Shoutbox

I know there was a lot of talk about this in the beginning of msgplus plugins.  I am not sure if it was implemented.

Anyways, I will implement it, or try to. Any help would be highly appreciated. The programming will be done in C#.

Alex.

do you mean a plugin that shows what your currently downloading in programs like Kazaa?

tb has done a kazaa one before, but he didnt realise it

yea thats why i asked if thats what allex87 meant.

i started a plugin a while ago that lists current downloads in GetRight and stuff, but i got bored and didnt finish it

No, what I actually want to do is make a plugin that actually does the upload/download through a better protocol than MSN's protocol, maybe with zlib compression. Anyways, it will try to be fast with or without firewall on.

Of course it will have to use a ping-type check to see whether the other user has the plugin. If they have it, upload using its own protocol, if not, use MSN basic transfer.

I am currently thinking whether it should be done in C++ or C#...

Is anyone willing to give some ideas, or does anyone want to help on this?

Thanks for the feedback,
~Alex.

Add the idea of re-starting where a download was interrupted if poss. This would be great.

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Originally posted by allex87
No, what I actually want to do is make a plugin that actually does the upload/download through a better protocol than MSN's protocol, maybe with zlib compression. Anyways, it will try to be fast with or without firewall on.

Of course it will have to use a ping-type check to see whether the other user has the plugin. If they have it, upload using its own protocol, if not, use MSN basic transfer.

I am currently thinking whether it should be done in C++ or C#...

Is anyone willing to give some ideas, or does anyone want to help on this?

Thanks for the feedback,
~Alex.

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C# or C++? Is it really that much of a choice?
You said you wanted it to be fast... then use C++
Besides, I thought zlib is only available for C/C++ ?

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when i said fast i was reffering to fast transfer speeds, C# can be fast as well..

However, I have decided to use C++

I made myself a plugin installer tonight.

I will definitely add a resume function at some point in time. First i have to get this thing working.

If anyone wants to help, they are most certainly welcome. I do not know Windows Sockets programming *yet*, but I will have to learn it...

~Alex.

OK, so far I managed to get this done: integration with zlib 1.1.4. 1.2.1 did not work for some reason, i am getting link errors, undefined symbols. works fine with 1.1.4.

Now i have to figure out how to do file transfers through WinSock.

Question: which WinSock to use 1.1 or 2?

~Alex.

Whatever works best.

You're going to also have to decide how to integrate this into messenger.

i suggest the receivenotify and commands for messenger plus! plugins