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Is there any way to detect this as an event or just have something check? I wan't it to check for when the contact list is resized. I think I could possibly use the Messenger API, but I want to avoid this if it's possible. Else I think this may be my only alternative

Detecting a window resize is not possible via the Messenger API. What you need to use is a Windows Message Hook, both the CallWndProc and GetMessage types, and look for window messages such as WM_SIZE.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
Detecting a window resize is not possible via the Messenger API. What you need to use is a Windows Message Hook, both the CallWndProc and GetMessage types, and look for window messages such as WM_SIZE.

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Thanks for the help and info on where I should start. I'll try it. I was going to use the Messenger API to get the width, and then check it with a timer... so it kinda was possible

A simpler way using just scripts:

Use a timer (100 ms interval for fastest detection) and the
GetWindowRect function to check for changes. When the contact list is destroyed (there's an event) stop all timers and don't create new ones. When it's created resume timing.

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Thanks for the help and info on where I should start. I'll try it. I was going to use the Messenger API to get the width, and then check it with a timer... so it kinda was possible

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That would've worked, except the Messenger API would (1) take a while to initialize, (2) make Windows Messenger run, (3) not be the fastest way to get the width, and (4) not even work all the time.

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Originally posted by deAd
Use a timer (100 ms interval for fastest detection)

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OMFG ewwww! Do you have any idea how goddam slow polling can be? Using that much effort just to check a window size: it's a total waste of CPU cycles. That's why I suggested window messages. They are much more efficient, as they're designed as an event-reponse mechanism.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK

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Originally posted by deAd
Use a timer (100 ms interval for fastest detection)

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OMFG ewwww! Do you have any idea how goddam slow polling can be? Using that much effort just to check a window size: it's a total waste of CPU cycles. That's why I suggested window messages. They are much more efficient, as they're designed as an event-reponse mechanism.

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True, but I was simply suggesting a way to do it without DLLs. I never said it was a good approach

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Originally posted by deAd
That would've worked, except the Messenger API would (1) take a while to initialize, (2) make Windows Messenger run, (3) not be the fastest way to get the width, and (4) not even work all the time.

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Messenger doesn't run on my PC (checked processes too)

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Originally posted by deAd
True, but I was simply suggesting a way to do it without DLLs. I never said it was a good approach 

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It doesn't use DLLs it uses API calls.

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff

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Originally posted by deAd
True, but I was simply suggesting a way to do it without DLLs. I never said it was a good approach 

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It doesn't use DLLs it uses API calls.

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You'll need DLLs because you can't get/pass a function pointer.

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff

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Originally posted by deAd
That would've worked, except the Messenger API would (1) take a while to initialize, (2) make Windows Messenger run, (3) not be the fastest way to get the width, and (4) not even work all the time.

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Messenger doesn't run on my PC (checked processes too)

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it is "Windows Messenger"..., not "msn messenger", nor "windows live messenger". It will run when you invoke the Messenger API.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
it is "Windows Messenger"..., not "msn messenger", nor "windows live messenger". It will run when you invoke the Messenger API.

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I know, it does not run on my PC... Don't know why. There is not a single instance of it. Yet I can open it through the shortcut etc.