[python-win32] Need help with COM MSN Messenger Interface

[Kevin Patterson]

Have you tried the MSDN help on this COM Module? Mmmmm...actually after
looking through the docs, maybe its not a whole lot of help. I see a lot of
"Not Currently Supported" statements. Well, here's the link anyway in case
there's something there:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winmessenger/winmessenger/reference/messengeruasdk/ifaces/imessenger/instantmessage.asp


On 8/15/06, Indy Liu <indy.liu at thinkingcactus.com> wrote:
>
> I need to write a plug-in for MSN Messenger in python. All it does is
> analyze a new message string and does some string ops on it. Can some
> body please give me some tips as to how I achieve this with win32com?
>
> I managed to obtain the messenger API type library as follows, and just
> don't know what to do from here.
> "
> >>> MSN =
> gencache.EnsureModule('{E02AD29E-80F5-46c6-B416-9B3EBDDF057E}', 0, 1, 0)
> >>> dir(MSN)
> ['CLSID', 'CLSIDToClassMap', 'CLSIDToPackageMap', 'CoClassBaseClass',
> 'DMessengerEvents', 'Dispatch', 'DispatchBaseClass', 'IID',
> 'IMessenger', 'IMessenger2', 'IMessenger2_vtables_',
> 'IMessenger2_vtables_dispatch_', 'IMessenger3', 'IMessenger3_vtables_',
> 'IMessenger3_vtables_dispatch_', 'IMessengerContact',
> 'IMessengerContact_vtables_', 'IMessengerContact_vtables_dispatch_',
> 'IMessengerContacts', 'IMessengerContacts_vtables_',
> 'IMessengerContacts_vtables_dispatch_', 'IMessengerConversationWnd',
> 'IMessengerConversationWnd_vtables_',
> 'IMessengerConversationWnd_vtables_dispatch_', 'IMessengerGroup',
> 'IMessengerGroup_vtables_', 'IMessengerGroup_vtables_dispatch_',
> 'IMessengerGroups', 'IMessengerGroups_vtables_',
> 'IMessengerGroups_vtables_dispatch_', 'IMessengerService',
> 'IMessengerService_vtables_', 'IMessengerService_vtables_dispatch_',
> 'IMessengerServices', 'IMessengerServices_vtables_',
> 'IMessengerServices_vtables_dispatch_', 'IMessengerWindow',
> 'IMessengerWindow_vtables_', 'IMessengerWindow_vtables_dispatch_',
> 'IMessenger_vtables_', 'IMessenger_vtables_dispatch_', 'LCID',
> 'LibraryFlags', 'MajorVersion', 'Messenger', 'MessengerNative',
> 'MinorVersion', 'NamesToIIDMap', 'RecordMap', 'VTablesToClassMap',
> 'VTablesToPackageMap', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__',
> '__name__', '_in_gencache_', 'constants', 'defaultNamedNotOptArg',
> 'defaultNamedOptArg', 'defaultUnnamedArg', 'makepy_version',
> 'python_version', 'pythoncom', 'win32com']
> "
>
> I don't want to use msnp.py since it requires the user to log in with
> msnp session manually as well as their MSN Messenger. I did hours of
> search online and the conclusion is posting & crying for help in this
> forum is really my best bet.
>
> Thanks.
>
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