Need a solution for interacting with Windows Messenger

[kayanlau]

Hi, new here ...

I was combing through the forums and was wondering if anyone knows how to sent/get values out of Windows Messenger (4.6) - my goal is: If the user accepts an invitation to run a certain program, that user's computer then gets two pieces of info from the person who initiated the invite and passes those info to the program bring invited to run.

Don't know where to start, but have a feeling it is a "hook" type solution?

Thanks for your attention.

Joseph

[usman999_1]

Well Messenger exposes an COM API that you can use to send "known" inviatation but sending something like this and invoking "some program" on invitee's computer is a security risk, not everyone will have innocent intentions as yours ;).
Regards,
Usman.

[kayanlau]

Well, we actually want to send data - not code to the invitee's computer, so it shouldn't be that scary. The Invitee should have our client program installed as a plug-in inside messenger already, otherwise, it'll prompt for an install.

Very innocent, really ...

Any thoughts?