MSN Text Styler

MSN Text styler is an add-on of MSN Messenger.
With this program you can send gradient colored text to another contact who also uses this program.
When this program sends gradient colored text to a contact who doesn't use this program, the text will be shown as normal MSN text.

Features:

Send multi colored text to your contacts.
Receive multi colored text from your contacts.
Select every start color and every end color you want.
Send up to 1200(!) characters in one message.
Automatically notifies you when a new version is available.

MSN Messenger 5 is *NOT* supported. I don't think it is possible to port the functionality to MSN 5.

System requirements:
Microsoft Windows 95 or higher.
Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher.
MSN Messenger.

How to install:

Download MSN Text Styler
Run the downloaded executable

Downloads:

Filename	Version	Size
MSNTS103.exe	1.03	384.540 b
MSNTS102.exe	1.02	384.842 b
MSNTS101.zip	1.01	284.707 b
MSNTS100.zip	1.00	268.022 b

To do:

Add support for inserting emoticons when typing text.
Add support for web-links in history view.

This will also enable file transfer.

Add support to save the history through the MSN menus.
Add support for skins? (Never looked at it...).

History:

1.03

Auto correction for autostart when application has moved.
WWPack32 causes sometimes errors in WinXP.

Now distributed semi-compressed...
Thanks to Marcus Moes!

1.02

Added support for Windows XP styles.
Now distributed with installer.

1.01

Added win32 version info.
Added support for receiving emoticons.
Limited history to 150 lines max.

1.00

First version.

Known bugs:

MSN Text Styler hangs at startup: More info.

Test environments:
MSN Text Style is tested on:

Windows XP SP 1, MSN Messenger 4.7.0105.
Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a, MSN Messenger 4.6.0082.
Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a, MSN Messenger 4.6.0083.
Windows 95 OSR 2, MSN Messenger 4.6.0082.

F.A.Q.:

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When started MSN Text Styler runs in the system tray.	The popup menu shows after the tray icon is right clicked.	Show MSN Text Styler is selected from the popup menu.

The MSN Text styler interface:
Text is send to a contact.


Text is received from a contact. In this case the text is received from the window above.	Text is received from a contact who doesn't use MSN Text Styler.

All gradient texts in this HTML file are created with HTML Gradient