Msn!

[alkatran]

I got it working! I had to redesign half the damn thing but it works!!!

Now I just need to get it working well... hmmm

[manavo11]

Will it be open source?

[mendhak]

Thanks for the email addresses. I've been wondering who I should send my daily lemming cialis newsletters to.

[Wokawidget]

OMG!!!

You know Steve Newman!!! How freaky is that. Small world.

Woka

[Wokawidget]

Don't suppose you want to post tyhe code?

Woka

[Pc_Madness]

He knows Alf!
And I would also be interested in the code for the interweb, or just this msn thing.

[Wokawidget]

And I would also be interested in the code for the interweb, or just this msn thing.

Good point...is this a version of MSN Messenger? Or is it a LAN chat thingy?
I wrote a LAN messenger a few years back, and made it look very similar to MSN Messenger.

Woka

[alkatran]

I took a program called "extreme MSN", which didn't work well at all ( ) and fixed it up. Then I made it tabbed instead of per form, etc...

Yes, I will post the code. But I need to get rid of some bugs first.


For example, if the remote person closes the chat window, it stops working well because you have to actually restart the chat connection.

[Pc_Madness]

Good point...is this a version of MSN Messenger? Or is it a LAN chat thingy?
I wrote a LAN messenger a few years back, and made it look very similar to MSN Messenger.

Woka

I think you missed my point... which was that I don't have a point.

[alkatran]

and here it is. Still not done, but has some decent functionality.

Oh, the screenshot is a bit outdated: the names are sorted now. (into online/offline as well)

[BodwadUK]

Wooohooo I am going on a spampage

[alkatran]

Stupid hotmail seems to thnk vb code is a virus.

[Pc_Madness]

Anyone else find that it gets disconnected when you try to talk to someone? But if you get someone to start a conversation first, then it works?

[alkatran]

Anyone else find that it gets disconnected when you try to talk to someone? But if you get someone to start a conversation first, then it works?

Yes I've been trying to fix that. It's driving me INSANE. I have a version that works and a version that doesn't and I can't find the difference!

[Pc_Madness]

Any ideas on where to be looking? :unsure:

Private Sub WinsockTCP_Connect()
    If StartedLocal Then
        SendData "USR 1 " & MSN.UserName & " " & PassKey
        changeStatus "Starting..."
    Else
        SendData "ANS 1 " & MSN.UserName & " " & PassKey & " " & PassKey2 & vbCrLf
        finishConnect MSN.Contact(MSN.findContactIndex(Email)).Name
    End If
End Sub

That part? :unsure:


Edit: Woohoo, I am leetzor!

SendData "USR 1 " & MSN.UserName & " " & PassKey & vbcrlf

The server disconnects you for not finishing the command.

[mendhak]

I have msn 7 beta. I can draw a picture of a gorilla's armpit and you would have to see it.

[Pc_Madness]

Everyone has MSN Beta!

[wossname]

FGS! How sad are you lot? You need to get out more, and remember that's ME saying that. So you really are in trouble!

[alkatran]

Any ideas on where to be looking? :unsure:

Private Sub WinsockTCP_Connect()
    If StartedLocal Then
        SendData "USR 1 " & MSN.UserName & " " & PassKey
        changeStatus "Starting..."
    Else
        SendData "ANS 1 " & MSN.UserName & " " & PassKey & " " & PassKey2 & vbCrLf
        finishConnect MSN.Contact(MSN.findContactIndex(Email)).Name
    End If
End Sub

That part? :unsure:


Edit: Woohoo, I am leetzor!

SendData "USR 1 " & MSN.UserName & " " & PassKey & vbcrlf

The server disconnects you for not finishing the command.

THANK YOU

[Wokawidget]

Right. After a week of playing with your code I gave up.
Your protocol handling is completely and utterly messed up!

In the handling of data yoh handle the command "CHG", the data that comes in from the MSN Server is:

CHG 4 NLN

CHG = Your Status Changed
4 = The TransactionID
NLN = Status Online

During your stage 1, you handle this and then reconnect to a HARD CODED IP address???! Errr? This should ONLY change your status in your UI, and NOTHING else.
The redirect command, or new connection command from the server is "FXR" (or something like that, don't have code in front of me)
This data also contains a new serverIP and port number.

I am 100% amazed your code runs at all

Woka

[alkatran]

Right. After a week of playing with your code I gave up.
Your protocol handling is completely and utterly messed up!

In the handling of data yoh handle the command "CHG", the data that comes in from the MSN Server is:

CHG 4 NLN

CHG = Your Status Changed
4 = The TransactionID
NLN = Status Online

During your stage 1, you handle this and then reconnect to a HARD CODED IP address???! Errr? This should ONLY change your status in your UI, and NOTHING else.
The redirect command, or new connection command from the server is "FXR" (or something like that, don't have code in front of me)
This data also contains a new serverIP and port number.

I am 100% amazed your code runs at all

Woka

Hey! I SAID it wasn't my code! It wasn't working when I got it (although it was connecting) and the code was horribly spaghetti-ed.

I hadn't analysed the connection code much other than to rewrite what it WAS doing into something more efficient.

I'll look it over (my laptop apparently doesn't have the 'license' to use rich text boxes...

[tr333]

any chance of this code being released under the GNU/GPL?

[DarkX_Greece]

Nice try to make a msn messenger, but try to fix the interface, make it smaller, and full of graphics, not buttons!

[CLibra]

GRRRRR! Cant compile It Cos I Got Learning Edition!

Zip The Compiled Program And Upload It For Me PLZ!!!!!!

[Wokawidget]

Arrr...I see now

Here's a screen shot of where I have got up to.
Will be completed in about 1 week, still in dev stage

Will post the code when it's done.

Woka

[manavo11]

Arrr...I see now

Here's a screen shot of where I have got up to.
Will be completed in about 1 week, still in dev stage

Will post the code when it's done.

Woka

[Pc_Madness]

GRRRRR! Cant compile It Cos I Got Learning Edition!

PM me if you want to do something about that..


And Woka, sif post a screenie of your app without me l33t status changer.

[alkatran]

Wow, so many DLLs...

[dglienna]

PM me if you want to do something about that..


And Woka, sif post a screenie of your app without me l33t status changer.

or your email address!

[Wokawidget]

eh?
That makes no sense?

alkatran, oh yea
And there's going to be another 2 DLLs added in a day or 2
DLLs are good. VERY good. I am only using 3 at the moment, 5 in total in a few days time. That's not many at all.
Why are people so scared of DLLs?

WOka

[Wokawidget]

OK. Here's the code so far:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?p=1927755

Still VERY much in alpha phase at the moment, and it's gone through a lot of changes over the last week.

It adds some nice little features than MSN Messenger removes

WOka

PS The link's in my sig now.

[Wokawidget]

Yes, I will post the code. But I need to get rid of some bugs first.

For example, if the remote person closes the chat window, it stops working well because you have to actually restart the chat connection.

You don't need to restart it. All you need to do is send one command.

mobjSocket.SendData "CAL " & GetNewTransactionID & " " & strEmail & vbCrLf

That's it. This invites them back into the chat session and reconnects their client.
This is how you add multiple people to a chat session.

WOka

[Wokawidget]

In the last few months this MSN protocol is not supported by the MSN network.
See the 1st post in the following thread:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=325908

Cheers,

Woka

[wossname]

Most of the people in this thread are still alive after all this time! That's pretty cool in itself.