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Hi,
is it possible to create a script that allows to detect contact client type (i.e. Msn Messenger, Adium, aMsn....)

Thanks

No it isn't possible.

They don't actually tell the server that they are actually Adium, aMSN etc, they all pretend to be official clients

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Originally posted by Dempsey
They don't actually tell the server that they are actually Adium, aMSN etc, they all pretend to be official clients

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Are you sure?? When i chat with one of my contact that use adium the animoticon, games and other buttons are disabled. How is it possible if all of them pretend to be official clients?

The protocol only informs the client that the version your contact is using doesn't support those features. There is no way for a script to determine this.

Well you could determine if the contact doesn't support the features but not which client they are using.

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Originally posted by Onizuka

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Originally posted by Dempsey
They don't actually tell the server that they are actually Adium, aMSN etc, they all pretend to be official clients

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Are you sure?? When i chat with one of my contact that use adium the animoticon, games and other buttons are disabled. How is it possible if all of them pretend to be official clients?

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As well as quoting an actual Messenger version number, when connecting they also specify which features they do and don't support and WLM enables and disabled the buttons according to this.

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Originally posted by matty
The protocol only informs the client that the version your contact is using doesn't support those features. There is no way for a script to determine this.

Well you could determine if the contact doesn't support the features but not which client they are using.

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thank for your explanation... can you tell me which function or attribute I can use to determine the supported features?

It hasn't been used by anyone however it is Active Accessibility