Shoutbox

Ok, I'm creating my first ever plugin for Plus! and I was doing fine, but I've come across a problem now.

My plugin is supposed to open a conversation window automatically with users from a list created when configuring the addon.  The list is fine, and I've managed to open conversation windows automatically when a user changes their status to online, or when I change my own status to online.  However, I can't seem to find a way to open the windows when: A. I first log on, and B. Other users first log on.

I tried using the OnSignIn event but it didn't open the windows, and I've got no clue how to find if a user has just logged on inside a dll.

First person to help me with this successfully gets to beta test when it's done!

EDIT: In VB6 btw.
EDIT2: it appears that it does actually work when another user signs in while testing, I just need it to work when I sign in now.
EDIT3: Ok, it appears that sometimes the DLL tries to initialize before I've logged in on to msn, and unfortunately it detects my status change (I think) and messes up msn, causing it to close before signing in fully.  So I also need a way to pause this until I'm logged in fully.

You'll need to add a check to see if you're signed in. The MISTATUS enumeration contains many values, so you'll need to use OnMyStatusChange() until you detect MISTATUS_ONLINE.

Tip: Use a bitwise AND to see if online, as all online-type statuses have bit 2 set.
In the latest Plus! API package, there's a Help file for the Messenger API.

Thanks for the reply, I'll see if this helps.

I just read your first post again - using the OnSignin event should work

Well, when I use that msn will shut down if the messenger window is open.  Not sure why, because msn opens fine if it's just in the tray.

I'm going to try to work on it a bit right now and see what I can come up with.