[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]
The Chat type exposes the following methods.
Methods
 Public Protected | Instance Static | Declared Inherited | XNA Framework Only .NET Compact Framework Only |
| Member | Description | |
|---|---|---|
  | ContainsInvalidChars(String) | Checks for unprintable or illegal characters in a message. |
| ReplaceEmoteKeywords(String) | Replaces emote keywords with actual emotes, using Chat.EmoteKeywords mapping.
Keywords are enclosed in curly braces, and are case-insensitive. |
| ReplaceEmotesWithUncode(String) | Replaces ASCII control characters with UTF-8 symbol characters, matching Code Page 437.
Opposite of ReplaceUncodeWithEmotes. |
| ReplacePercentColorCodes(String) | Substitutes percent color codes (e.g. %C) with equivalent ampersand color codes (&C).
Also replaces newline codes (%N) with actual newlines (\n). |
| ReplaceTextKeywords(Player, String) | Replaces keywords with appropriate values.
See http://www.fcraft.net/wiki/Constants |
| ReplaceUncodeWithEmotes(String) | Replaces UTF-8 symbol characters with ASCII control characters, matching Code Page 437.
Opposite of ReplaceEmotesWithUncode. |
| SendGlobal(Player, String) | Sends a global (white) chat. |
| SendMe(Player, String) | Sends an action message (/Me). |
| SendPM(Player, Player, String) | Sends a private message (PM). Does NOT send a copy of the message to the sender. |
| SendRank(Player, Rank, String) | Sends a rank-wide message (@@Rank message). |
| SendSay(Player, String) | Sends a global announcement (/Say). |
| SendStaff(Player, String) | Sends a staff message (/Staff). |
| UnescapeBackslashes(String) | Unescapes backslashes. Any paid of backslashes (\\) is converted to a single one (\). |
