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• Sir CodesAlot Messenger Alerts

  Hi, I read that Microsoft has acquired a company named Messagecast that let send "alerts" to MSN Messenger user. I know that it's possible to send free alerts with the tools for bloggers, but I would like to know how to use a commercial version for other business applications (does it exists in other languages ). Ciao Cristiano Yes, anyone (blogger of business) with content published via RSS can sign-up t ...Show All

• Interact ReplaceIM and RecieveIM - How to use???

  Say the user types 'hello' and presses send, is their a way to replace 'hello' with 'hello, how are you' before it is sent out. So the modified message is sent. Also, can this be done on recieving messages as well, so the recieved message is modified before it is displayed Because their is the ' ReplaceIM' and 'RecieveIM' properties and i would like to know how to use these. Thanks -Balupton Ok for the people under 18, wouldnt our paren ...Show All

• Ralph Rivas Why access always denied?

  It's my first time to use MSNSPACE api, I write a sample application to post a new title. but I get a error message like access denied. I have turned on the email publish stting and checked my secrect word. it's ok. buy why can't I post a new title Is it possible to have error message say "account locked" in case of locking and say "access denied" when password is wrong Af ...Show All

• jojolonomo using java based msn messenger api

  Hi everybody, I hope I am posting the question in the appropriate forum. I am trying to use java program to login into msn messenger and carry out the normal functionality of sending and receiving instant messages. For this purpose I am using jmml.jar. The msn api's exposed by the jar are working very nicely except one major problem. When I log on to messenger using java program, my status on all the messenger clients who have add ...Show All

• sernst MSN Search Web Service SDK Version 0.60 Now Available

  Any more info about SearchTags How to use them, etc Thanks for the interest in SearchTags. We are working to document it more thoroughly, however, I hope that this post will be able to make you productive as we put our documentation together. There are two parts to SearchTags. The first part is the encoding on your pages and the second part is the retrieval at query time. For the purposes of this example I ...Show All

• EMarcusSmith Developer Provisioning System not found

  Hi everybody, I've been trying to use the MSN Search Service but the Developer Provisioning System URL provided ( http://search.msn.com/developer ) in the MSN Developer Center ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/msn/gettingstarted/searchstart/ ) doesn't exist or it's not accessible. Please, could you help me Thanks Hi Ralph, I've solved it!! The problem had to do with the language. Loading search.msn.com from a brow ...Show All

• Indika V8 Beta

  What do people think of Beta 8 I've got to admit that I'm missing seeing my contact's display pictures in the main contact list. I know you can see if them using the 'hover over a contact' expando-view, but by the time that I'm hovering over the person's name I don't generally need to see the picture any more. Also the sticking out tabs bar was annoying me so much and getting in the way so much that I ...Show All

• Leif Lundgren DotMsn Connection Licensing

  OK. I'm using DotMsn and C# to connect to MSN network, but 95% of the time, it fail. Currently, I am using the default setting provided DotMsn as my connection parameter -- client id: msmsgs@msnmsgr.com -- Client code: Q1P7W2E4J9R8U3S5 . I believe the connection failures have something to do with the licensing as the official documentation stated that: "Note that officially you must use an obtained license (client id and client code) fr ...Show All

• CodeWarrior1 Can I use the SAM to authenticate my users ??

  We currently market a client server system which uses a text based dialogue over TCPIP. It authenticates itself using a locally implemented form of CHAP, to avoid passing the password over the network.  This obviously requires that the our server maintains an account database holding login IDs and hashed passwords. What we would like to be able to do away with our local database and authenticate our client login details against the SAM dat ...Show All

• tomcat78 MSN Search Results For A Meta Search Engine

  Hi, Could someone please tell me who I contact to seek written permission from Microsoft so that I can use the MSN Search results in a Meta Search Engine I am developing for online use Thanks ...Show All

• Steve Jackson 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

• Philip King Windows Live Messenger Keeps Crashing after signing in

  I have recently reformated my pc downloaded all the up to date updates i.e. service pack 2 ect.... so right away I went to download Live Messenger and now when I sign in this is what I get everytime. Windows Live Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close You've posted this twice, I will delete one. HOwever, your question is off topic here, these forums are for developer questions on ...Show All

• codrakon Blog by email with photo?

  Folks @msn, The email publishing is great! Could you guys add something like this Blog by email with photo or photos as an attachment. Basically the photo(s) will be uploaded as part of the blog. I would love to have this feature soon. Reply by email if possible. Alex ja u re right... yes. it works now!! I believe photo attachments are currently supported in the blog by email feature. ...Show All

• Kutlu Araslı Windows Live Messenger Problem

  I was Invited to be a Windows Live Messenger BETA tester. So I installed it and opened it up. When I tried to talk to one of my contacts there was an error, and it closed Windows Live Messenger. So I open it up again, and try and chat, and it happens again. And this happens every time I try. I've uninstalled it, re-installed, repaired it tons of times. Can anyone help me -FrdBed simply download and ...Show All

• fduffner Submission to approval time

  Hi! I just wanted to know how long does it take for an application from submission time to get approved. I submitted my app 7 days ago and I haven't received any reply yet, and it's not in the apps list. Thanks in advance L We provision applications twice a week (Tuesday's and Thursday's), so it depends when the application is submitted.  Our goal going into the contest was four days max between submissi ...Show All