{"id":115,"date":"2006-12-02T23:11:06","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T04:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/cgi\/wp\/?p=115"},"modified":"2006-12-02T23:11:06","modified_gmt":"2006-12-03T04:11:06","slug":"aspnet-and-msn-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/williamsportwebdeveloper.com\/cgi\/wp\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"ASP.NET and MSN Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been working on a web application that can send me text messages using MSN Messenger. It works pretty well except I have to double click the contact to join the conversation before I can receive the message. I get an alert that my contact has come online but not that they have sent a message. My prototype is using the DotMSN 1.2 DLL which you can download at: http:\/\/www.xihsolutions.net\/dotmsn\/download\/version1\/DotMSN.dll<\/a>. Make sure you add a reference to that DLL in your Visual Studio 2003 project. You will need two MSN Messenger contact accounts to test this web application. I recommend using an alternative email address and MSN Messenger 4.7 with Windows Live Messenger on the same machine. Here is my working VB.NET code which took a long time to figure out. I could not find any complete sample code on the Internet:<\/p>\n

\r\nImports<\/font> DotMSN\r\nPublic<\/font> Class<\/font> Message\r\n    Inherits<\/font> System.Web.UI.Page\r\n\r\n#Region " Web Form Designer Generated Code "\r\n\r\n    'This call is required by the Web Form Designer.<\/font>\r\n    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private<\/font> Sub<\/font> InitializeComponent()\r\n\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n\r\n    'NOTE: The following placeholder declaration is required by the Web Form Designer.<\/font>\r\n    'Do not delete or move it.<\/font>\r\n    Private<\/font> designerPlaceholderDeclaration As<\/font> System.Object\r\n\r\n    Private<\/font> Sub<\/font> Page_Init(ByVal sender As<\/font> System.Object, ByVal e As<\/font> System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase<\/font>.Init\r\n        'CODEGEN: This method call is required by the Web Form Designer<\/font>\r\n        'Do not modify it using the code editor.<\/font>\r\n        InitializeComponent()\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n\r\n#End Region\r\n\r\n    Protected<\/font> WithEvents btnContact As<\/font> System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button\r\n\r\n    Private<\/font> Sub<\/font> Page_Load(ByVal sender As<\/font> System.Object, ByVal e As<\/font> System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase<\/font>.Load\r\n        'Put user code to initialize the page here<\/font>\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n    Public<\/font> Sub<\/font> ConversationCreated(ByVal sender As<\/font> Messenger, ByVal e As<\/font> ConversationEventArgs)\r\n        AddHandler e.Conversation.ContactJoin, AddressOf ContactJoined\r\n        AddHandler e.Conversation.ConnectionEstablished, AddressOf ConnectionEstablished\r\n        AddHandler e.Conversation.UserTyping, AddressOf UserTyping\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n    Public<\/font> Sub<\/font> ConnectionEstablished(ByVal sender As<\/font> Conversation, ByVal e As<\/font> EventArgs)\r\n        ' do nothing<\/font>\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n    Public<\/font> Sub<\/font> UserTyping(ByVal sender As<\/font> Conversation, ByVal e As<\/font> ContactEventArgs)\r\n        ' do nothing<\/font>\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n    Public<\/font> Sub<\/font> ContactOnline(ByVal sender As<\/font> Messenger, ByVal e As<\/font> ContactEventArgs)\r\n        ' do nothing<\/font>\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n    Public<\/font> Sub<\/font> OnSynchronizationCompleted(ByVal sender As<\/font> Messenger, ByVal e As<\/font> EventArgs)\r\n        sender.SetStatus(MSNStatus.Online)\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n    Private<\/font> Sub<\/font> ContactJoined(ByVal sender As<\/font> Conversation, ByVal e As<\/font> ContactEventArgs)\r\n        ' the contact must clicked on to receive this message<\/font>\r\n        sender.SendMessage(":D Hi! " & Now())\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\n    Private<\/font> Sub<\/font> btnContact_Click(ByVal sender As<\/font> Object, ByVal e As<\/font> System.EventArgs) Handles btnContact.Click\r\n        Dim<\/font> MSN As<\/font> Messenger\r\n        MSN = New<\/font> Messenger\r\n\r\n        AddHandler MSN.ContactOnline, AddressOf ContactOnline\r\n        AddHandler MSN.ConversationCreated, AddressOf ConversationCreated\r\n        AddHandler MSN.SynchronizationCompleted, AddressOf OnSynchronizationCompleted\r\n\r\n        ' this account will be signed out<\/font>\r\n        MSN.Connect("robert@williamsportwebdeveloper.com", "*******")\r\n        MSN.SynchronizeList()\r\n\r\n        ' account to contact with message<\/font>\r\n        MSN.RequestConversation("robert_robbins@verizon.net")\r\n    End Sub<\/font>\r\nEnd Class<\/font><\/pre>\n
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