Chapter 3. Programming a Microsoft Office Communicator Automation API Application

This chapter will help you to:

  • Sign in and sign out of Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 programmatically and react to sign-in status events.

  • Work with local user and contact information programmatically.

  • Subscribe to presence events for the local user and contacts to display up-to-date presence in applications.

  • Manage the contact list programmatically.

  • Start conversations using instant messaging (IM), audio, and video.

Signing In to and Out of Office Communicator

Chapter 2, introduces the Office Communicator Automation API and the classes, interfaces, and events that you can use to automate Office Communicator. In this chapter, you learn how to use this API.

When using ...

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