[mfarmerhi]

Hey Angel (and others). Thought I'd write because I found some important info:

Originally Posted by angelicGrace

on that note I went back and checked all my edits. they are just as required. beats me. ah well i don't mind it so much and my users know what is up with it and they don't realy care so i am not worried.

Okay... since on one was willing to do all the work to get my lazy ass an answer and save me the work (lol), I went back and looked at this all again.

Turns out (er... as is most often the situation) that I was the problem. I thought I was too smart

To answer my own question:

Yes, this hack works great -- ALL OF THE HACK, INCLUDING THE DELETE -- with 3.0.7.

The delete works, both deleting messages and not sending blank messages. The reply works, sending a message, etc. The "Request Confirmation Recipt" works....

With 3.0.7 (dunno about any other version of vB, but it all works perfectly with 3.0.7)

The problem I was having, and I assume the problems others are having, come from not following the instructions VERBATIUM

See... I thought I was smarter. When Erwin posted the last instruction:

2. Edit the template 'pm_showpm' -


AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TEMPLATE, ADD:


HTML:
$quickpmreply

I thought... he can't possibly mean the BOTTOM.

See... there's a table on that template. A table and a form. You've gotta put the $quickpmreply IN the table, don't you!? You've got to put the $quickpmreply IN the form, don't you!?

And so, I struggled with placing $quickpmreply in different places in the existing template... in the table... making new tables... in the form...

It never worked.

When I put it once place it wouldn't delete the message. In another, it would sent blank PMs when I attempted to delete the message. But -- WHEN PLACED IN THE EXISTING FORM OR TABLE -- it would NOT work correctly.

So I finally did what Erwin's instructions said:

2. Edit the template 'pm_showpm' -


AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TEMPLATE, ADD:


HTML:
$quickpmreply

...knowing full well that it wouldn't work (cause of all my "smart" thinking detailed above.

Er... guess what?

It worked perfectly.

So... when Erwin says

2. Edit the template 'pm_showpm' -


AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TEMPLATE, ADD:


HTML:
$quickpmreply

He MEANS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TEMPLATE. AFTER the </tr>. AFTER the </form>. After EVERYTHING... at the BOTTOM of the template.

Works great.

Um... thanks Erwin