API to display windows messenger alert?

[WiKiDJeFF]

Is there an API or something along the lines of an API to display a windows messenger alert?

[pradeepkrao]

Did you mean the Messenger Service on Windows..

I guess it uses UDP and may be you can write a socket to read from that port...

I tried and Tried and finally Gave up..

[amitabh]

You need to use the NetMessageBufferSend api call. This would work only on Win NT/2000/XP.
See this link:
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/netwo...buffersend.htm

[pradeepkrao]

Hi,

But how do you catch it..

(The mesenger Service which runs on the windows Nt does it for us.)

If I wanto programatically catch the message sent.. is there any way .. to do it..?.

Thanks,
Pradeep

[pradeepkrao]

The following code is to send messages..

Private Declare Function NetMessageBufferSend Lib _
  "NETAPI32.DLL" (yServer As Any, yToName As Byte, _
  yFromName As Any, yMsg As Byte, ByVal lSize As Long) As Long
Private Const NERR_Success As Long = 0&
Public Function SendMessage(RcptToUser As String, _
   FromUser As String, BodyMessage As String) As Boolean
 
   Dim RcptTo() As Byte
   Dim From() As Byte
   Dim Body() As Byte
 
   RcptTo = RcptToUser & vbNullChar
   From = FromUser & vbNullChar
   Body = BodyMessage & vbNullChar
 
   If NetMessageBufferSend(ByVal 0&, RcptTo(0), ByVal 0&, _
        Body(0), UBound(Body)) = NERR_Success Then
     SendMessage = True
   End If
 
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'Example created by X-MaD (x-mad@zolnetwork.com)
    'Visit his website at [url]http://www.zolnetwork.com/x-mad[/url]
    Dim RetVal As Boolean
    RetVal = SendMessage("Utente", "FromUser", "BodyText")
End Sub

Instead for using the above code..

Use

Winexec  "net send " & machineName & " " & message, 1

[amitabh]

I haven't been able to do it till now. I am not even sure if the Message arrives on port 37,38,39(normal NetBios communication Ports) or 17 which I got through Newsgroups. I tried on both of them, but was unsuccessful.

[pradeepkrao]

Hi,

I will put on the Port Scaner and check which port it is using..
I still feel its UDP.. in that case we cant..

Regards,
Pradeep

[amitabh]

I have tried that already, but then, you might get a better result.