Ok, So i did it guys!!! ... I am releasing a beta long before I expected... ... But here it is...

Beta Version 0.1..

Install Instructions:
Extract the zip file into the Plugins folder.. Run the "Install MCOAS.bat" and restart MSN Messenger...

What it is:
This a plugin that overrides the Banner Ad in MSN Messenger and puts a Media Controller panel ther instead...
So far only Winamp is supported, but more will be supported later...
You can, Play, Pause, Next Track, Previous Track (Back) and Stop, and you can see the current song playing...

Bugs:
I think I elimated most/all bugs, so I hope not big problems will occure... But if you find any bugs please report them here...
Sometimes the Media Controller does not override the Ad, but it shold do it most of the times... If it doesn't just close the MSN Window (Not Exit) and Reopen it again, after a Minimum of 1 second... If it doesn't fix the problem then try a few more tried, waiting a few seconds...

Graphics:
The grapichs SUCK!!!.. No colors or anything special or anything in this version.. But it will later... No background, and no pictures on the Buttons.. This will all be improved later and everything will be customizable.. This is only a quick beta release I made in a few hours... Also please note that due to the way MSG Plus! have the Win XP theme style support the buttons may look wierd on some Themes... Nothing I can do about this at the moment, will be fixed later when I make my own controls/buttons

To-do List:

- Customizable GUI (Backgrounds, Text color, button pictures etc.)
- Configuration Screen
- Support for more/other Media Players

Here you go!! ..Enjoy...

Please Report bugs, comments and ideas, BUT do not post ideas or bugs mentioned in this post(Read above: Graphics, Bugs, To-do list)....
Please READ THIS POST before posting anything that is already explained in this post/thread!!!... (This was especially noted to a certain BrOkEn)

Sounds Great   can i see a screenshot becusse i dont use MSN7 so i cant test it.

Also, what happens if theyve patched there MSN so the ad bar doesnt show?

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Originally posted by Dempsey
Sounds Great   can i see a screenshot becusse i dont use MSN7 so i cant test it.

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Originally posted by Dempsey
Also, what happens if theyve patched there MSN so the ad bar doesnt show?

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Its a great great idea i think you should work on graphics a bit to make it more apellative tho.
* paperless installs

looks cool   definatly a better use of the space

Works great, haven't seen any problems with it yet

I LIKE IT!

schweet!
Might I ask how you did it ?
I'm working on it too, but I haven't had time to finish mine yet

i think he just uses the SetParent API to make a picturebox appear in the Ad window

nicee CyberDude once again, good job you really good!

Hope Itunes will be compatible in the final version althought i switched to winamp just to be able to use it! Anyway, good job man, keep em coming, we all appreciate it!

I'm glad you people like it... ..

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
schweet!
Might I ask how you did it ?
I'm working on it too, but I haven't had time to finish mine yet

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Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)
I'm glad you people like it... ..

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
schweet!
Might I ask how you did it ?
I'm working on it too, but I haven't had time to finish mine yet

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NICE!!! ... A post from The MAN!!! .. Asking me how I did it??? !!!!! I'm blushing... ... ...
SetParent Api, does it ring a bell???... .. hehe...

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
You said you replaced the ad with a player thingie, not putting something in front of it :/

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer

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Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)
I'm glad you people like it... ..

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
schweet!
Might I ask how you did it ?
I'm working on it too, but I haven't had time to finish mine yet

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NICE!!! ... A post from The MAN!!! .. Asking me how I did it??? !!!!! I'm blushing... ... ...
SetParent Api, does it ring a bell???... .. hehe...

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Ahh, thats cheating
You said you replaced the ad with a player thingie, not putting something in front of it :/

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Originally posted by lp15

Btw, Cyber, is it normal it takes a few seconds to load ??

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Bah, Im sure it would work if I didnt patch my msn saying remove the banner....

lol ye that would be logic purity

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Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)
Lol!!! ... Yeah, but if I put 1 more line of code in it.. I will hide the banner ad and put my player in front... this would theoratically be "replacing" the ad... Am I right? ...

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Do you want an installer for your final release?
i could make you one

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Sounds cool, be sure to add WMP10 support and all of those other great and less great media players
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Very nice plugin, nice usage of that stupid banner.
Bummer my windows skin messes up the buttons, but i'll live with it

does this plugin work with MSN 7.0.0632?? just curious

btw... i just brought this up in photoshop... CD.. if you like it feel free to grab it

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Originally posted by NoMeN
does this plugin work with MSN 7.0.0632?? just curious

btw... i just brought this up in photoshop... CD.. if you like it feel free to grab it

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yeah... hehehe it would be great. im not sure if i can help you out... i dont know anything about programing, just photoshop.

This is really great, thanks v much

i dont even know if its possible to make something like this:



just thought it would be cool!
the red button only appears when pressed... people who dont have winamp could download it from the link provided by the icon seen in the upper right corner. and that bar should display the current song using the ID3Tags....

CD... do you know if its possible ot make such a thing?? just giving some suggestions


Peace!

Bah!!! Some repsonse I need to make.. .. This is going to be a LOONG post.. ...

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Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)
Lol!!!... Yeah, but if I put 1 more line of code in it.. I will hide the banner ad and put my player in front... this would theoratically be "replacing" the ad... Am I right? ...

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Nope, because the ad is provided by 5 classes, not one(Internet Explorer_Server, Shell DocObject View, MSNMSBLGeneric, CtrlNotifySink are the class names)
So you will have to put 5 lines instead of one
And even after hiding these classes, the ad border is still there

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Originally posted by çr@nK
Do you want an installer for your final release?
i could make you one

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Sounds cool, be sure to add WMP10 support and all of those other great and less great media players
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Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)
About the installer:
Hmm.. You are welcome to make me a decent installer.. But it needs to fullfill some criterias..
- I need to be able to add my own files to it
- Extrating files
- Registrying files
- Add other various registry values
- Shutting Down MSN Messenger (Normally, and Taskkill if normal shutdown fails, altso support for closing Tabbed Conversation when closing normally to prevent loss of log if Taskkill needs to be executed)
- Starting MSN Messenger
- Uninstaller
- GUI, Interface, Pictures, texts, etc...
- A Homemade installer would be best, not some NSIS or Inno because they cannot do these tasks

If you can fullfill all these criteria then I would be more than happy to use a installer you make for me (and of course give you all the Credit you want).. .. I can do all this my self, I just don't have time on my hands.. 

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Originally posted by The_MoD
Very nice plugin, nice usage of that stupid banner.
Bummer my windows skin messes up the buttons, but i'll live with it

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Originally posted by NoMeN
does this plugin work with MSN 7.0.0632?? just curious

btw... i just brought this up in photoshop... CD.. if you like it feel free to grab it

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Originally posted by DJHasis

Would be nice if you (CyBeRDuDe) could make the player skinnable but if you can get the toppest one of NoMeN's I would be very appreciated

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Originally posted by NoMeN
i dont even know if its possible to make something like this:



just thought it would be cool!
the red button only appears when pressed... people who dont have winamp could download it from the link provided by the icon seen in the upper right corner. and that bar should display the current song using the ID3Tags...

CD... do you know if its possible ot make such a thing?? just giving some suggestions


Peace!

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Cool!! im glad you liked it

Hey guys, I've been busy with a thing like this as well, hope you don't mind cyber... I'm planning to implement several media players as well as other services. The way I'll work is by using the webbrowser object itself. (and yes, in c++ this time)

was a super Idea this plug in, finally I can see some real use for that space, the plugin works perfect, thanks!

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was a super Idea this plug in, finally I can see some real use for that space, the plugin works perfect, thanks!

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Originally posted by Juzzi
Hey guys, I've been busy with a thing like this as well, hope you don't mind cyber... I'm planning to implement several media players as well as other services. The way I'll work is by using the webbrowser object itself. (and yes, in c++ this time)

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Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)

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Originally posted by Juzzi
Hey guys, I've been busy with a thing like this as well, hope you don't mind cyber... I'm planning to implement several media players as well as other services. The way I'll work is by using the webbrowser object itself. (and yes, in c++ this time)

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Nice.. . And no I don't mind.. What do you mean with using the webbrowser object itself?... Are you going to do some kind of overwriting the Ad? so you can ad you own stuff? or are just going to "overlay"/SetParentApi(as I do) on it?... Will it be a litle less "buggy"?.. Will it be there all the time? Meaning that it doesn't "close" when you close msn messenger to tray?... The way I do it the Controler I put on is destroyed when you close msn messenger and therefore the Ad shows again when you open it up beacuse everything is repainted and everything gets a new Hwnd... So I use a timer to check if the contact list is shown again and then SetParentApi again... Is this the same method you will use? Or have you found a "real" way to "hijack" it?

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thats really cool Juzzi!!! i could help you out skinning it

Nice work Juzzi.. ... I'll stop working on my plugin then... ... You keep going with this one.. And please make my dream come true.. make a "big" plugin that supports more Players, and have lots of other various things, like a notetaker, and much more stuff.. .. Would be really nice... Good luck on the work man! ..

hey! maybe you could work together on this?

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Originally posted by (CyBeRDuDe)
Nice work Juzzi.. ... I'll stop working on my plugin then... ... You keep going with this one.. And please make my dream come true.. make a "big" plugin that supports more Players, and have lots of other various things, like a notetaker, and much more stuff.. .. Would be really nice... Good luck on the work man! ..

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Hey, I managed to hook the right click popup menu of the advertisement. So when you now right click on the ad you can choose what you want to load in it (media controller/shoutbox/note taker). It still needs to be optimised a bit.

Now I need to make the extensions, so far it's going quite well. Also I don't know yet whether it will be easy to add polygamy support.

CyBeRDuDe, I might still need your help, I think I've got you in my contact list

thats great Juzzi!! keep up the good work!

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Originally posted by Juzzi
Hey, I managed to hook the right click popup menu of the advertisement. So when you now right click on the ad you can choose what you want to load in it (media controller/shoutbox/note taker). It still needs to be optimised a bit.

Now I need to make the extensions, so far it's going quite well. Also I don't know yet whether it will be easy to add polygamy support.

CyBeRDuDe, I might still need your help, I think I've got you in my contact list

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maybe something like this even... and the plugin should have a different affiliate skin for different mediaplayers imho...

havent looked back at this thread for long.. learned a lot of new things Cyber Dude you did a good job, and I belive you have really good manner to let go of the idea and to offer it to Juzzi!

juzzi, were counting on u now , dunno you much but u seem cool! hope this can be delivered soon, btw do you have a beta we could try? or if you need any testing, I can help out 2

msn's lebanese_pride01@hotmail.com

hope well hear from you soon,

truly, lp15

The 'engine' (main program) is about 80% completed now I guess. I improved the skin for the Winamp controller, complete with rollover/mousedown states (still need to add current song):

Next I'm going to do is WMP support, maybe iTunes support, note taker, shoutbox, etc.

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Originally posted by Juzzi
Next I'm going to do is WMP support, maybe iTunes support, note taker, shoutbox, etc.

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I wasnt able to get the plugin to work but i have an extremly old verson of winamp could this possibly be the problem The plug in is there i see it when Open Messenger Plus but nothing is ever in that little space exept the little msn im guy and some words I love this idea because i myself always struggle with to many things open and not enough space on the monitor to put them thx

Hrmm, does this plugin work with 7.0.0777?

I installed it, its in the plugins section of plus! but i dont see it working, i still got the ad banner...

Edit: dw got it to work

new version looks sweet can't wait for Release with WMP support does it include a whats playing bar?

great plugin, but, would be nicer if you can add this to the conversations windows!!! At the side of the emoticons icon and those stuff!!!

You should check out this thread, it has a newer beta version that can also show the controller in a convo window.

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