Changing iChat status with applescript

I have the basic commands to change the status in my iChat (v 5.0.1):
tell application "iChat"
set status to away (or available)
end tell
When I set my status as "away" everything works fine. The green dot turns red and the status message says away. But when I try to set it as "available" the dot turns back to green but the status message still says away. I have tried the command
set status message to "Available"
and that works but when I try to set it as away, the dot turns red but the status message still says "Available". So I tried the same command to change the status message but with "Away" instead when I wanted to change it to away and it worked, then I reversed everything to available and the status message would change but the dot would stay red. I wouldn't think it would be this hard. Any ideas? Thanks

Seems to be working today. Though it takes a while for the status message to change to available, but it is working

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I want to process all received photos or videos with Applescript.
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using terms from application "Messages"
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Is any one good with writing AppleScript? I've looked in the Help menu and I don't understand it.
I have a folder of over 1,000 pictures that has the incorrect "Date Created."   The correct date is actually in the "Date Modified" info for each picture. I have no idea how this came to be.
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-- When the dialog will appear, just select the files whose creation date is incorrect.
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Can i select displays mirror and change audio output with applescript

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I am trying to write an Applescript the will gather and mirror displays and change the audio out setings. Can this be done?

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