Shoutbox

the background changer was working perfectly fine for me, until half an hour ago I decided to change the background.

Then I changed back but the picture never changed!
I disabled and enabled the script. didn't work.
so I tried removing and reinstalling it. Still didn't work.

Now the ( ... ) button doesn't work. The file browser doesn't pop up anymore and the command " /change bg " doesn't work on me!

help!
thanks

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Originally posted by hollywoodnorth
the background changer was working perfectly fine for me, until half an hour ago I decided to change the background.

Then I changed back but the picture never changed!
I disabled and enabled the script. didn't work.
so I tried removing and reinstalling it. Still didn't work.

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The script is not responsible for the picture to be seen or not. You don't need this script to view the background. In fact, you even don't need this script to set your background. So enabling/disabling or even reinstalling the script hasn't got any influence on the background in any way.

The script simply provides a more convenient way to copy your choosen background to a file named lvback.gif, which is in your Messenger folder. That's all.

What the script should do is closing and re-opening your contact list. Did it do that?

And what do you mean by "but the picture never changed"? Do you still have the previous picture visible? Or isn't there a picture at all? Do you have skins installed?

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Originally posted by hollywoodnorth
Now the ( ... ) button doesn't work. The file browser doesn't pop up anymore

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If it did pop up before and now it doesn't, and you have not upgraded to Vista or something, it means something else is wrong with your computer as nothing significant has changed in the script regarding this.

What is the debug output of the script?
Plus! > Show script debugging > Background Changer

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Originally posted by hollywoodnorth
and the command " /change bg " doesn't work on me!

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The command is "/changebg", without the space.

Either you use it without a parameter to get the interface window: /changebg
Or either you directly set a file name as parameter: /changebg C:\mybackground.jpg

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As said above, you can always manually do what the script does: copy your choosen background to the Messenger installation folder and name the image "lvback.gif", then close and re-open your contact list.

Of course, make always sure the choosen image is a valid image. The script does not check upon that.

Note: the file must be named "lvback.gif", thus not "lvback.jpg" or something. The 'gif' file extension is important, eventhough the file itself doesn't need to be in the gif format necessarily, any supported format will do.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by hollywoodnorth
the background changer was working perfectly fine for me, until half an hour ago I decided to change the background.

Then I changed back but the picture never changed!
I disabled and enabled the script. didn't work.
so I tried removing and reinstalling it. Still didn't work.

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The script is not responsible for the picture to be seen or not. You don't need this script to view the background. In fact, you even don't need this script to set your background. So enabling/disabling or even reinstalling the script hasn't got any influence on the background in any way.

The script simply provides a more convenient way to copy your choosen background to a file named lvback.gif, which is in your Messenger folder. That's all.

What the script should do is closing and re-opening your contact list. Did it do that?

And what do you mean by "but the picture never changed"? Do you still have the previous picture visible? Or isn't there a picture at all? Do you have skins installed?

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Originally posted by hollywoodnorth
Now the ( ... ) button doesn't work. The file browser doesn't pop up anymore

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If it did pop up before and now it doesn't, and you have not upgraded to Vista or something, it means something else is wrong with your computer as nothing significant has changed in the script regarding this.

What is the debug output of the script?
Plus! > Show script debugging > Background Changer

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Originally posted by hollywoodnorth
and the command " /change bg " doesn't work on me!

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The command is "/changebg", without the space.

Either you use it without a parameter to get the interface window: /changebg
Or either you directly set a file name as parameter: /changebg C:\mybackground.jpg

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As said above, you can always manually do what the script does: copy your choosen background to the Messenger installation folder and name the image "lvback.gif", then close and re-open your contact list.

Of course, make always sure the choosen image is a valid image. The script does not check upon that.

Note: the file must be named "lvback.gif", thus not "lvback.jpg" or something. The 'gif' extension is important.

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Before, it would close and reopen but the image would stay the same. I exited messenger and opened it, then this time the file browser doesn't pop up anymore.
I just tried the " /changebg C:\mybackground.jpg " and it works fine.
Its just the file browser that doesn't pop up whenever I use the interface window.

cool, ty

Currently skinning isn't active, so this script would be the perfect alternative to suggest to users; however the browse button isn't working.

Here's the debugging log:

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Error:  (code: -2147221230)
       File: Background.js. Line: 93.
Function OnWndBackgroundEvent_CtrlClicked returned an error. Code: -2147352318

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Hoping that Veggie/CookieRevised can fix the bug and submit it to the Scripts Database, or alternatively someone release a modified version on the forum which us helpers can link to.

will have a look this evening

A new version has been submitted to the database. In the new version you can use the file browse dialog again on Vista/7 in all circumstances.

However, note that in order to let this script work you also need to have writing permissions for the Windows Live Messenger installation map. And on systems like Vista and Win7 this is often not the case by default. So if you get an "An error occured while setting the background", check your permissions for that folder!

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Originally posted by Chris4
or alternatively someone release a modified version on the forum which us helpers can link to.

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Please do not. If there are problems there are other ways for the 'helpers' to help the people: eg: tell them how to manually change the background. This is explained many times on the forums already (search for lvback.gif)

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by Chris4
or alternatively someone release a modified version on the forum which us helpers can link to.

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Please do not. If there are problems there are other ways for the 'helpers' to help the people: eg: tell them how to manually change the background. This is explained many times on the forums already (search for lvback.gif)

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Fair enough. Was just a last alternative if you/Veggie didn't reply or couldn't do it.

Thanks for the update.

2.4 Doesn't work for me.
[...] Button doesn't open file explorer.

1.0 Works fine.
Any reason?

Thank you!! 

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Originally posted by kaamos
2.4 Doesn't work for me.
[...] Button doesn't open file explorer.

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Yup, we know. This is what has been reported before. It's because Vista/7 doesn't support the traditionally used ActiveX objects anymore and for the alternative ActiveX objects you need a design license (which you would have if you have stuff like MS Office installed). So it wont work for everybody; it's just a temporary fix.

Wait until the new version 2.5 is downloadable from the database. It will fix this permanently.

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Originally posted by Chris4

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by Chris4
or alternatively someone release a modified version on the forum which us helpers can link to.

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Please do not. If there are problems there are other ways for the 'helpers' to help the people: eg: tell them how to manually change the background. This is explained many times on the forums already (search for lvback.gif)

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Fair enough. Was just a last alternative if you/Veggie didn't reply or couldn't do it.

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The last resort/alternative should be telling people how to change their background by manually copying their image over lvback.gif as explained in many posts on the forums. It is easy enough.