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  • Using WebAIM with ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET AJAX, Part 5: Receiving Instant Messages
    by Christian Wenz
    July 24 2007
    AOL’s WebAIM API provides a very comfortable means to incorporate a JavaScript-powered AIM client in a web page. With some extra effort, it is also possible to control most of WebAIM's features using a server-side technology. The preceding four articles in this series showcased some of the features of ASP.NET AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit and implemented the first building blocks to write a web interface to AIM, including sending instant messages (IMs) to AIM contacts. This article is the final installment of the series and continues where the previous part ended: after sending IMs, the application will finally receive the functionality to receive messages, as well.
  • Using WebAIM with ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET AJAX, Part 4: Sending Instant Messages
    by Christian Wenz
    July 24 2007
    AOL’s WebAIM API provides a very comfortable means to incorporate a JavaScript-powered AIM client in a web page. With some extra effort it is also possible to control most of WebAIM’s features using a server-side technology. The first three articles in this series showcased some of the features of ASP.NET AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit and implemented the first building blocks to write a web interface to AIM. This article starts where part three of the series ended, so make sure to read the previous three articles and take special care regarding system requirements and information about the license keys.
  • Using WebAIM with ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET AJAX, Part 3
    by Christian Wenz
    May 18 2007
    AOL's WebAIM API provides a very comfortable means to incorporate a JavaScript-powered AIM client in a web page. With some extra effort it is also possible to control most of WebAIM's features using a server-side technology. This article concludes the series and shows how to use the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to create a buddy list. In order to get the most out of the article, you should have read parts I and II. We start off right where we stopped at the end of part II.
  • WebAIM Part 2
    by Christian Wenz
    May 15 2007
    In the second part of his article series on applying ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET AJAX to WebAIM, Christian Wenz shows how to integrate server controls and client processing using JSON and Javascript to further develop the example WebAIM application.More...
  • WebAIM Part 1
    by Christian Wenz
    May 10 2007
    The addition of AJAX to Microsoft's ASP.NET 2.0 platform provides developers with exciting new opportunities for server-based application development. In this article, Christian Wenz shows how to configure your ASP.NET AJAX development environment and create your first Web AIM Web page.More...
  • Adding Web AIM Presence and Buddies to Your Web Pages
    by James Turner
    Feb 2 2007
    Want AOL Instant Messaging and AIM Presence on your web page? James Turner shows how to do this using the new Web AIM API and AIM Whimsicals.More...