Shoutbox

Hello,

my proxy server is currently being updated but I couldn't wait to give to this little developer community the new Messenger Plus! beta.

There are two improvements (I worked all day long on them). The first one is a new parameter in the ReceiveNotify() function (which forces you to modify your plugin if you want it to continue to work). This parameter gives you the name of the contact who sent a notification code. This can be very handy.

The second improvement is a big one. It won't allow you to make a more powerful plugin but it will help you make it more usable. The new PublishInfo() function (3 for VB) allows you to tell Messenger Plus! about the name of your plugin, its commands and its tags. All this information will be displayed in the new Plus!\Plugins menu in the chat windows.

I'm counting on you to test all this as much as possible as the final public release is coming in 6 days and the plugin support has to work perfectly if you want your creations to be a success.

Messenger Plus! 2.20.48: http://files.msgplus.net/beta/PlusBeta2045.exe (do not redistribute this link, it will be changed in a couple of hours)
Updated API documentation: http://files.msgplus.net/data/MPPlugins.zip

Hope you'll enjoy!
Patchou

nice work Patchou

yay! Patchou added my suggestion about the contact name

of course

as usual you are the best

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Originally posted by Chris Boulton
yay! Patchou added my suggestion about the contact name

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My Borland Builder 6 gives the following error:

struct PLUGIN_PARAM
{
    IDispatch *iConversationWnd;
    const char sContactName[512];
};
E2232 Constant member 'PLUGIN_PARAM:ContactName'in class without constructors.

The previous version of the sample plug-in worked fine, because this feature wasn't omplemented yet, but now it won't work with Borland Builder???

perfect

Chr!s : I understand why your compile says that so I just fixed it (removed the const).

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Originally posted by Patchou
Chr!s : I understand why your compile says that so I just fixed it (removed the const).

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Ok. It now works fine!! I  didn't know the consequenses of removing the const, but I think you do

Why not use the contact's e-mail instead of/as well as the name? Since the e-mail is more unique than the name, it could be used for things such as custom bans/ignores,encryption keys management, etc?

again, Great work