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)
  {
   
  }
 }

A nice way to fix that would be to add a button/command to perform the task of changing the MSN DP. Then it could be pressed in the fb2k main window or by using a hotkey.

acropolis? does it actively change your display picture?, like when it changes song does it change with it?

if its working fine for you, can u please tell me your msn version?. it changed once for me, and then decided not to do it anymore, weird :S

im using live beta aswell, strange cause i thort that would be the problem, ill see if ive got something in sources set wrong?. dunno if thats the cause, the panel shows that a picture is loaded, it just doesnt like changing it.

on a unrelated topic, can i look at the source code of your plugin?, i was aiming to try and make one myself, but i dont know how to program foobar plugins, and i dont know much about the msn api. figured if i had a look at what u did i mite be able to fill in the gaps?.

if im asking to much, just say so

hello. nice feature.
one question, does this only work with live messenger 8.0 beta?
Im using msn messenger 7.5 and it doesnt work. am Im missing something?

Quote from: uberkrieg on 2006-06-19 19:16:38

hello. nice feature.
one question, does this only work with live messenger 8.0 beta?
Im using msn messenger 7.5 and it doesnt work. am Im missing something?

I'm not sure, only tested with 8.0 beta.
what do u mean by doesn't work? the plugin is working but not changing the msn avator or something else?

ok, let me see what I can do, I have another computer running msn 7.5.
will be back with you soon.

Maybe it's because I use WLM 8 Beta?

It uses this name, msnmsgr.exe and not msmsgs.exe

And my path is C:\Program\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe

 TypeLib
     {218CB45F-20B6-11D2-8E17-0000F803A446}

         1.0 = Messenger Type Library
             0
                 win32 = C:\Program\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

             FLAGS = 0
             HELPDIR =

 TypeLib
     {E02AD29E-80F5-46C6-B416-9B3EBDDF057E}

         1.0 = Messenger API Type Library
             0
                 win32 = C:\Program\Messenger\msmsgs.exe\3
             FLAGS = 0
             HELPDIR =C:\WINDOWS\help

do u have this file: "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" ? because it is the interface to ask msn to change the avator.