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Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's. I find that it takes up too much space sometimes.
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11-27-2006 12:31 PM
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RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
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Originally posted by Naga
Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's. I find that it takes up too much space sometimes.

Not really, its perfectly fine, and smaller toast might require smaller font size, and some people cant read very well. It only takes  up about an 2 inch X 2 inch. But if someone would make a script go ahead.
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RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
Someone could just make a small window and use a timer to animate it like the "dock" feature in the Enhancer script...
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RE: RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
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Originally posted by Naga
Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's. I find that it takes up too much space sometimes.

Not really, its perfectly fine, and smaller toast might require smaller font size, and some people cant read very well. It only takes  up about an 2 inch X 2 inch. But if someone would make a script go ahead.

All that totally depends on your screen resolution and monitor size.

For some it can appear huge, for others it can be ony 0.5 x 0.5 inch (so to speak)...

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Someone could just make a small window and use a timer to animate it like the "dock" feature in the Enhancer script...
that would only work for that specific script. It wont change the size of the toast used by Plus! and other scripts.

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To change the size of the Plus! toasts put an alternative interface.xml into the interface directory of Plus!.

Eg: extract the attached zip and put interface3.xml file in the "\Interface" subdirectory of Messenger Plus! Live.

With notepad, or some other text editor, edit the lines which define the dimensions of the toast (<Position Width="142" Height="74"/>). Note: the units are in dialog units, not in pixels.

You also need to change the dimensions of the subelements of the toasts though!

Also make sure the file is saved as Unicode, and not as Ansi. Then restart Messenger.

Note: changing the size _will_ show certain toast of certain scripts not as intended as many scripts are written to expect the toast to be a certain (default) size.

.zip File Attachment: INTERFACE3.zip (1.21 KB)
This file has been downloaded 164 time(s).

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RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
Well  i have a point to make

1) It doesnt really annoy me, doesnt appear that big, im not using them at the moment because im using the who online script, but if this idea got scripted, it would have to be the toast about the size of the firefoxes download alert toast, it would take a lot of experiance to do this as it would have to remove the dp and resize the font, it would have to be a feature in a patch really :/
It wouldnt really work, because it would have to be big enough to see on all monitors....
If i was you i would go request this for a patch at www.forum.mess.be
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Well  i have a point to make

1) It doesnt really annoy me, doesnt appear that big, im not using them at the moment because im using the who online script, but if this idea got scripted, it would have to be the toast about the size of the firefoxes download alert toast, it would take a lot of experiance to do this as it would have to remove the dp and resize the font, it would have to be a feature in a patch really :/
It wouldnt really work, because it would have to be big enough to see on all monitors....
If i was you i would go request this for a patch at www.forum.mess.be
reread what has been requested....
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Is it possible for someone to make a script that resizes the Messenger Plus! Live toasts to a size like Yahoo! Messenger's.
No patching is required at all, and no scripting is needed either.
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To change the size of the Plus! toasts put an alternative interface.xml into the interface directory of Plus!.
See my previous post...

This post was edited on 11-27-2006 at 04:37 PM by CookieRevised.
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RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
yeah i think it'd be a could idea, resizeable toasts..
but would anyone develop?
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O.P. RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
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o change the size of the Plus! toasts put an alternative interface.xml into the interface directory of Plus!.

Eg: extract the attached zip and put interface3.xml file in the "\Interface" subdirectory of Messenger Plus! Live.

With notepad, or some other text editor, edit the lines which define the dimensions of the toast (<Position Width="142" Height="74"/>). Note: the units are in dialog units, not in pixels.

You also need to change the dimensions of the subelements of the toasts though!

Also make sure the file is saved as Unicode, and not as Ansi. Then restart Messenger.

Note: changing the size _will_ show certain toast of certain scripts not as intended as many scripts are written to expect the toast to be a certain (default) size.


Which thing is the one that changes the size of the 'Messenger Event' and the close button?
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RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
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yeah i think it'd be a could idea, resizeable toasts..
but would anyone develop?
DID YOU READ ABOVE?

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O.P. RE: [Idea] Smaller Toasts
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Originally posted by Fuse101
yeah i think it'd be a could idea, resizeable toasts..
but would anyone develop?
DID YOU READ ABOVE?

Calm down...I think what he means is that a script or something like that that does not involve changing something that you can screw up, like a pref page.

EDIT: Because its really hard for the colours to look 'normal'.

This post was edited on 11-29-2006 at 03:18 AM by Nagamasa.
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