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Hi all,

I wrote a small script which should prevent me from closing a chat just after receiving a message (like in aMSN), but so far I've only managed to show a toast with the contact's name and message when I close the chat too fast.

My question is: Is there a way to stop a chat window from closing?

Another option is to reopen the chat immediately, but I don't know if it's possible to show the conversation after the window has been closed.

I know how to do this, but it requires a DLL and a keyboard hook.

hmm I've never done that... is it hard to do?

Not massively really. If you like, I can post some code later today for you to look at.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
I know how to do this, but it requires a DLL and a keyboard hook.

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to intercept ALT-F4... But what about all the other ways you can close a chat? Isn't it better to hook the window and intercept the close window message?

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
Not massively really. If you like, I can post some code later today for you to look at.

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that would be great

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
I know how to do this, but it requires a DLL and a keyboard hook.

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to intercept ALT-F4... But what about all the other ways you can close a chat? Isn't it better to hook the window and intercept the close window message?

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I actually intercept Escape. As for the message, the window still wants to be able to be closed, so some sort of special logic will be needed to handle it.

A better way would be to intercept the actual windows API message that closes the window (WM_CLOSE, or something like that; Use a program like MessageSpy++ to find out).

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Coding in Windows API is not that hard to do, and if you're fluent in another natively compilable language (Like Delphi or C++), you could probably create a DLL that wraps all the API code you need, and simplify your script's code and operation by getting the DLL to handle all the messy stuff.

I have effectively used WM_NCACTIVATE to detect a flash event to any window, all you need to figure out is how to detect and cancel out that API message and you've practically covered all your bases in terms of closing conversation windows.

You'll need to get your hands dirty in Windows API to be able to use this effectively, but well worth it and rewarding.

Hope that helps.

Well I'm not afraid to (try to) learn something, so I'll take a look at it.

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Originally posted by Jesus
Well I'm not afraid to (try to) learn something, so I'll take a look at it.

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Heh, it only took me (*counts on fingers, mumbles and adds numbers*) 12 months to learn it and code (or look for code) it