Provides a way to send information or instructions to a client. Clients should process Data messages only if they understand and support the tag used. Clients that do not understand the message should ignore the command.
IRCX servers do not send Data commands to clients that do not support IRCX.
Note The user must be in IRCX mode to use this command.
Data ChannelOrNickList Tag :Message
See the section on conventions used in syntax for help in reading command syntax.
| ChannelOrNickList | Channel, nickname, list of channels, or list of nicknames. This is the "target" for the data. |
| Tag | Text that indicates how to interpret the message, such as "Url," or "Ad," or "Stockquote." If the tag begins with SYS, the originator must be a sysop or a sysop manager. If the tag begins with ADM, the originator must be a sysop manager. Valid characters for Tag are a through z (uppercase and lowercase), 0 through 9, and the period (.). The tag can contain up to 15 characters, but must begin with an alphabetical character. |
| Note Be consistent in your use of tag prefixes. For example, if MS.CHAT.AVATAR is a tag used by MICONLY clients, MS.CHAT tags should be used by them as well. | |
| Message | The client message. When sending code messages, new lines or control characters within the message must be specified with escape codes to be correctly interpreted. For example, "\t" may be used to represent a tab. |
data #channel SYS.BANNER.URL :http://litware.com/ad.gif | |
| Sends advertising banners to clients that know to display them. | |
data #channel 3D.POS :Nick, x=5, y=15, z=21 | |
| Sends 3-D position information to clients that can display 3-D images. |