[stormed]

this is a little experiment of me, this program checks winamp for the current song an looks into the directory of that song for a folder.jpg, and if exists it sets that file as the MSN Display picture.
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Code preview:

private void mainThread()
  {
 	 int WinampWindow;
 	 int WinampStatus;
 	 int OldSongPosition;
 	 int i;

 	 MessengerAPI.MessengerClass MSN = new MessengerAPI.MessengerClass();

 	 try
 	 {
    while (true)
    {
   	 WinampWindow = FindWindow("Winamp v1.x", null);

   	 //if winamp is running
   	 if (WinampWindow != 0)
   	 {
      //write playlist
      SendMessage(WinampWindow, 1024, 0, WM_WRITEPLAYLIST);
      //get winampstatus
      WinampStatus = SendMessage(WinampWindow, WM_USER, 0, WM_GETSTATUS);
      switch (WinampStatus)
      {
     	 case 1: 
        lblWinampState.Text = "Playing";
        groupBox2.Visible = true;
        break;
     	 case 3: 
        lblWinampState.Text = "Paused";
        groupBox2.Visible = true;
        break;
     	 default: 
        groupBox2.Visible = false;
        lblWinampState.Text = "Stopped";
        break;
      }
      //get old song position
      OldSongPosition = CurrentSongPosition;
      //get new song position
      CurrentSongPosition = SendMessage(WinampWindow, 1024, 0, WM_PLAYLISTPOSITION);

      //if new song isnt the old song (new track)
      if (OldSongPosition != CurrentSongPosition)
      {
     	 StreamReader streamread = new StreamReader("C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\Winamp.m3u");
     	 string curLine;
     	 i = 0;
     	 while ((curLine = streamread.ReadLine()) != null)
     	 {
        //prevent line which start with # to be counted
        if (curLine.StartsWith("#")) 
       	 continue;
        //if we reached the current file
        if (i == CurrentSongPosition)
        {
       	 //getting fileinfo of current song
       	 FileInfo fileinfo = new FileInfo(curLine);

       	 if (pictureBox1.Image != null) 
          pictureBox1.Image.Dispose();
     	 
       	 //getting MP3 tags
       	 MP3File mp3File = ShellID3TagReader.ReadID3Tags(curLine);
       	 txtFilename.Text = curLine;
       	 txtArtist.Text = mp3File.ArtistName;
       	 txtAlbum.Text = mp3File.AlbumName;
       	 txtTitle.Text = mp3File.SongTitle;

       	 //if there is a folder.jpg in the directory of the current playing song
       	 if (File.Exists(fileinfo.Directory + "\\folder.jpg"))
       	 {
          pictureBox1.Visible = true;
          pictureBox1.Image = new Bitmap(Image.FromFile(fileinfo.Directory + "\\folder.jpg"), 100, 100);
          //setting the folder.jpg as the MSN DP
          MSN.set_MyProperty((MessengerAPI.MCONTACTPROPERTY)2, fileinfo.Directory + "\\folder.jpg");
       	 }
       	 else
          pictureBox1.Visible = false;

       	 break;
        }
        i++;
     	 }
     	 streamread.Close();
      }
   	 }
   	 else
   	 {
      groupBox2.Visible = false;
      lblWinampState.Text = "Closed";
   	 }

   	 Thread.Sleep(500);
    }
 	 }
 	 catch (Exception E)
 	 {
    
 	 }
  }

And if anyone knows how to remove a Display picture from the list in MSN please let me know!

Attached File(s)

•  screenn.JPG (201.45K)
  Number of downloads: 380

[Doggie]

what do you mean remove? from msn messenger itself or the directory of the display pictures?

[Liiam]

nice work, i actually wrote one of these for iTunes last night, however i tied it into my own website, so it downloads the art graphic automatically for you if you dont have it :D

[Dody]

that is a nice work though, and I need to look at your site Spooner :D

[Liiam]

btw stormed, it would have been nice of you to thank the bloke from codeproject for your MP3File class :)

[BrutuZ]

Oops, the host is down :(. Could you please fix it? It's EXACTLY what i'm looking for :)

[xebeth]

BrutuZ, on Mar 29 2006, 05:08 AM, said:

Oops, the host is down :(. Could you please fix it? It's EXACTLY what i'm looking for :)

I second that.

[hmaster]

What about some compatibilty with iTunes :P

[xebeth]

I've been trying to recreate that functionnality but it seems I can't find a way to change the display picture...
It seems there is no way to set a property. I'm using MSN Live Messenger 8.0.566 typelib.

This post has been edited by xebeth: 30 April 2006 - 04:54 PM

[Doggie]

you can change your display picture with the leaked version add-in system i believe. where that is, you'll have to find yourself

[xebeth]

Doggie, on May 1 2006, 03:06 AM, said:

you can change your display picture with the leaked version add-in system i believe. where that is, you'll have to find yourself

I already have that version but I pretty much hate the fact that I'd have to do what mess patch does by hand. I'll give it a go though I heard you can only have 1 addin at a time... As a workaround, would it be possible to copy the image in memory and trigger a DP change event?

This post has been edited by xebeth: 01 May 2006 - 08:17 AM

[atlantis11500]

xebeth, on May 1 2006, 06:54 AM, said:

I already have that version but I pretty much hate the fact that I'd have to do what mess patch does by hand. I'll give it a go though I heard you can only have 1 addin at a time... As a workaround, would it be possible to copy the image in memory and trigger a DP change event?

Does this work on WLM?

[simonemoticon]

iTunes2MSN
http://projects.r9pa...s2MSN/index.php

iTunes Art Importer 0.9.2
http://www.yvg.com/i...timporter.shtml