Hello Plus! users

I finished the Plugin Program today and it supports the following stuff:

The Visual Basic: Plugins
The C++: Plugins
It automaticly detect the settings
Automaticly reloads plus!

Here you can download it:
Extract all the files to one directory
If you get an Message that you miss a file download the complete setup.

Without installer
http://www.dse.nl/~ridder/Plugin2.zip

With Installer
http://www.dse.nl/~ridder/Setup.zip

That's nice . However, maybe it would be better if you could use the registered message to unload/reload plugins instead of restarting Messenger

Patchou

Patchou what do you exactly mean thanx with the following post

You will see what he means when I will release the source code for my plugin installer. I will do it sometime today (maybe in half an hour)

It's in the Readme file anyways...

I am an partly open source programmer. I also have an open source code off how to replace resources

http://www.dse.nl/~ridder/

To facilitate updates and quick installations, you can notify
Messenger Plus! that you're going to install a new plugin. In that
case, Messenger Plus! will unload all its plugins, wait 5 seconds to
let you copy your DLL and reload the plugins. To trigger this event,
you have to broadcast a registered private message in the system.
The name of the message is "MessengerPlus_PluginChange". Example:
   UINT nMsg = RegisterWindowMessage("MessengerPlus_PluginChange");
   PostMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, nMsg, 0, 0);



This is a quote from the Readme file that comes with MsgPlus sdk...

so, u would put those 2 lines before u copy ur file. After 5 seconds, plugins will be reloaded...

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Originally posted by Huuf
Patchou what do you exactly mean and can you rename the topic
it's got a big typo

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i am creating it so the plugin automaticly removes but the code what is in the readme is for c. and i created the program in vb 6 so if i wan't to use it i need the code for vb.

i tried several things but i don't exactly know where it goes. So please help me. You can help me if you say 2 things

where exactly the message goes
And the code for in vb.

Thanks in advance

Where the message goes?
It goes to Messenger Plus! It tells it that we want to install/update a plugin. So Messenger Plus! unloads all its plugins and after 5 seconds it reloads them. In those 5 seconds, you have to copy the plugin in the  plugins directory.

Code for VB...
I'm sorry, I don't program in VB...

But... I already made a plugin installer...  It doesn't do VB plugins though...

I call an external application on what resets the plugins

like the msgplus.exe does.

Yea i will add credit
but if any1 knows how to do it in vb i will worship you

I released my source code in the sticky thread...

About the VB source code... It should be the same functions.. same way, except you need to declare them....  Here's how:

Declare Function RegisterWindowMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "RegisterWindowMessageA" ( _
     ByVal lpString As String) As Long
Declare Function PostMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "PostMessageA" ( _
     ByVal hwnd As Long, _
     ByVal wMsg As Long, _
     ByVal wParam As Long, _
     ByVal lParam As Long) As Long

Then you would call them this way:

Long msg
msg = RegisterWindowMessage("MessengerPlus_PluginChange")
PostMessage(0xffff, msg, 0, 0)

That should do it...

Now I am working on an installer with support for both VB and C++. I am now trying to use MFC... my first app in MFC wow... I have a problem though... I call the PostMessage the old-fashioned way (:ostMessage) but somehow, the message doesn't get sent... cuz I get a file copy error saying that the file is being accessed by another process.... anyone knows why? thanks...

Never mind... I changed PostMessage to SendMessage..... and it worked.. But anyone knows why?

i think sendmessage is the proper syntax, not post message...im not too sure though

There are both SendMessage and PostMessage...

And now... not even Send Message works...
I don't know.. it could be my computer.. i'll see tomorrow when I start my computer if it's its fault (maybe it will correct at startup)...

I finished the program it supports VB + C++ i will upload it today thanx for support

Hello Plus! users

I finished the Plugin Program today and it supports the following stuff:

The Visual Basic: Plugins
The C++: Plugins
It automaticly detect the settings
Automaticly reloads plus!

Here you can download it:
Extract all the files to one directory
If you get an Message that you miss a file download the complete setup.

Without installer
http://www.dse.nl/~ridder/Plugin2.zip

With Installer
http://www.dse.nl/~ridder/Setup.zip

I just updated the program some slow computers the program didn't work 100% build in a timer now it works

yeah i followed the instructions and everything and when i type in the little command thing nothing happens.  BUT when i first start up MSN Messenger 6.0 i see thise little box flash 2 times and it look like the box im supposed to get with your program.

What are your system preferences.
And msn version + build.
And Windows version.
And Plus! version

Huuf...
Does your plugin installer work on your system for VB plugins?

I wrote a plugin installer that supports VB plugins and C++ plugins too... However, every time I try to install a _VB_ plugin, i get an error saying that the file is being used by another ptocess.... Same thing happens with your plugin installer.... I just want to know if I really need to format my computer (lol.. I was plannig to do that... now I probably have a good reason.. )

Thanks...

as far is i know and some ppl also tested it on other system it just works so i am sorry but i think it is on your system.

Probably is an proces running that checks dll's so end some processes. and then try again. or first try to deregister an plugin with.

regserv32 "c:\download\blabla\plugin.dll" /u

I have included this from the start...

I have released a new version and the source

Huuf, can you pls tell me your version of Messenger, Windows, and Messenger Plus! ?

On my computer, your plugin installer doesn't work... I get 'Access denied' when i try to update/uninstall a plugin... 

Same thing happens with my plugin installer...

Thanks.

Windows XP sp1a
Windows Messenger 6.0.0503
Messenger Plus! 2.20.51

Dude... have you even checked your prog to see if it really removes the dll? well.. it doesn't and thats not a complete program...
I don't want to sound mean.. but the program doesn't work properly.. I have a fresh system with the same software as you do...

The program DOES NOT remove the DLL. Actually, if you try to reinstall a freshly uninstalled plugin, I get error 71 access denied... This has got to be a bug in Messenger Plus! i looked through your code, my code (which is the same, only in c++) and they are ok...

Patchou: can you please check this problem?

Thanks.

hmm i tried with several ppl and it worked great. Strange.

Confused

OK... if you select uninstall... does it actually delete the file on your computer? It doesn't on mine...

if you select deinstall this is what it does:

Start the plugin resetter.
delete the dll with the kill command
unregister the dll with regsrv32 "c:\program files\Messenger Plus!\Plug-in\jkdfsljklsa.dll /u
done

i founded indeed a bug with some program's the msn messenger won't reset and as cause that he won't install an newer version or deinstall any plugin i am working on it

New server! because of bandwith problems

site
http://www.huuf.tk/

Without installer
http://www.xzaust.com/huuf/Plugin2.zip

with installer
http://www.xzaust.com/huuf/Setup.zip

any working mirror? thanks

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Originally posted by Huuf
i am creating it so the plugin automaticly removes but the code what is in the readme is for c. and i created the program in vb 6 so if i wan't to use it i need the code for vb.

i tried several things but i don't exactly know where it goes. So please help me. You can help me if you say 2 things

where exactly the message goes
And the code for in vb.

Thanks in advance

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