READMEVB.TXT

How to Install a Visual Basic Sample for Microsoft Agent 
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*** Perform the following steps once for all samples *** 
 
1. Install the Microsoft Agent core control. To run samples which produce 
speech output, install the TruVoice text-to-speech engine.  To run samples 
which take speech input, install the Microsoft Command and Control speech 
engine. 
 
2. Download the character animation files for the three standard 
characters: Genie.acs, Merlin.acs and Robby.acs.  Create a directory 
/Program Files/Microsoft Agent/Characters/ and put the three character 
files in it.  (You may select a different location for these files, but 
then you will need to replace the path string within each sample to 
refer to the new location.) 
 
 
*** Perform the following steps for each VB sample *** 
 
1. Download the sample.  Create a local directory for the sample.  (E.g. 
/Program Files/DevStudio/VB/AgentSample/)  Unzip the samples files 
and put them into the directory you created. 
 
2. Start up Microsoft Visual Basic.  From the File menu, select Open Project. 
Navigate to the folder you created in step 1.  Select the project file (it 
has a .vbp file extension) for this sample.  Click Open. 
 
3. From the Run menu, select Start.