Shoutbox

Two questions:

1 - Where are my contacts nicknames stored?

2 - What is the contact list as in a control type? (Listbox, etc)

Thanks

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Originally posted by Deco
1 - Where are my contacts nicknames stored?

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On the server side, there is no call to receive them either, Messenger seem to be neglecting the API .

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Originally posted by Deco
2 - What is the contact list as in a control type? (Listbox, etc)

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SysListView32 (ListView), however it is wrapped (along with the rest of the controls) into a DirectUI wrapper.

Would be a nice idea if someone overlayed a child window over the top of the contact list that had a list view.... you would have to set it all yourself but you could have the names display very customizable.  The oly problem you would have is with groups, but apart from that I could see it being very popular with people....

Hooking the protocol would probably be the way to go seeing as all the contact list data + groups is sent through the protocol.

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On the server side, there is no call to receive them either, Messenger seem to be neglecting the API .

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Hooking the protocol would probably be the way to go seeing as all the contact list data + groups is sent through the protocol.

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I'm using a network monitor (packet sniffer) and I haven't catched any messages from me to the server with regards to me chaning nicknames so far. Can you guys show me a packet doing such thing?

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SysListView32 (ListView), however it is wrapped (along with the rest of the controls) into a DirectUI wrapper.

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Does this mean I have no way to access the contact list and retrive data from it?

The data is stored somewhere since I can change the nickname and not see a message from my computer to the server right away. It's not in the same directory as the pictures and avatars... and as far as I can tell it's not in the registry either. Any ideas on where this could be?

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There are messages sent to the server to change your name. I can't check right now because I am at work but if I have time when I get home I will check for you.

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Originally posted by Deco
I'm using a network monitor (packet sniffer) and I haven't catched any messages from me to the server with regards to me chaning nicknames so far. Can you guys show me a packet doing such thing?

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Are you referring to changing your own nickname, or the "Add a nickname" function in WLM?

To the "Add a nickname".

I want to access the nicknames for my contacts in the contact list.

Oh, well I don't think they are stored on the servers but I'm not sure where they are stored.