aim: URL for Go Chat
Continuing on with this series of posts on AIM URLs, I now introduce a tool to help you create “Go Chat†URLs which are used to enter or start a chat room. You can specify up to two parameters: the room’s name and exchange number. The room’s name can be almost anything you want and the exchange is either 4 or 5 and can be omitted which would then default it to 4.
You can use the Go Chat URL Generator tool to help you create these kinds of URLs. Just follow the instructions on the page and then paste the HTML or URL in a web page, e-mail, IM, or desktop shortcut. Here is a sample link I created with this tool: Go Chat Link.
RX-PLUGIN USERS: You can generate a Go Chat link in a conversation with a buddy by typing “chat(roomname)†where roomname is the chat room name you want the buddy to join. Give it a try.
February 11th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
What exactly does this exchange number control?
February 11th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
According to the latest Open AIM API headers, these are:
enum AccImExchange
{ AccImExchange_PrivateAutomatic = 0,
AccImExchange_PrivateSecure = 2,
AccImExchange_PrivateNonSecure = 4
} AccImExchange;
So, the four is a private non-secure chat room—Whatever that means. Zero means it will take the default, which is four. I don’t know what the one means nor do I have a clear answer on what an exchange of five is. Are these flags or are they indexes? I will post back when I get more info.
March 13th, 2007 at 4:06 am
Hi,
i use AIM 6.0 and this URL or HTTP link doesn’t work with AIM 6.0 because it doesn’t launch the chat room window. is there solution for that ?
i need this to work because i wanted to make a chat room that my friends could join at anytime and i wanted to make the room name permanent all the time so that my friends can join it and see whoever is there. so i thought that if this worked i would put the link in a page and have my friends save it to their desktop so that it works like a shortcut and whenever they click on on it automatically enters them into this room.
Also, i use AIM 5.9 as well and i was able to make a chat room shortcut from the chat room window ( file, create shortcut) and it saves a shortcut to your desktop and as soon as you click on it it enters the chat room , so i was wondering if i can do the same thing with AIM 6.0. I tried to open the shortcut file with notepad and this is what’s in it :
URL {
launch aim:GoChat?RoomName=(ROOMNAME)&Exchange=4&Instance=-1
}
Config {
prompt false
version 1
}
March 13th, 2007 at 4:07 am
so i can get this URL to launch AIM 6.0 chat roon then i can put that URL in this shortcut file and it will launch AIM 6.0 chat room.