I'm writing an application in VB.NET and need to be able to respond to
events from MSN Messenger v4.6. Microsoft has an API for this
application (http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/topic.asp?url=/msdn-files/028/001/359/topic.xml)
and I've successfully been able to grab 'property' information, but
when I try implementing a function that will respond to an 'event',
like when someone on your contact list changes their status (eg: from
online to offline) my procedure is not being called. From what I can
tell this at most would be a 4-5 line snippet of code.

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Request for Question Clarification by jaq-ga on 27 Apr 2002 17:28 PDT

What is your question, exactly? Do you want to know what's wrong with
your code, or are you asking for someone to write the code for you?

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Clarification of Question by stewart-ga on 28 Apr 2002 09:21 PDT

Therefore I'm looking for a brief example of using MSN Messenger Events from VB.NET

You may want to check out Tek-Tips Forums' "Writing MSN Bots in VB"
for some possible code examples that may work for you. While it
appears that some of these no longer work with the newer version of
MSN Messenger, there is a community here that is looking to make it
work. If the exact solution isnt posted, perhaps you would like to add
your question to the thread, or contact some of the individuals
directly for their own solutions or request their help.

The thread is at http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/67/lev3/73/pid/611/qid/187677

I would assume that you already know all about this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/topic.asp?url=/msdn-files/028/001/359/topic.xml

http://www.devcity.net/net/article.aspx?cid=2&y=2002&m=7&d=24

I believe this will answer your question. The events are private and
need to be changed to public. This will enable you to use them.

I know there is a second article out on the net that talks about this
as well, but has the DLL already converted. I will look for it. If I
find it great.