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I am new to messenger programming and these forums. by Wizma on 09-14-2004 at 05:42 AM

I am currently working on my first msn messenger project, and I thought this could be the place to get some help, I am working with VB 6.0 and I am using the refrences "Messenger API Type Library" and "Messenger Private Type Library". I'd like to get some help with this, I can currently do status change and display the current status and name.

I'd love to know how to be able to change your msn name from the program, or anything else that'd be really useful/cool. Thankyou so much

Just out of intrest, am I a young programmer or average age.

-Wizma (T3h n00bie)

P.s: After looking around the forum's I've found alot of these Msn Teams, what is up with that?

RE: I am new to messenger programming and these forums. by surfichris on 09-14-2004 at 06:21 AM

These MSN Teams? These forums are more specifically for the Messenger Plus! extension than a Messenger team itself.

Changing the name in MSN Messenger just got a whole lot more compex to my knowledge. The easiest way is apparently to use the Windows API to open/close the Options page and set the nickname in the textbox. There are apparently other methods, one of which Plus! uses.

I gave up Messenger programming a long way so I am probably unable to help with the specifics, but if you head over to http://www.msnfanatic.com (was down last time I checked though), they're a MSN Messenger programming community with a long history and a lot of developers.

RE: I am new to messenger programming and these forums. by Wizma on 09-14-2004 at 07:31 AM

Do you think I should just go onto msn+ programming?

-Wizma

RE: I am new to messenger programming and these forums. by RaceProUK on 09-14-2004 at 12:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Boulton
The easiest way is apparently to use the Windows API to open/close the Options page and set the nickname in the textbox.
Seems that way. And, the code to do it in C++ is posted on MSNFanatic.
quote:
Originally posted by Wizma
msn+
Messenger Plus please... MSN Plus is a service from MSN.
quote:
Originally posted by Wizma
Messenger Private Type Library
Don't you need to use the Lock and Key API to use that?
RE: I am new to messenger programming and these forums. by Wizma on 09-15-2004 at 04:50 AM

ThX - sorry about msn thing.

-Wizma