StartInstantMessagingButton class
Use the StartInstantMessagingButton control in Lync Control applications to enable the user to open a Lync conversation window and start an instant messaging conversation between the user who activated the control, and another user specified by the Source property.
Inheritance hierarchy
System.Object
System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
System.Windows.DependencyObject
System.Windows.Media.Visual
System.Windows.UIElement
System.Windows.FrameworkElement
System.Windows.Controls.Control
Microsoft.Lync.Controls.UCBase
Microsoft.Lync.Controls.ContactBase
Microsoft.Lync.Controls.ContactButton
Microsoft.Lync.Controls.StartInstantMessagingButton
Namespace: Microsoft.Lync.Controls
Assembly: Microsoft.Lync.Controls (in Microsoft.Lync.Controls.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class StartInstantMessagingButton _
Inherits ContactButton
'Usage
Dim instance As StartInstantMessagingButton
public class StartInstantMessagingButton : ContactButton
Remarks
The control can also start an IM conversation with a distribution group.
Thread safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.