Shoutbox

hi,

i would like to write a program that changes my MSN state to busy and back again.

NOW THIS IS NOT A PLUS SCRIPT!

it's a programm that accesses MSN from "outside". i did not find any info on a "normal" API for WLM, so I wonder if it would be possible to use the objects that are available to plus scripts from this program.

any ideas? thanks a lot!

regards,
rh

Can I ask: why not a script? It'd be far easier.

because I want to react to a button pressed on my remote control. this button triggers an event in an AutoHotKey script.

now I don't know how to "inform" a plus! script about an event in such a script. my idea would be to simply let the AHK script launch a VB (or JS) script, which then would be perform the status change.

It will still probably be easiest to use a script.  For some possible solutions look at this thread and you can find what the computer reads the buttons as by usig the program here

well thanks, but the button does not send any keycode. the event it launches in AHK ist realised through a DLL that accesses the remote control.

of course, i could use AHK to send a keycode and capture that keycode from MSN, but that would be a VERY ugly solution.

someone could make a dll that monitors a text file, when the file is changed it executes whats in the file.

can't you just change the status with ahk?
you can do status changes through the file menu in wlm.
i'm gonna see if i can get a working ahk script
i'll post back in a bit.

@ Veggie

Well you dont need a dll for that...?



Cant you emulate clicking the menu's in WLM? Most macros program's can do that. Its the easiest way i can think of right now, since there is no api.

There is an api. I've used it before. And there's also Add-ins.

You can use WM_COMMAND to change statuses if one of the windows is open.
If not, you'll need to send messages to MsnHiddenWindowClass telling that: you opened the tray menu, selected the My Status box, opened that menu, and selected the right status (this is because the MsnHiddenWindowClass doesn't interpret WM_COMMAND messages.)

Send messages arent the same as API's. You can send messages to every window/program in Windows...

The send message command IS a api, but from Windows.

Anyway, what he means are WLM api's like the one in Window Messenger...