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3月13日 IntroductionRight, an introduction, where shall I start...
Well, some of you might remember a blog that I made during the development of StuffPlug-NG. I didn't post a lot, except for some screenshots of new features. This was partly due to the late stage of development I had reached already. There wasn't much to blog about except features, because that was most that I did: polishing features...
But this blog is going to change that. I'm currently in a very early stage of StuffPlug 3: I've got it to add two buttons to messenger (one in the log-in screen, and one in the contact-list). I plan to add another one to the conversation windows, but frankly in my debugging sessions I haven't opened any conversations yet ;)
I've also got a very simple GUI, basically four buttons that don't do anything at this moment. I do however have everything figured out in my head, and I've already written a few test applications for the GUI.
On the back-end everything is pretty bare too. As mentioned, it can load into messenger, and that's about it. I've just written the routines to read options from the registry. I haven't tested them yet, but I'm pretty sure they'll turn out just fine ;)
Apart from that, a language loading mechanism, a menu in the contact-list, and something to load files from StuffPlug-packages (Will be used for packaging skins. either standard zip files, directories, or specially crafted SPP files). Development is currently going very very slow. I've caught myself quickly getting distracted, and getting four new functions done on a day is normal routine :( I'm hoping this will speed up once I hit the more interesting stuff.
So finally, what will this new version of stuffplug include?
I can't promise anything, but I have a few things on my mind that I want to write. Large display pictures and emoticons are most likely going to disappear. I might implement it if it isn't too difficult, but I feel the feature has lost its appeal now that messenger users without stuffplug can no longer see them.
Right, stupid me, you want to hear what features *will* be included in stuffplug! Well, the CE/DP Stealer is going to be back. I've also got a few leads on stealing dynamic display pictures and the likes, but I'll have to look into it to see if it's feasible.
Apart from that there'll be a DUI Spy. This will not be something for the normal user to use, but more for skinners. It will allow you to traverse the properties and such of all elements in a window much like in the Visual Studio Spy++ utility.
Also since I feel that Messenger Plus!'s plugin feature didn't quite cut it, I will try to implement my own plug-in architecture. It will probably be COM based, or callback based. It'll allow plug-ins to dynamically remove and add elements to the MSN windows, and loads more :) No more need for things like A-Patch to remove annoying buttons, just use a plug-in and you won't even breach the license agreement! :D
Alright, enough for now, at this time that's about all I have planned, but I am sure that as with earlier StuffPlug releases, features will show up along the way :)
Last but not least, what to expect from the next blog-post?
Well, everything I couldn't put in here! I feel like posting some pictures of what I have now, and possibly some of the tools I've written (like the SP-Packer, or the language encoder and decoder) to get everything familiar with the file formats. Of course it'll also feature an update on the coding progress! :D
I'm not going to distribute the link to this blog through the regular channels, so if you read this, and feel like sharing, go ahead! :D
Bye,
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