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Originally posted by raceprouk
Ah, the Messenger API isn't quite what you're looking for here. Unless you want to catch the creation of conversation windows, which in that case I recommend you take a look at http://www.rpsoftware.net/tutorials.php?page=events.
As for adding the menu, you'll need to centre that code around a call to InsertMenu(). The MSDN Library has fullinfo on InsertMenu(), and it should be easy to find.
thanks for the info
the fog is clearing up in my mind slowly ...
so, suppose I don't want to assume my users have Plus! installed, and I want to:
1. add a menu to messenger so they can set and view some options
2. get a chance to receive and interpret the text sent by the other side of the chat conversation
what do i need to do to add this functionality to messenger? I write a DLL with the right bits of code in it, and I put this DLL in a directory somewhere on my system? what directory?
is there a general tutorial for total idiots somewhere on how to add functionality to messenger?
i've looked at various pages on msn messenger and the messenger protocol, how to install hooks etc to trick messenger and do your own stuff.. but it all looks complicated compared to the msn plus plugin code kit i downloaded from the website here... am I correct to think that plus! hides all this complexity and makes it simpler for people to write msn messenger functionality? i'm not sure how i could bring up my own configuration window from the plus plugin DLL I would write..
thanks!
