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• Graham Harrison Check out the Windows Live Messenger Application Gadget

  Be one of the first to try out the new Windows Live Messenger gadget on Live.com! The gadget is so new, it's not in the application catalog yet. But you can load it using this URL. http://www.live.com/gadgets/MSNAppCatalog/MSNAppCatalog.xml The gadget puts an auto-updating window on your Live.com page that constantly updates to show a list of all the Bots and Activities available for Windows Live and MSN Messenger. You must be runnin ...Show All

• rythm web-based messenger : is it possible?

  I was wondering if it was possible to make a very simple web-based version of msn messenger, using seperate pop-up windows for private chat and the main page to list users on line etc...is this possible Maybe using ActiveX or Javascript - I've no real knowledge of the SDK or API or much programming in general when it comes to XML docs.... If it is, does anyone have a basic listing of links that would be able to help me get started (im not int ...Show All

• rsdu Launching an IM Window via JavaScript

  I'm attempting to create a "IM This Page" widget that website owners can place on their pages to let users send their pages over different IM clients.  AOL and Yahoo were pretty simplistic, as they register the aim: and ymsgr: protocols with the OS.  MSN Messenger on the other hand has been extremely difficult. With older version of MSN, one could create JavaScript objects using the progid's MSNMessenger.UIAutomation, MSNMessenger.M ...Show All

• a.stalmokas Bonus Challenge

  I have read the e-mail about Bonus Challenge at 18:00. Decided to participate - and to make small, but useful (I hope ) app. At 24:00 I have completed the work. During this 6 hours I had time to drive from work to home, to have dinner, to read the last news, and of course to write code and test it. As a result: 15575 characters of code and 5 images. Extreme programming At 00:30 I have submitted it. BTW, question to admin - I hope it was submit ...Show All

• Grey Properjohn How many people have submitted their application?

  I stayed up at least until 3:00 this morning to make mine presentable. I know at least one other person has submitted and with the two already up that makes 4. The Bonus winners are based on which apps make it all the way through provisioning successfully.  So, the 1st 5 submissions aren't necessarily the winners. We will post the list of winners on Tuesday morning after the Bonus submission round has en ...Show All

• pjwhams Msn Web services ?

  Any body tell me is msn search provides web service for free to use. If payble plz send me link for it. Also tell about limitation of use. I have to use it for building new tools on http://www.way2seo.com Thanx The MSN web search API is free. That's not the most subtle bit of self promotion I've ever seen, we're much more subtle at http://www.bsolveit.com ! hehehe... sorry - I couldn't resist! ...Show All

• Ben Pryor Windows Live Messenger Beta Invitation Winners

  Last week, the Messenger team offered Windows Live Messenger Beta invitations to the first 5 people who submitted Activity Apps that passed the provisioning process. Drum roll please...  And the winners are: 1. Notesaic by Daniel Tse 2. Quatro by Chris Weeink 3. Boter kaas en Eieren by Glenn Klijn 4. Let's Play Chess by Prasad DV 5. CooperYoung by Frans-Willem Hardijzer Congratulations to the winners!  You will be receiving your beta i ...Show All

• JohnBBBBBBBB general Messenger activity SDK question

  All: I've noticed that there is an event in the activity SDK that allows the IM message to be captured when it is received (Channel_OnIMReceived).  I am curious to know if there is a corresponding event that fires when a message is sent.  The reason I ask is because I would like my activity to pull the message text from the messenger chat window, manipulate it and then send a modified version of the message.  I realize that I can ...Show All

• DetlefRichter is there anyone who can open applications ?

  Hello Since yesterday I cant open any applications on www.worldsbestapp.com   is there a problem on the web site or ony I am living this problem best regards I am sure I am using IE :) I asked  nearly 20 friends  and they cant start any app  like me     thanks for your answer I asked some of my friends and they cant ...Show All

• Jordi73757 MSN Buttons for websites

  Does Live Messenger have buttons to embbed in websites lyke the ones from skype http://www.skype.com/share/buttons/ This buttons should be made by Live Messenger Development Team. Im curios why didnt they made them already. Thanks anyway Vitalie. You can put the online/offline status indicator See here http://www.onlinestatus.org/ Maybe ...Show All

• Mark Gialo spelling with CultureInfo = "de-De" wont work.

  Hi all, the msn search service works fine for me in VS2005. But the SourceType .Spelling works only with en- languages. One Sample: A query with the word inde c server returns with CultureInfo de-DE no WebResult and no SpellingResult. If i change the CutlureInfo to en-US and repeat the query, the SpellingResult comes right with inde x server and all is fine. Nows anyone if this is a problem with the SearchService or it comes from ms ...Show All

• Zindros How to get Messenger Technical Support

  Hello Everyone, The purpose of this forum is to discuss MSN and Windows Live application development using the Messenger Activity API, and Windows Live Bots. If you have technical support questions about using MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, please check the following resources... Messenger Technical Support is available on the Messenger newsgroup: http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/ dg=microsoft.public.msn.messenger&am ...Show All

• poisonem Windows Live Messenger Newsgroup

  It seems a public Windows Live Messenger newsgroup has been set up: URL: microsoft.public.windows.live.messenger Subscribe with your default newsreader: click here I just set up an online page where you can read the MSN Messenger newsgroups: http://www.messenger-news.com/groups/ The newsgroups mentioned above are targeted at end user customers of MSN and Windows Live(tm) Messenger. This forum is focused on developer discussions. ...Show All

• hypermatt WLM buddy

  great job on this IM client, the design, the features, everything, except one thing: when you right click the WLM buddy near computers watch, the context menu shows: ___________________________ Open MSN Messenger Exit so... why is that still there if i've been hearing that this is a revolucionary IM client blablabla... keep the great work The purpose of this forum is to discuss MSN and Windows Live application development using the Mess ...Show All

• Devendra Desaine Clarification

  So if i'm right, Microsoft is releasing MSN Messenger Activity API's for the protocol Good, in a way, but will Microsoft change they're licence to allow us to create applications (such as MSN Messenger Robots and 3rd Party MSN Messenger Clients) that will connect to the .NET Messenger Network , because if not, then this is really just for refrence.... As I see it the protocol will still be "closed", hence it ...Show All