Shoutbox

Unfortunately Dan your method doesn't work well... this is because the image is placed on top of the buddy list. This means that any contacts under it disappear as well as the scroll bar. I tried placing it under the buddy list however it seems the buddy list is not transparent so to fix this needs editing of the buddy list UIFILE #936 (I think).

Edit: I guess I was 5 minutes too late with that one...

heres my code for getting it underneath the contact list

code:

---

              <png layoutpos=right flip=false idres=1096 />


              <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout()>
                         <element layoutpos=bottom layout=filllayout()>
                          </element>
              </buddylist>

---

Insert the first line of code before the buddylist item. You get to see the picture for 2 seconds when MSN first loads

Okay problem has been solved...

!WARNING! This requires you to edit the msnmsgr.exe file. I am not responsible for any damage caused by following this advice.

Here are the steps:

1. Open msnmsgr.exe in reshacker (make a backup of original exe first)
2. Import your png file to the PNG resources
          Action->Add New Resource:
               a. select the file
               b. In Resource Type put "PNG" no quotes
               c. In Resource Name put 100
3. a. Open the UIFILE folder on the left
    b. Select the 923 folder
    c. Open the 1023 resource in that folder
4. Find the following code:

code:

---

              <element layoutpos=client layout=filllayout()>
                  <element background=window />
                  <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout() />
              </element>

---

5. Replace with the following:

code:

---

            <element layoutpos=client layout=filllayout()>
                <element background=window />
                <png layoutpos=bottom flip=false idres=100 />
                <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout() <background=argb(0,255,255,255) />
            </element>

---

6. Press the Compile Script button
7. Save and run MSN
8. Admire your background

A preview is attached


edit: Thanks to Dan for getting me thus far

Main window wont open if the image is too large....

like wallpaper size...

can editing this be done dynamically in memory? this would be an awesome feature of plus

5. Replace with the following:

code:

---

            <element layoutpos=client layout=filllayout()>
                <element background=window />
                <png layoutpos=bottom flip=false idres=100 />
                <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout() <background=argb(0,255,255,255) />
            </element>

---

typo there get rid of the < before background


is it possible to align something to the bottomright? bottom puts it at bottom left, where right puts it at top right, i treid bottomright, no luck

i am starting to get a better understanding of this, hte filllayout layout doesnt support corners, the ninegridlayout does, but when i try to use the ninegridlayout, there is no contact list

::EDIT::

ok i figured it out, gotta use contentalign, dont need to change layout or layoutpos:

code:

---

                                    <element layoutpos=client layout=filllayout()>
                                        <element background=window />
                                        <png layoutpos=bottom contentalign=bottomright flip=false idres=100 />
                                        <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout() background=argb(0,255,255,255) />
                                    </element>

---

mmmmmmm, gd code work anyone fancy making a small program that you type the dimensions of your image into, and then choose alignment, and it produce the code for you to enter into reshack?

quote:

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Originally posted by tomfletcherman
mmmmmmm, gd code work anyone fancy making a small program that you type the dimensions of your image into, and then choose alignment, and it produce the code for you to enter into reshack?

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dont need the dimensions and jsut copy and paste that and change the alignment and import your png as 100, making a program to generate that little bit of code would be pointless


im havin a little weird thing happenin with this bit of code:

code:

---

                                    <element layoutpos=client layout=filllayout()>
                                        <element background=window />
                                        <png layoutpos=bottom contentalign=bottomright flip=false idres=100 />
                                        <buddylist id=atom(buddylistview) layout=filllayout() background=argb(0,255,255,255) />
                                    </element>

---

the contact list is solid black at first, then fades to white, then the contact list comes up and it works, jsut kinda odd with hte black thing

I also get the black fading to white, but only happens once. Nothing major.

Here's an attached shot of what I got, also.

This is way better than lvback.gif. Now you can have a high quality image.

Edit: Reason for so few contacts is because it's my testing account.

wonder what causes that black fading to white ill narrow it down to the source!

Me too. Also working on adding a few other things other than the background now.