Hello everybody,
the options dialogue in MSN Messenger 7.5 features a checkbox labelled
"Allow starting a messenger conversation via a link in a web browser"
(text in my German GUI: "Start einer Messenger-Unterhaltung über einen
Link in einem Webbrowser zulassen").
This suggests that there can be some kind of links on webpages, that
can start conversations in MSN Messenger. However, I was unable to find
any information on how to create such a link.
What kind of a URL do I have to use for the respective <a>-Tag in my
HTML code?

Thanks in advance,
Florian

Re: How to create a conversation link? by Jonathan

Jonathan
Thu Jan 05 16:55:33 CST 2006

Greetings Florian,

You can link to it this way:
<a href="msnim:chat?contact=apassport@hotmail.com">Open Messenger with me</a>

There's also msnim:video (for video), msnim:voice (for voice) and msnim:add (for adding you
to their contact list).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Florian Haag" <florianhaag@yahoo.de> wrote in message
news:uJvQDWjEGHA.3100@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hello everybody,
> the options dialogue in MSN Messenger 7.5 features a checkbox labelled
> "Allow starting a messenger conversation via a link in a web browser"
> (text in my German GUI: "Start einer Messenger-Unterhaltung über einen
> Link in einem Webbrowser zulassen").
> This suggests that there can be some kind of links on webpages, that
> can start conversations in MSN Messenger. However, I was unable to find
> any information on how to create such a link.
> What kind of a URL do I have to use for the respective <a>-Tag in my
> HTML code?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Florian



Re: How to create a conversation link? by Florian

Florian
Thu Jan 05 19:04:08 CST 2006

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:

> You can link to it this way:
> <a href="msnim:chat?contact=apassport@hotmail.com">Open Messenger
> with me</a>
>
> There's also msnim:video (for video), msnim:voice (for voice) and
> msnim:add (for adding you to their contact list).

Thanks, Jonathan, works very well (albeit only in MSIE) :-)

Regards,
Florian

Re: How to create a conversation link? by Jonathan

Jonathan
Fri Jan 06 15:44:05 CST 2006

Hi Florian,

Glad to be of help :)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Florian Haag" <florianhaag@yahoo.de> wrote in message
news:eE0Aa0lEGHA.2712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
>
>> You can link to it this way:
>> <a href="msnim:chat?contact=apassport@hotmail.com">Open Messenger
>> with me</a>
>>
>> There's also msnim:video (for video), msnim:voice (for voice) and
>> msnim:add (for adding you to their contact list).
>
> Thanks, Jonathan, works very well (albeit only in MSIE) :-)
>
> Regards,
> Florian