Shoutbox

Hi all,

I'm interested in creating a plugin for WLM. For example : add a button into the WLM's  main window, or into the chat's window, send and receive a message from an another application?, ...

Can I use VC 6 to develop it? Or can I use .NET to develop it and make it comunicate with my application that is created with VC6. Do you have somme samples to make me have some idea please? Where can I start?

I'm a newbie, so help me please even if my questions are simple.

Thank you

Hzocm


(i'm sorry for my bad english, but i tried my best)

You can use VC6, although it's a little outdated. I recommend getting VC++ 2005 (Express is free) and using that with the Platform SDK. And of course, VC++2005 is .NET too, with plenty of features to allow .NET  code to talk to native code.

Thank you RaceProUK. I've started with VS2005.

Do you guys know how to add a button like Messenger Plus Live in
WLM? and how turn on a add-in automatically when we sign in?

regard

Hzocm

There are a few different ways of adding a button to WLM, but none are all that simple sadly. As for turning an add-on on automatically, you'll need to use some COM magic and catch the right events.

I'm sure some of the more experienced programmers on the forum will be able to help with stuff