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hi, simply question really.

Is it possible to get a display picture from the internet into msn messenger without downloading it first?

The picture i have gets updated automatically on a server every 30mins and wondered if it's possible to use a pic via URL.  Whether it be a script/plugin or whatever, you know of anything let me know

thanks

could be done with a script i think.
it would need to redownload the picture every x mins (30 in your case) and set it as your DP.

I might script it sometime soon if i can find time and if nobody else does it before me

cheers dude, nobody done anything like this yet.

i hope you do as i'm no good at java programming, i can edit files and tweak them but from scratch isn't my area, i'm more into html,css,php,asp, c/c#/c++ know what i mean? yes everything just about BAR java lol.

yeah just a script that allows the user to specify a location and allows them to change the time would be cool.

You will probs be able to modify one of the text news plugins but for display picture

it's not Java (or JavaScript); it's JScript

all the same thing lol, to me it is anyways.

Hope somebody has a stab at this one, it will become very popular

Won't be too difficult. I'll have a go at it by this weekend if i get a chance.

nice one dude and i like your siggy

I gave it a shot today, here's the result.

It's not been thoroughly tested, but it does its job.
Please note that it's disabled by default so you'll have to specify an URL and enable the script in the settings window first. (or you could do it by command)

Supported commands:
/wdpOn - enables timed syncs
/wdpOff - disables timed syncs
/wdpSync - Sync your DP now
/wdpURL <url> - changes the url to <url>
/wdpInterval <int> - changes the interval to <int> minutes

Please let me know if there are any problems with the script.

thanks dude, i tried it out but the picture from the link doesn't update.

Ohhh hang on it's working now lol, if i get problems with it i will let you know but i'm not sure the timing is right. Seemed to take 20minutes to update when i said every 10minutes.

Maybe others can try this script aswell but anyways good work dude very nicely done.

EDIT

ok the picture doesn;t update unless you press sync now, is the no way for it to do it automatically? apart from that its fine.  all the time interval does it update the pic every 10minutes but it doesnt refresh it on messenger itself like sync pic now does

EDIT 2

another error, i noticed it wont sync the pic unless i have displayed it, e.g. i press sync pic now and nothing happens, the second i view the website containing the pic, then press sync it works

EDIT 3

display picture now updating, takes double the time you specify in the box, i.e. 10 minutes is really 20minutes.

so far so good, although not sure where all these images are saved, i persumed old image just gets overwritten

Can you post the url you use so I can try it myself?
I can't see why it would double the interval...
also, there's a small delay after you press "sync now" before it updates your dp, that's normal (it has to download the image)
The previous image gets overwritten indeed, it's saved to the script's folder as a file called DP, eg. "C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Scripts\WebDP\DP"
It has no extension in there, because that could vary depending on the url.