Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?

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    - Fire C# routine on html button click Here is an example of calling an external JavaScript function that will pass JavaScript variables from a web browser embeded in a winform to the winform or class using System.Security.Permissions; //Add to namespace [ PermissionSet ( SecurityAction .Demand, Name = "FullTrust" )] [System.Runtime.InteropServices. ComVisibleAttribute ( true )] //JavaScript function YourJavaScriptFunction() { // do something here in JavaScript to get the variable values // Passing variables back to the winform window.external.GetPanEndExternal(LatNorth,LatSouth,LongEast,LongWest,mapStyle,zoomLevel); } //C# method to receive the the variables public void GetPanEndExternal( double LatNorth, double LatSouth, double LongEast, double LongWest, string mapStyle, int zoomLevel) { //do something here with the variables // Such as firing a custom event etc } Here is C# code to invoke a script within the embeded web browser // PanTo is the JavaScript funcation to execute VEBrowser.Document.InvokeScript( "PanTo" , new string [] { Latitude.ToString(), Longitude.ToString() }); Duncan Garratt http://www.gis-logic.co.uk/ Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - New Block: ConvertState Thank you for your contribution checkmark . The code is modified somewhat so let me know if it causes you any problems. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Linear conversations One thing you might consider is allowing users to break in and out of the troubleshooting dialog freely, by storing what steps they have done and adding matching to let them back in. Code Snippet procedure CheckGas() if !G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Gas"] - Are you out of gas Yes G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Gas"]++ - You'll have to fill up the tank. call DidThatFixIt() No G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Gas"]++ - Okay. \c procedure CheckBattery() if !G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Battery"] - Did your battery die Yes G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Battery"]++ - You need to get a jumpstart. call DidThatFixIt() No G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Battery"]++ - All right, then. \c procedure CheckRadiator() if !G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Radiator"] - Is there steam coming out of the radiator Yes G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Radiator"]++ - Wait for the car to cool down, then fill the radiator slowly. call DidThatFixIt() No G_TROUBLESHOOTING_STATE["Check Radiator"]++ - Okay. \c procedure Mechanic() - You probably need to call a mechanic. procedure DidThatFixIt() - Did that fix your problem Yes - Great! exit all No - Hmm... \c call CarDied() procedure CarDied() call CheckGas() call CheckBattery() call CheckRadiator() call Mechanic() my car died my car is still dead call CarDied() Hope this helps! Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Refresh Block List It'd be nice to be able to force a refresh (or dynamically reload) the block list in case a developer has created a new block they want to use. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Java & Windows Live Mesenger Compatibiliy Issues with Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit Found some more people with the same problem: http://whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/679209.html Haven't found a solution yet, though. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Different result in each find This could actually be a feature of the API - I often get asked not to return the same list of companies every time I page data into blocks of 10, or else the poeple on the last page get unhappy The question is whether this causes a real problem You user really need to zoom in to reduce the numbers or you need to callback and keep getting more. John. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - How do I add a pushpin without... Earthware was 50% there. Handle the onclick of the map and then display your popup. Code Snippet ....load map continued ..... this.map.AttachEvent("onmouseover", DontShowDetails); //This suppresses normal popup this.map.AttachEvent("onclick", mapclicked); //This will let you show yours. function DontShowDetails(e) { //Check if it’s mouseover a shape if(e.elementID != null) { return true; } } } function mapclicked(mapeventargs) { if (mapeventargs.elementID !=null) //This must be a shape { //Display custom popup } } Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Specifying a postcode only (Australia) Hi guys, Briefly, this code used to work a couple weeks ago, but no longer. I suspect something possibly changed in the API or something related to that, but I can't find any documentation on it. Anyway... if you mouse over one of the push pins and enter a postcode in the textbox, you should be able to get directions from the postcode you entered to that pushpin. A couple weeks ago, postcodes such as “3008” and “2072” (which are all valid Australian postcodes) used to work. Now, they’re treated as ambiguous. Worst thing is though, when you try 3008, the possible locations list doesn’t even list the Australian location. Can someone help me please Here’s the code in full…. ---------------- Code Snippet <! DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> < html > < head > < title > Testing maps 7 </ title > < meta http-equiv ="Content-Type" content ="text/html; charset=utf-8"> < script src ="http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v4/mapcontrol.js"></ script > < script type ="text/javascript"> var map = null ; var origin = '' ; //Stores origin/postcode from user for subsequent reuse (useability requirement) var locs = new Array; var safeMode = false ; // Flag determines if map should load in "safemode" function GetMap() { map = new VEMap( 'myMap' ); try { map.LoadMap(); map.SetScaleBarDistanceUnit(VEDistanceUnit.Kilometers); } catch (err) { safeMode= true ; } RefreshPushpins(); map.SetMapView(locs); } function BuildPushpin(index, title, href, address) { if (safeMode) { // Display pushpins (so not a TRUE safemode, but its userfriendly) but turn off "directions" functionality -- as of 29/03/2007 VE doesn't support FF 2.0 return new VEPushpin(index, locs[index], 'pushpinleaf.gif' , '<a href="' +href+ '">' +title+ '</a>' , address, 'VEmap_iconStyle' , 'VEmap_titleStyle' , 'VEmap_detailsStyle' ); } else { return new VEPushpin(index, locs[index], 'pushpinleaf.gif' , '<a href="' +href+ '">' +title+ '</a>' , address+ '<div class="originDiv"><span class="originTitle">Get me there:</span>From: <input type="text" class="originTextBox" id="origin' +index+ '" value="' +origin+ '" title="e.g. \'2000\' (postcode for Sydney, NSW, Australia)"/><input type="submit" class="originButton" id="submitOrigin' +index+ '" value="Get Directions" onclick="GetJourney(\'origin' +index+ '\',' +index+ ');" /></div>' , 'VEmap_iconStyle' , 'VEmap_titleStyle' , 'VEmap_detailsStyle' ); } } function RefreshPushpins() { map.DeleteAllPushpins(); locs = new Array; var loc = new VELatLong(-38.36460840347736, 144.94005203247073); locs.push(loc); var pin = BuildPushpin(0, 'Mornington Peninsula' , '/article.aspx id=147335' , '' ); map.AddPushpin(pin); var loc = new VELatLong(-38.40285712900175, 144.84302043914795); locs.push(loc); var pin = BuildPushpin(1, 'Peninsula Hot Springs' , '/article.aspx id=147336' , 'Springs Lane, Rye, Vic' ); map.AddPushpin(pin); var loc = new VELatLong(-38.21301302274773, 145.03319978713986); locs.push(loc); var pin = BuildPushpin(2, 'Relax, Go Fishing!' , '/article.aspx id=147338' , 'Mornington Pier, Schnapper Point Drive, Mornington, Vic' ); map.AddPushpin(pin); var loc = new VELatLong(-38.49185752765312, 144.88790988922122); locs.push(loc); var pin = BuildPushpin(3, 'Cape Schanck Lighthouse' , '/article.aspx id=147339' , '420 Cape Schanck Rd, Cape Schanck, Vic' ); map.AddPushpin(pin); var loc = new VELatLong(-37.14116138236253, 142.51893997192386); locs.push(loc); var pin = BuildPushpin(4, 'Grampians Personalised Tours & Adventures' , 'http://www.grampianstours.com" target="new' , 'Main St, Halls Gap, Vic' ); map.AddPushpin(pin); var loc = new VELatLong(-37.64984951217565, 142.34556198120114); locs.push(loc); var pin = BuildPushpin(5, 'Aquila Eco Lodges' , '/article.aspx id=147340' , 'Near Dunkeld, Vic' ); map.AddPushpin(pin); } function GetJourney(originID, indexDestination) { //save it to 'origin' only if it's different and then refresh if (document.getElementById(originID).value != '' ) { if (origin != document.getElementById(originID).value) { origin = document.getElementById(originID).value; RefreshPushpins(); } map.GetRoute(origin, locs[indexDestination], VEDistanceUnit.Kilometers, null , onGotRoute); } } function onGotRoute(route) { var routeinfo= "<h2>Directions:</h2>" ; routeinfo+= "<span id=\"totalDistance\">Total distance: " ; routeinfo+= route.Itinerary.Distance+ " " ; routeinfo+= route.Itinerary.DistanceUnit+ "</span>" ; var steps= "" ; var len = route.Itinerary.Segments.length; for ( var i = 0; i < len ;i++) { steps+= "<li>" +route.Itinerary.Segments[i].Instruction+ " -- (" ; steps+=route.Itinerary.Segments[i].Distance+ ") " ; steps+=route.Itinerary.DistanceUnit+ "</li>" ; } routeinfo+= "<ol>" +steps;+ "</ol>" ; document.getElementById( "directions" ).innerHTML = routeinfo; } window.onload=GetMap; </ script > < style type ="text/css"> #VEContainer { position : relative ; font-size : 11px ; font-family : verdana, arial ; width : 600px ; } #myMap { margin-top : 20px ; margin-left : 10px ; width : 600px ; height : 600px ; border : #555555 2px solid ; position : relative ; } .VEmap_titleStyle { font-family : Arial ; font-size : 12px ; } .VEmap_detailsStyle { font-family : Arial ; font-size : 12px ; } #directions { margin : 10px ; } #buttons { margin-left : 10px ; margin-top : 15px ; float : right ; } #buttons #close { margin-left : 10px ; } .originDiv { height : 100% ; vertical-align : bottom ; width : 100% ; margin-top : 20px ; border-top : 1px solid #999 ; font-family : Arial ; font-size : 12px ; } .originTitle { font-family : Arial ; font-size : 12px ; font-weight : bold ; margin-top : 5px ; margin-bottom : 15px ; display : block ; width : 100% ; } .originTextBox { font-family : Arial ; font-size : 12px ; width : 90px ; } .originButton { width : 90px ; font-family : Arial ; font-size : 12px ; } </ style > </ head > < body > < div id ="VEContainer"> < div id ="myMap"></ div > < div id ="directions"></ div > < div id ="buttons">< a href ="javascript:window.print();" id ="print"> Print </ a >< a href ="javascript:self.close();" id ="close"> Close </ a ></ div > </ div > </ body > </ html > Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Features and Improvements for ViaVirtualEarth.com Definitely agreed on the lack of visible Microsoft moderators here in this forum, especially on the hotter topics like the memory leak. A defect tracking list is a must, but are we guaranteed any better response on ViaVirtualEarth from the VE team than here Don't get me wrong John, I am all for consolidating everything you'd bulleted out in your initial post and am looking forward to contributing. I mean we have the forum, the interactive sdk, the ve blog, local.live.com, and the msdn2 articles/class reference -- and they all feel like individual, non-related sites. Anything to centralize the general knowledge base, tips, known flaws etc would be beneficial. I agree with Duncan here that a 2nd forum may have the effect of diluting the question/response volume too much...don't know for sure, but it seems like it might. If this forum were moderated on a regular basis I think it could serve its purpose just fine and you could just link to it. I'm intested in what your take on that is. In any event, as I said -- I AM ALL FOR your initiative and am willing to help. Other possible content ideas: Code Library (moderated/peer reviewed to some extent) Client Scripts by category Server Code web services hosted services compiled components and source code GeoRSS files exact documentation as to the extent of the spec implementation downloadable working sample files Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see how all this pans out. Jared H Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - trouble with get direction hi, i use the map.getdirection for obtain the path from one point to another and if the command is in the main file (html, php, ecc...) i see the direction, the numbered point on map and the blue line that connect its. but if i insert the same command in another external script when i recall the function i've the same behavior but the system doesn't draw the blu line, anoyone can hepl me please Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - The date is wrong! Look! News and Updates 2007年 12 月4日 23:09:47 DragonWizards and ksh are now friends Upgrading Silverlight 1.0 2007年 12 月2日 7:18:04 Silverlight is growing up! The beta version has now expired, and the release candidate is... Read More... 2007年 12 月2日 1:14:50 DragonWizards and foreverunited are now friends 2007年 12 月1日 22:56:25 DragonWizards and amhaskar are now friends URL: http://www.popfly.ms/Home.aspx Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Constant Server is Busy Error Hi Everyone, Can someone PLEASE help I'm using the following code to link to a live map from our Intranet. It worked flawlessly for a couple of days (up until 2 days ago) and now I keep getting an error: The server is currently busy. Try again later. Can someone please help me figure out what's gone wrong (I've changed the collection ID# in this snippet to keep the data private). Thanks much! Code Snippet <html> <head> <title>Property Map</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <script src=" http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v4/mapcontrol.js"></script > <script> var map = null; function OnPageLoad() { map = new VEMap('mymapdiv'); map.onLoadMap = fnLoadCollection; map.LoadMap(); } function fnLoadCollection() { var veLayerSpec = new VELayerSpecification(); veLayerSpec.Type = VELayerType.VECollection; veLayerSpec.ID = "MYLAYER"; veLayerSpec.LayerSource = "53B50FB7FD5C639E!229"; //Tri-State Buildings map.AddLayer(veLayerSpec); } </script> </head> <body onLoad="OnPageLoad()"> <div><center><b>Northeast Region Accounts</b></center><br></div> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <div id="mymapdiv" STYLE="HEIGHT: 600px; WIDTH: 800px; OVERFLOW: hidden; POSITION:relative; border: 1px solid;"> </div> </td> <td> <div id="searchresults"></div> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Suggestion Req. – how to overlay USA Radar? I had 1/2 hour at work so I tried mapCruncher approch - I could get the radar to display with correct zoom but I get the dreaded black lines across the screen on IE7. Apparently this is known fault with MC - but with out work around since November :( Also I was unable to get MC to render via a script using the -render switch. However I will look at this again tonight at home. It may have to accept that I will not be able to display radar.... Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Icon Hide/Show Status How can I determine in code if an icon is visible or not at any time. I can hide it or show it, and find out its position, but the position is still valid when the icon is hidden. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Virtual Earth Maps Flash API I have posted some code public that allows for Virtual Earth maps including birds eye view to be used in Flash. I intend to futher develop this to allow for at least adding placemarkers next. http://www.flashdynamix.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/05/google-windows-maps-flash-api-v10-as2-source Hope u find it of some use. thanks Shane M Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - SSL & VE5 (Destroying Users Faith in My Application) Um, not sure that is accurate about the licensing. http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/control/terms.mspx My understanding is the use of the API for commerical and non-commercial all falls under the same restrictions. That said if you plan on more then 3 million requests per month or need a SLA or access to MWS then a commercial agreement is the way to go. For SSL the solution we have is to redirect the user after they login to a the HTTP using: Code Snippet <script type="text/javascript"> //Redirect to non-SSL if (window.location.href.indexOf("https")==0) { window.location.replace(window.location.href.replace(/https/,"http")); } </script> hope that helps. John. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Setting up alerts for my own blog Jim Fukasawa - MSFT wrote: Hello Jamie, Windows Live Alerts is transitioning to allow administrative capabilities for the Windows Live Alerts zero-development solution ( http://signup.alerts.live.com/brochure/index.jsp ), in the meantime please contact either myself or AlertsTS@microsoft.com for any modification requests and subscription information inquries. Thanks. - Jim Thank you Jim. How do I contact you Your email address isn't available anywhere (that I can see). Regards Jamie Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Basic Live ID question But then the iframe should display a 'Sign In'-link, even when you're already signed in on a different site... Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Adding pushpins at specific altitude in 3D Wow that's really cool, it worked for me! Now I can have little planes flying around also.... In terms of what the number actually is Duncan would have to answer but I could guess it maybe related to the altitiude setting: "In 3D mode, sets the altitude (in meters) above the geoid in the map view." So I suspect its not the actually sea-level altitude but rather the distance above the ground / building John. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Tile Server and Security When using one's own tile server, are the images it serves sent directly to the end user's browser, without stopping (say at a MSFT server) along the way For my application, this is pretty important from a security perspective. Thanks. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - why WLM doesn't call CreateTextService? I am programming with WLM 8.1. Now I have a problem that ,in order to get or change input text in IMWindowClass, I hook "loadlibary" and check dll name,if it was named "Riched20.dll", I got CreateTextService function point and load ms riched20.dll. This way is available to msn 7, But it is not available to WLM 8.I hooked CreateTextService ,but WLm 8 seems to not call CreateTextService function. Could you tell me how to solve this problem thank you . Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Map Control position Hi Derek, I am talking of the nav control available on the Map. Earlier(in v2) this control was positioned at the top right of the map and now with the new version its positioned at the left. So does the SDK allow me to position this nav control so that I can place it at any required position on the Map. Thanks, Sampat. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - How long does it take to get an invitation or can somone invite me? Started a presentation around PopFly and cannot actually do it as i need to use the actually program to give an insight to the program...if anyone can help or speed the process of inviting me my email is killerdragonlp@hotmail.com Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Problems printing maps!! Did anyone find this solution for printing in firefox Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Best way to store precise 3D views... Oh okay, have you tried using VEMap.SetMapView You pass a type VEMapViewSpecification to it with all the required fields and then the camera will pan there to match your settings. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - PostGIS, MSVE and alot pf Polylines/Polygons No your right that article doesn't mention it but grabbing data from database is using ADO.NET / datasets (assuming your developing using .NET Framework). There isn't anyway to keep your polygon representations inside your database unless you convert it into a readable GeoRSS file format otherwise you will need to break it down into individual lat/longs Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Where should I post questions regarding Live Mail Desktop Where should I post questions to find out technical details about the Live Desktop app I would like to know, for example, if it's possible to develop plug-ins for it (like for Outlook) and if so how it should be done. Thanks! Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - app name couldn't modification chinese I don't think there is a workaround for this, as it looks like we have to fix it in our product. Could you please let me know: 1. Why is a Chinese name is needed for the Activity app name What exactly is the scenario 2. Assuming that you can't use a English name for your activity name, when is the latest that you would need to have this functionality As you can imagine, we have competing priorities and it would be helpful to know where this one fits. Detailed answers to the above two questions will really help us out. Thank you! Gruia Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - SDK Recommendations Thanks guys, I appreciate your time and responses. I checked the web site for the retail side of the business...which is a whole nother animal, and I saw that they are already a VE partner and using it to map their locations. Now to cut throught the red tape to latch hold of the resource. Thanks again Tim Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Virtual Earth printing Maps actually when one go to http://maps.live.com and find the route between any two points and then send to print from the embeded print menu it prints perfect even in firefox but when you want to send print from (firefox) browser's print option then problem occurs. Any one who can resolve this issue. I will be grateful to him/her. Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?
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    - Stupid question Where does the map run Client side or server For instance, If I want to draw lots of polygons on my map, do all the ploygon points need passed to the client thanks! Tag: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?

Julien Dephix

Hi there,

I have programmed in C++ before and wanted to refresh all this by creating an add-in for Live Messenger. I downloaded Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and started following this tutorial which uses Visual Studio and modified the registry so Live Messenger is ready to run add-ins.

However, when I choose Class library from the New Project window, I end up with a bunch of .h and .cpp files and no .cs as shown in the tutorial.
I can't find the Assembly name anywhere either. Is this a limitation of VC++ Express

I decided it wouldn't be a big deal (yeah, bad attitude Smile

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) so I went ahead, added a reference to MessengerClient.dll and added more code to MyAddin.h but I can't get the program to compile (same thing happens when I add it to MyAddin.cpp). It just throws the following error:

syntax error : missing ';' before '.'
at line:
using Microsoft.Messenger;

I am a bit lost here as to what IDE I should use and how to get started on this! Can I develop add-ins with VC++2005 Express Edition

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks a bunch!

Re: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?

MagnusJ

Hi Julien.

That tutorial is written for the C# language, not C++.

So you can either download Visual C# Express or translate that tutorial from C# to C++.

Since you are familiar with C++, you will probably have no problems adjusting to C#.

/Magnus

Re: Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible?

Julien Dephix

Argh! I didn't pay attention to the language (I seriously need to freshen up n C++/C#!!!).
My bad.

Onto the code now.

Thanks Magnus!