Shoutbox

i download some skins here, but after applying them it frustrates me that some function buttons that i've blocked before by using a-patch display again, though several ones can be removed by skin option, others like ad ain't involved, i tend to modify msgsres.dll but find the value of ad display is false(actually it's modified by a-patch), so i'd like to know how can i remove it now? or just ask for the skin developer?

Because skins aren't allowed in the official database if they have a visible option to hide the ads, most major skins don't have this option (at least not visible in the skin options). However, some skins include some kind of .reg file in the skin folder (...\Messenger Plus! Live\Skins\<SkinName>) which you can use to disable the ads. If there isn't one you can just ask the developer, but in case he doesn't have the time to do it for you, you could also take a look at the skinning documentation and try to modify the skin to suit your needs.

thank you guys, but it's boring that the hidead.reg doesnot seem to work on my skins, i really don't know why O_o
i tried me to you and wii

This happens because each skin requires a specific edited .reg file. The .reg file on its own cannot do anything. The skin must have the options referred into the .reg file into its UIFiles. It is very complex if you don't know much about how a skin is created. To sum up, stick with skins that provide those .reg files or contact the developer of the skin you want to use and ask him to create a .reg file.

In the skin directory you wish to edit, find the UIFILE 923, contains the elements. Around line 181 you should see this line of code:

code:

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<Element layoutpos=bottom layout=borderlayout() padding=rect(4,0,4,0)>

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Change the layoutpos to make the element invisible, by replacing it with this:

code:

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<Element layoutpos=none layout=borderlayout() padding=rect(4,0,4,0)>

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That should remove the ad from Messenger. Of course the skin may have saved the UIFILE in different names or the code may be one a different line .

i wonder if the UIFILE 923 is just a file name, or it's involved in other files? coz i can't find it in the skin directory
it looks like i need some basic skin skills to learn

It is called 923 definition probably or something similar and it should be in a file called Ui or definitions. In which skin you want to remove the ads?

look at the tutorial I wrote about hiding elements, it is specifically for ads on the msgstuff forums.

there are 4 files in definitions directory, 920,923,940,1001, i open 923 and search the code 'Element layoutpos=' , the result shocks me with numerous similar codes
the skin is 'me to you'
and to another skin 'wii messenger' i can't find definition files

Search for SSConstrainer. Above it, you should change the Layoutpos=bottom to Layoutpos=none.