Translations:Plugin:AVS/5/en

The service MS_AV_GETAVATARBITMAP returns a pointer to a cache entry, if an avatar is present for that contact. The service MAY return 0, in which case, there is no valid avatar yet. However, that doesn't mean there isn't ANY avatar, just that the avatar is not yet ready for use. When someone calls the service requesting an avatar, the plugin will try to get the avatar (if possible) and notify all subscribers via a hookable event as soon as the avatar is ready. If the avatar is already in the cache, it simply returns the cached entry.