Shoutbox

For all of you who are still wandering what the plugin actually does:
- fix frame hiding (retrieve lost white space)
- windows snapping to edges
- true window docking and auto-hide to the screen edges
- hides contactlist taskbar buttons... yay
- disable flashing of windows and taskbar button when message is recieved
- auto close the contact list
- modify tray window mouse activities
- remember keyboard layout of each conversation
- opaque windows on mouse over where Plus! has set transparency
etc...
- right click menu (as the drop-down menu) but activated anywhere else.

Any changes will depend on the feedback i get on this...

Download here
(version: Plus! db version)

Or from my website here
(version: 3.0.23.32)

CHANGE LOG

01-03-2008 - v3.0.23.32
- hotkey registration bug for extended keys (eg. Home, Page Down, etc) thanks to Matty
- added registry key ContactlistStretch to disable contactlist stretching
- changed to a more accurate method of attaching to the msgslang file
- added support for WLM v9.0 beta

19-06-2007 - v3.0.23.31
- save the contactlist position and reload it on open/close between email accounts
- added the balloontip feature for some notifications
- docking on the left side made the contactlist a few pixels smaller
- fixed Plus! tooltip on tabbar not showing
- contactlist forgot its height after undock
- added version info on dynamic link library

05-06-2007 - v3.0.23.30
- added back the much improved snapping-docking feature that expands the contactlist to the screen height (seeing that it is not added back by plus!)
- fixed tooltip strings due to altered string table from  8.0 to 8.1 onwards (sorry about that i hadn't realized that there where so major changes)
- added some support for Pager windows (chats with mobile devices) inclusion in %chats% count

31-05-2007 - v3.0.22.27
- compatible with Messenger Live 8.5 beta
- fixed frame issue with active activities in conversations
- fixed frame issue where frame setting is lost amongst convos on max restore.
- fixed frame issue with non-English messenger distros

05-05-2007 - v3.0.22.26
- fixed keyboard override requiring restart to work.
- option to lock messenger through tray icon middle button
- hide button show alt-tab (experimental)
- %unread% for non hotmail, live etc. addresses will display a "-"
- %chats% for number of open conversations.
- on message received and tabbed option enabled, status bar text will rotate between active convo and flashing one (experimental)
- fixed disable flashing feature
- fixed hotkeys working on messenger lock

24-02-2007 - v3.0.21.25
- fixed reading messenger resource file in WLM 8.1
- per user preferences
- added %unread% keyword for the tooltip to show unread messages count.
- removed an unused registry variable that caused errors for new accounts
- updated script package for new Plus! added version string
- fixed contactlist showing up in messenger lock mode
- autoclose is suspended if contactlist is active

16-01-2007 - v3.0.20.24
- improved multi-line text control ability to insert a line feed by entering
- improved fullscreen application checking

12-01-2007 - v3.0.19.23
- fixed the %status% issue, with no " - " present in string is the same as %original%
- fixed preferences close button
- added a check for fullscreen applications before popping the contactlist

10-01-2007 - v3.0.18.21
- improved tooltip override (to be set without restart)
- removed auto-dock code until i find better solution

07-01-2006 - v3.0.18.20
- read the DefaultUser registry key until user signs in
- override the tray tooltip
- override the tray icon
- rearranged preferences
- option to select keyboard layout in preferences

29-12-2006 - v3.0.17.18
- new version string (Major, Minor, Script, Module dll) for easier update checking
- automatic update now checks for new version once a week (every 7 days)
- fixed typo in preferences
- fixed activation hotkey registration issue
- default keyboard language can be overridden through the registry
(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live\GlobalSettings\Scripts\Enhancer\Settings\OverrideKeyboardLayout
a DWORD value -> English US layout is 0x04090409, all valid layouts can be found in your debug output window)
- fixed contactlist positioning after minimize/restore (with autohide on)
- fixed window frame changes after minimize/restore

29-11-2006 - v3.0.15
- fixed noroom's preferences bug showing the combo...

19-11-2006 - v3.0.13
- improved online check
- opaque: can set transparency level
- ? x64 compatible ?

17/11/2006 - v3.0.10
- updated about string

15/11/2006 - v3.0.08
- apply frame state to all open conversation windows in tabbed mode.
- remember frame state on maximise/restore
- tray icon single click now brings contact list to front

13/11/2006 - v3.0.07
- This version finally introduces an update checker. (thanks to Matty)
- Menus and commands are dynamically loaded
- The Debug menu (for loading, unloading the plugin module) is now shown only when the Debug window is visible.
- About window now shows separate strings for plugin and script versions



SCREEN SHOTS
type /enhancer in any conversation window to access the following options

- disable flashing of windows and taskbar button when message is recieved

OH GOD!!! yes please!!! i hate that thing. my double sized taskbar gets put infront of what im working on every 2 seconds when im in a convo. i cant stand it. this i want

hope everything works out and you can release it soon.

I am also very much looking forward to this. I only had two plugins for Plus 3.6 - Stuffplug and Window manager. I really miss the docking feature, and filling the entire height of the screen. I wish I could help with the preferences. Good Luck!

I'll be keeping an eye for this -

me too!

Unfortunaly, I dont know regex to help.  Just Photoshop, and other design programs.

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Originally posted by Jiggs
- disable flashing of windows and taskbar button when message is recieved

OH GOD!!! yes please!!! i hate that thing. my double sized taskbar gets put infront of what im working on every 2 seconds when im in a convo. i cant stand it. this i want

hope everything works out and you can release it soon.

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Ditto on that one!!
Ive been looking for a way to disable the flashing for ages!

If you want to see how to do plus windows then feel free to download my script (Google Utiltities) as it was made primarily for this reason.

The whole thing is documented and the GUI code + GUI design (xml files) are seperated from the actual google code.

This would be amzing, this is the only left that my boss might see. I so hate the flashy taskbar

I will keep an eye on this one

This sounds awesome
Wish I could help but I don't know squat about it

Hey thanks for the interest,

Matty has helped me a lot with the preferences interface, and i am in the process of loading/saving settings from the plus interfece

the plugin is almost complete most features have been already added back except of the balloon tip.

Once i get preferences working i should be able to post a beta version

-Taz