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BanMembers Method

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Bans a member(s) and reinstates a member(s).

Syntax

object.BanMembers MemberItems, Set

Parameters

object	Required. An object expression that evaluates to a Channel object.
MemberItems	Required. An object expression that evaluates to a ChatItems object. Specifies which members are to be banned or reinstated. The valid item names for constructing the MemberItems object are: IPAddress IPAddressOp Nickname NicknameOp UserName UserNameOp
Set	Required. A Boolean variable. This parameter must be TRUE to ban the member from the channel, or FALSE to reinstate the member to the channel.

Examples

1. Ban all the users with an IP address that ends with ".net":

Dim mi As ChatItems
Set mi = New ChatItems
mi.AssociatedType = "Query"
mi.Item("IPAddressOp") = "EndsWith"
mi.Item("IPAddress") = ".net"
chan.BanMembers mi, True
Set mi = Nothing

2. Ban all the users with the username "ProutZ":

Dim mi As ChatItems
Set mi = New ChatItems
mi.AssociatedType = "Query"
mi.Item("UserName") = "ProutZ"
chan.BanMembers mi, True
Set mi = Nothing

3. Reinstate all the users with a username that contains "regis" and an IP address that starts with "ms":

Dim mi As ChatItems
Set mi = New ChatItems
mi.AssociatedType = "Query"
mi.Item("UserNameOp") = "Contains"
mi.Item("UserName") = "regis"
mi.Item("IPAddressOp") = "StartsWith"
mi.Item("IPAddress") = "ms"
chan.BanMembers mi, False
Set mi = Nothing

See Also

NewChatItems

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