README.TXT

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Microsoft Chat SDK 1.1 ChatAd Readme File
August 1997
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(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1997

CONTENTS
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OVERVIEW OF THE CHATAD SAMPLE
BUILDING THE CHATAD SAMPLE


OVERVIEW OF THE CHATAD SAMPLE
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This is a simple Visual Basic Application which provides monitoring
capability for administrators.

After building the sample, you can enter a chat session by clicking the Enter
Room button. You will need to enter a chat server, room name and alias name in
the Enter Room dialog box.

This sample demonstrates the usage of the following functionality of the
Chat Control:

* Assigning limits to how many people can chat in the room
* Setting the topic of the room
* Changing user settings to spectator, host and participant
* Ignoring an user
* Kicking, banning and reinstating an user
* Clearing the history of the chat
* Denying whispers in the room
* Getting the real name of a user
* Changing the user interface options of the control

BUILDING THE CHATAD SAMPLE
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The chatad sample can be built with Visual Basic 4.0.

1. Select the Open project command from the File menu.

2. Open the admin.vbp file and build the application.