Profile Control

Note:
Current information about Live Connect is now available in the Windows Live Developer Center. The information in the following sections is provided for legacy purposes only.

The Profile control displays a contact's display picture, display name, and personal message. It is represented in markup by the profile tag.

Note:
If you want to access a user's information, and if you have not scoped your application to use Messenger.SignIn, you must use the UserInfo Control.

Example

The following example shows how to insert the Profile control into a web page.

<wl:profile
   cid="-0123456789">
</wl:profile>

The following table lists the attributes for the Profile control.

Name	Type	Required	Default Value	Description
cid	String	Yes	none	Specifies the CID of the contact whose profile is displayed. If you set the CID to $user, the user's own profile is displayed.
editable	Boolean	No	true	Sets whether the profile is editable. This is applicable only if the CID is set to $user. Otherwise, it is ignored.
display-picture-size	`small \| medium \| large`	No	large	Sets the size of the display picture.
linked	Boolean	No	true	Sets whether the display name should be a hyperlink to the user's profile page.

The following screen shots show the Profile control and different display picture sizes.

Small	Medium	Large