Messenger 4.7 Tab Bar question

Hi - is it possible to add items to the Tab Bar on the left side of
Messenger 4.7?

Here's an example of what I would like to do:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/jbmsbink/Mess...Screenshot.jpg

Thanks

Joe

Greetings Joe,

You can, if you write an application that uses the DirectPlay APIs, obviously if you're not a
programmer, then no.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi - is it possible to add items to the Tab Bar on the left side of
Messenger 4.7?

Here's an example of what I would like to do:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/jbmsbink/Mess...Screenshot.jpg

Thanks

Joe

Hi again - no, I am not a programmer, although in college I did write a few
simple programs on a DECwriter in 1975 or 1976. I don't even remember what
language - probably BASIC.

Do you know of any programs written that will do what I want to do?

Thanks

Joe

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Joe,

You can, if you write an application that uses the DirectPlay APIs,
obviously if you're not a
programmer, then no.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi - is it possible to add items to the Tab Bar on the left side of
Messenger 4.7?

Here's an example of what I would like to do:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/jbmsbink/Mess...Screenshot.jpg

Thanks

Joe

Hi Joe,

There was a few applications a few years ago that let you "add" items to the list (which you
can also do with some creative registry editing), but that's all they did, add -- there was
no real functionality, which I assume you would want. There's a number of applications that
will add their *own* entries to the list, for example Microsoft Portrait
(http://research.microsoft.com/~jiangli/portrait), Age of Empires 2, Chessmaster (yes, games
are the primary user of this functionality).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Joe727" wrote in message ...
Hi again - no, I am not a programmer, although in college I did write a few
simple programs on a DECwriter in 1975 or 1976. I don't even remember what
language - probably BASIC.

Do you know of any programs written that will do what I want to do?

Thanks

Joe

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Joe,

You can, if you write an application that uses the DirectPlay APIs,
obviously if you're not a
programmer, then no.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi - is it possible to add items to the Tab Bar on the left side of
Messenger 4.7?

Here's an example of what I would like to do:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/jbmsbink/Mess...Screenshot.jpg

Thanks

Joe

Ok - thanks once again Jonathan. I never even heard of Microsoft Portrait.
Thanks for the link.

Joe

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi Joe,

There was a few applications a few years ago that let you "add" items to
the list (which you
can also do with some creative registry editing), but that's all they did,
add -- there was
no real functionality, which I assume you would want. There's a number of
applications that
will add their *own* entries to the list, for example Microsoft Portrait
(http://research.microsoft.com/~jiangli/portrait), Age of Empires 2,
Chessmaster (yes, games
are the primary user of this functionality).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi again - no, I am not a programmer, although in college I did write a
few
simple programs on a DECwriter in 1975 or 1976. I don't even remember
what
language - probably BASIC.

Do you know of any programs written that will do what I want to do?

Thanks

Joe

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Joe,

You can, if you write an application that uses the DirectPlay APIs,
obviously if you're not a
programmer, then no.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi - is it possible to add items to the Tab Bar on the left side of
Messenger 4.7?

Here's an example of what I would like to do:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/jbmsbink/Mess...Screenshot.jpg

Thanks

Joe