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<center><font size=+4><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#990000">Novell
</font></font><font color="#000000">Chat</font></font>
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<p><font size=+2>Using the Chat Snapin</font></center>
<p>Before we can effectively explain the inner workings of the Chat snapin,
it is necessary to briefly explain how the snapin works. This way,
as we begin to discuss the code, you will better understand the features
to which we will be referring.
<p>Once ConsoleOne has been started, and Chat's initialization has completed,
the Chat snapin will be ready to use. The first thing that you might
notice, is a new button on your toolbar.
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<p>Clicking on this button will display the <i>On-line Chat Users</i> Dialog.
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<p>As you add the names of your friends to this list, you will be able
to monitor which of them are online and which are not. By starting
the update timer, this list will be kept current by probing the user's
object on a regular basis.
<p>There are two different ways to participate in a Chat session.
You can chat user-to-user, or you can enter Chat Rooms. To chat directly
with another user, just go to their user object in the NDS tree and right
click. In the popup menu, you will see an item the says <i>Chat</i>.
Just select that menu item to begin chatting with the user. You can
use the same method to enter a chat room.
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<p>A Chat Room can be created by any user that has the right to create
objects under an Organization or Organizational Unit. To create a
Chat Room, select a valid container object and then either click the <i>New
Chat Room</i> button on the toolbar, or go to the <i>New</i> menu and select
<i>Chat
Room </i>from the list.
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<p><img SRC="NewChatRoomScreen.gif" height=218 width=357></center>
<p>The creator of a Chat Room becomes the owner of the room. Only
the owner has the right to delete the Chat Room object, and only the owner
has the right to forcefully remove a user from the room.
<p>Before we begin examining the code, you should take a minute and give
it a try. The better understanding you have of how it works, the
easier it will be for you to understand the code.
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