I found this post:
http://www.cutesoft.net/forums/thread/37154.aspx
and had already followed the instructions for customizing the avatar in Messenger so had the file DownloadMyUserPhoto.Ashx all set up to redirect to the avatar.
Basically edit: /CuteSoft_Client/CuteChat/Script/ChatUI.js and change these two functions:
- function ChatUI_GetAvatar(user)
{
var atype=ChatUI_GetAvatarType(user);
var avatar=user.PublicProperties.Avatar||"";
//return CuteChatUrlBase+"DrawAvatar.Ashx?Avatar="+escape(avatar)+"&AvatarType="+atype;
// customize based on user
return CuteChatUrlBase+ "DownloadMyUserPhoto.ashx?UserId="+user.UserId;
}
function ChatUI_GetInstantAvatar(user)
{
var atype="Messenger";
var avatar=user.PublicProperties.InstantAvatar||"";
//return CuteChatUrlBase+"DrawAvatar.Ashx?Avatar="+escape(avatar)+"&AvatarType="+atype;
// customize based on user
return CuteChatUrlBase+ "DownloadMyUserPhoto.ashx?UserId="+user.UserId;
}
still working out how to change the avatar sizes.