Microsoft Corporation
October 1998
These HTML pages demonstrate how to use Microsoft Agent from Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) or JScript® on a Web page. You can browse a sample by clicking its link below. Each sample will attempt to install its required components if they are not already installed. These samples download their character animations from http://agent.microsoft.com/agent2/chars/, so you must be connected to the Internet. You need to be running Microsoft® Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT® 4.0(x86), and Internet Explorer 3.02 or later to download and run the samples.
For samples that you can download, install, and run locally, see Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Java Samples.
Hello World (VBScript)
Illustrates using Microsoft Agent on a Web page in HTML and VBScript.
Requires: Agent Core Components, Text-To-Speech Engine.
Level: Basic.
Hello World (JScript)
Illustrates using Microsoft Agent on a Web page in HTML and JScript.
Requires: Agent Core Components, Text-To-Speech Engine.
Level: Basic.
Goodbye World
Demonstrates scripting a Microsoft Agent character to respond to voice commands on a Web page.
Requires: Agent Core Components, Text-To-Speech Engine, Speech Recognition Engine.
Level: Basic.
Character Viewer
Demonstrates enumerating the animations in a character file, detecting a specific version of Agent,
and using RequestStart and RequestComplete events.
This sample can open a specified character file (.acf format) and play any of the animations contained therein.
Requires: Agent Core Components, Internet Explorer 4.0.
Level: Intermediate.
Peedy's Pizza Palace
A speech enabled Web page that demonstrates managing speech input in parallel with direct manipulation.
Requires: Agent Core Components, Text-To-Speech Engine, Speech Recognition Engine.
Level: Advanced.