How to: Access Windows Live Messenger Resources

This topic explains how to access Windows Live Messenger URLs and Messenger logo and presence icons to enhance your application user interfaces (UIs).

Messenger URLs

The Microsoft.Live.Messenger.UI.DelegatedAuthControl.Links is a collection of URL strings for various Windows Live™ and Windows Live Messenger resources. To access the links, create an instance of DelegatedAuthControl. You can use the URLs provided in the Links property to display links to these resources on your Web site. URL strings are available for the following pages:

  • About Windows Live Messenger
  • Change Account
  • Privacy Statement
  • Send Feedback
  • Change Settings
  • Sign Up for a Windows Live ID
  • Terms of Use

The following code example demonstrates retrieving each URL string.

var _authcontrol = new Microsoft.Live.Messenger.UI.DelegatedAuthControl(id, privacyurl, channelurl, market, appverifier);
var aboutMessengerUrl = _authcontrol.get_links().get_aboutMessengerUrl();
var changeAccountUrl = _authcontrol.get_links().get_changeAccountUrl();
var privacyUrl = _authcontrol.get_links().get_privacyUrl();
var reportAbuseUrl = _authcontrol.get_links().get_reportAbuseUrl();
var settingsUrl = _authcontrol.get_links().get_settingsUrl();
var signUpUrl = _authcontrol.get_links().get_signUpUrl();
var termsOfUseUrl = _authcontrol.get_links().get_termsOfUseUrl();
Messenger Logo and Presence Icons

You can access the full set of Messenger logo icons and presence icons for use in your application UIs. All image links use the following URL base: http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img. The icons are shown in the following tables.

Messenger Logo Icons

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/wlmlogo_b.gif

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/wlmlogo_b.png

Shows the Live Messenger beta logo icon.

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/wlmlogo_w.gif

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/wlmlogo_w.png

Shows the Live Messenger beta logo icon.

Presence Icons

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/AppearOffline.gif

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/AppearOffline.png

Shows the Appear Offline presence icon.

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Away.gif

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Away.png

Shows the Away Live Messenger presence icon.

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Busy.gif

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Busy.png

Shows the Busy Live Messenger presence icon.

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Offline.gif

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Offline.png

Shows the Appear Offline presence icon.

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Online.gif

http://www.wlmessenger.net/static/img/presence/v2/Online.png

Shows the Online Live Messenger presence icon.
See Also

Concepts

Windows Live Messenger Library Tasks
How to: Sign In to Windows Live Messenger

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