Is there any way to get a seperate thread or window running from inside a plug in? I'm getting nothing but crashes and errors. It seems the only way to get plug-in to execute code is when MP! calls events. I'd like to get around that.

There could be security issues; and Plus! doesn't accept many functino calls whose caller isn't in the same thread as plugin's initialize function. Well, sort of, it may be the plugin developer who should solve this problem

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Originally posted by Mnjul
There could be security issues; and Plus! doesn't accept many functino calls whose caller isn't in the same thread as plugin's initialize function. Well, sort of, it may be the plugin developer who should solve this problem

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What kind of timer function do you need?

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Originally posted by Mnjul
What kind of timer function do you need?

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You can set IMessenger as a global variable and use SetTimer in Initialize, and set up a TimerProc call back function, I think...

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Originally posted by Mnjul
You can set IMessenger as a global variable and use SetTimer in Initialize, and set up a TimerProc call back function, I think...

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Well, perhaps you may give it a try and if it doesn't really work, we can have further discussion

Also in what programing language are you gonna do it?
Because if it is in VB then i have an example to show you how to use the SetTimer api

what you can do is reference the MessengerAPI
the use

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Private WithEvents objMessenger As MessengerAPI

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Set objMessenger = <insert object name here>

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Well, SetTimer mostly works. If I'm not really careful it brings down Messenger Plus and concequently MSN Messenger. Of course, now I can't get actions to properly fire using the IMessenger interface. Man I hate Visual Basic.

You hate VB? Well, great, I code in C++

You have to use QueryInterface to get IMessenger and set it to a global variable (so that your call back function can use it) in Initialize function, like

IMessenger* MsgrInstance;

iMessengerObj->QueryInterface(IID_IMessenger,(void**)&MsgrInstance);

Well, this plug-in is to support a fairly large behind schedule VC++ app. I'm using VB to get things done faster. Of course, I'm still having the problem where a video invite won't fire If anyone is curious, http://www.msnfanatic.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9888&st=0&

Mnjul, you don't have to QueryInterface, a mere typecast to IMessenger3* will do the trick (not pretty though I admit).

CMI, if you want to fire off a new thread in C++, just use the following function call:

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_beginthread(<funcname>, <stacksize>, <arglist>);

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Just because its Win32, doesn't mean you have to use its API. I prefer writing non-platform specific code if I can.

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Just because its Win32, doesn't mean you have to use its API. I prefer writing non-platform specific code if I can.

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CMI:
I didn't realise you were using VB, as you mentioned the IMessenger interface, which is C++. Reading back over the thread, I see that you are indeed using VB, so anything I gave you for C++ doesn't actually apply. O well, still could be useful.

TB:
I stand by my original comment. Anyway, which uses less resources: standard library function, or Win32 API?

How about we forget about all this and head over to me StartVideo thread

Good idea.

offtopic: Admins, would a split be useful here?

Do you know for certain though? I know I don't. Why not run a little test, say create 1000 threads using each method and measuring the resource usage some way.

Intriguing...