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MS Agent in a web site

Ever wondered how to use the MS Agent characters from your website? This example demonstrates how, using JavaScript and VB Script.

The MS Agent can be used to enhance user interactivity. Everything from anouncing site updates and news, to help with forms, admin controls, questions, etc. This article displays the MS Agent in web applications. MS provides some pre-generated characters: Peedy,Robby,Genie, and Merlin. You can download them from
here . Microsoft also has a character editor that you can download to customize and design your own characters.

To try this example out, simply download & extract the file for this page and view them in a web browser!

Comments

  1. 06 Sep 2006 at 07:39
    interesting code... my main question is does it work on all browsers?? would there be a way to possible detect the existence of the MS Agent control and if it isn't there (ie. on a mac maybe?) then stop execution so no errors appear
  2. 01 Jan 1999 at 00:00

    This thread is for discussions of MS Agent in a web site.

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