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• MJSaims Visual Studio Only?

  Is Visual Studio .NET 2003 or above going to be a requirement for MSN Search API developers   I know it's early yet, however that's the only SDK I see and there's no information indicating anything else will be available. I ask because some of us have been developing API's (Google, Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon, etc, etc) for a long time now.  You're going to be missing out on an awful lot of really good developers if you're going to have the r ...Show All

• Thorsten Ueberschaer Errors in contest entries?

  Some of us who've submitted our entries to the contest may not be aware of bugs in our apps. If you find one, please post it here. We can determine if the problem is in the Activity API or our app's code and then elevate any relevant issues. Please include: The name of the app The exact error message (including line number if displayed) Steps to reproduce the error An objective suggestion to correct the problem By the way, my app is ...Show All

• rubnov Sandbox for testing :)

  Hi, I didn't want to send out xml files, bugger my friends to play, or do polygamy, so I decided to create a Sandbox for multiplayer testing :) Currently it supports almost everything, except filetransfer, and the _NewEnum method of Users (how does it work anyway ) To test your app in the sandbox youu will have to do some minor modifications: First, do a simple search&replace replacing "window.external" with "GetExternal()" Next, add the fun ...Show All

• kceng123 Presence

  Any news yet on presence information Yahoo and aol have had this for a long time and MSN is currently the one that is preventing us from launching a presence indicator on our collaborative community. Thanks for any info. We have nothing to announce at this time. -Scott ...Show All

• Pinky Lano Commercial usage

  I've sent a couple of emails to the api_tou email address for commercial enquiries. The first email was a few months ago. I've received no replies. Is this email address being monitored at all ...Show All

• Daniel Gary Trouble running activities/games in messenger

  i tryed to use those apps that are on this page: http://www.worldsbestapp.com/ but the problem is that they wont start. messenger gives an error - "MSN Messenger cannot start this program. Please try again later" what should i do thanks      The same happened to me. Just immediatelly retry. I found that the second try is successful ok i upgraded my msn to WLM but im still gettin ...Show All

• NickP A lot of pushpins

  I need to add a lot of pushpins, such as 1000 for example. When you add 1000 pushpins , VE control starts to act very slowly . Panning and zooming is slowed down a lot. I did not see any limitations on the number of pins in API documentation. Is there any alternative solution to speed this up Here is a sample code. Using VE v3 control. map.DeleteAllPushpins(); for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) { var pin = new VEPushpin( i, new VELatLon ...Show All

• mghile Legal issues

  Hi, Is it legal to connect to MSN messenger service directly from our own applications. Like what trillian and gaim are doing. thanks Great question. At this time, there's not a program or set of API's for licensed connectivity to the Messenger service. There have been one-off licensed examples, the Reuters IM client, the Microsoft Office LCS Communicator client, the Yahoo interoperability that was annouced ...Show All

• fjcardoso 3rd Party IM Clients

  I thought I would start this new thread, as a follow up to a question posted by Bezel about 3rd party IM clients: What's about existing 3rd party instant messenger clients It's been always a confusing moment for me. I do not see anywhere a clear answer about "legal" aspect of it. For example Trillian and Gaim are very popular 3rd party IM clients that connect to MSN Messenger network as well. But it does not look clear if these produc ...Show All

• mikeparris MSN Messenger API for audio conversations

  Hi, I have used MSN Messenger API Type Library from which i can send and recieve only text messages. But i wish to do the same for audio conversations. Can anyone please guide me where and what API will support audio converstation of MSN Messenger or any other messenger please. Thanx in advance. Cheers VAsanth We do not have a published API for doing this currently. -Scott Thanx a lot Scott. But wou ...Show All

• DonLeo Non-Framed Feature

  Are there any plans to make the non-framed feature actually work Currently if you turn of the frames and menu bar you still can't mvoe the window to the top of the screen, making this feature redundant Another great feature request ...Show All

• Nick752008 Worlds Best App Contest Winners

  It’s time to announce the winning applications for MSNR Messenger’s Worlds Best App Contest , which MSN ran from September through December 31 st , 2005. There were a lot of great entries, hard work and interesting new ideas for building new applications and games within Messenger. Submitted applications were judged based on the official rules and judging criteria which included creativity, launches during the contest, suit ...Show All

• Hardik Raval :/

  ok, i found it apropriate to post here that msn can no longer have forced proxies, would it be posible to reintroduce forced proxies because they are one of the most powerfull forms of making an addon Why do you think they got rid of them :p Can you be more specific in what you are referring to by "forced proxies"   -Scott I found a way to force MSN messenger to u ...Show All

• bielo I am not able to sign in on MSN messenger Please help anyone!

    Recently i have been having porbelms with signing in on MSN, i think it is due to me agreeing to download the latest MSN. From this moment i am not able to sign in. I clicked on troubleshoot (80048883) and it showed 'Your gateway appears to be offline' which i dont know what it means. Then i went on on the Tools menu, click Options , and then click Connection, to check my connection and it showed 'You are currently NOT connected t ...Show All

• Rognprisy Activities Menu Unavailable

  I've noticed a number of instances with users not being able to access our P4 application because the Activities menu is consistently unavailable.  I have witnessed this situation myself over several  home broadband connections and the Activity list comes up with the following message: "List of games or activities is temporarily unavailable. Please close and try again later." I initially thought this was due to a restriction on the c ...Show All