $filename, $pnick, on PLAYEND.
Same as /play.
Switches
| Switch | Description |
| -x | Treat the first line in the file as a regular text instead of line count if it is a number. |
| -a | Uses the [alias] parameter as the alias to be called instead of /msg or /notice. |
| -e | Echoes the line to channel/nick window as it would send them to the server (if the window does not exist, a line of the form /msg <window> <line> is displayed in the status window). |
| -s | Can be used offline, will interpret lines as actual command instead of plaintext and execute them in the status window. |
| -c | Forces AdiIRC to interpret lines as actual command instead of plaintext and execute them in the specified window. |
| -n | Uses /notice instead of /msg. |
| -p | Indicates it is a priority request, the current play request is paused and will resume once this one is finished. |
| -b | Uses the clipboard instead of a file, the clipboard is temporarily saved to a file with a name of the form playqN.txt, which is deleted once playing is completed. |
| -r | Forces a single line to be chosen randomly and played. |
| -fN | Plays the whole file starting from the specified line. |
| -tTOPIC | Forces AdiIRC to look up the specified topic/section (INI structure) in the file and play all lines under that topic/section. |
| -lN | Forces the specified line number to be played. |
| -mN | limits the number of requests that can be queued by a specific user/channel. If the user/channel already has or exceeds the specified number of requests queued then the play request is ignored. |
| -qN | Specifies the maximum number of requests that can be queued. If the queue length is already larger than or equal to the specified number then the play request is ignored. |
The last two switches only applies for a /playctrl request initiated via a remote definition, not by you.
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
| [alias] | If you have specified -a, the alias that will be called instead of /msg or /notice. |
| [channel/nick/stop] | The window you want to play to, if required, or "stop" if you want to stop and clear the queue. |
| [filename] | The filename you want to play. |
| [delay] | You can specify a delay, in millisecond, between each line sent. |
Example
; Play the file 'file,txt' to the channel '#chan'. /playctrl #chan file.txt ; Play a random line from the file 'file,txt' to the channel '#chan'. /playctrl -r #chan file.txt ; Stops and clears all files in the queue. /playctrl stop