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<HEAD><TITLE>Microsoft Agent Character Data</TITLE>
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<H3>Character Data</H3>
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Microsoft Agent provides three standard characters: Genie, Merlin, and Robby.
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For each character, three types of character data are available:
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<UL>
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<A href="chars.htm#http">
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<LI>HTTP Access to Animations</A>
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<BR>All the animations for each standard character are available from a World Wide Web server
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maintained by Microsoft. Individual animations can be downloaded from this server after
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a character is loaded using an HTTP URL.
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<A href="chars.htm#file">
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<LI>File Access to Animations</A>
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<BR>As an alternative to using HTTP access, the complete set of animations for each
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standard character is available in a single, downloadable file.
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This file can be accessed using a local or UNC path, but cannot be accessed via HTTP URL.
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<A href="chars.htm#images">
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<LI>Images Only</A>
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<BR>Static and dynamic images, in GIF format, for each standard character.
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Can be used to visually represent a character in an application or web page.
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</UL>
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<P><A name="http"><B>HTTP Access to Animations</B></A>
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<P>A complete set of animations for each of the three characters is maintained
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on a World Wide Web server at <I>http://agent.microsoft.com/characters/</I>. Each character
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is found is a separate directory with the same name as the character. For example,
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the Genie character is found at <I>http://agent.microsoft.com/characters/genie/genie.acf</I>.
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<P>To access character animations via HTTP from a web page, you specify the correct
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URL for the character you want to use in the <I>Load</I> request.
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Once the <I>Load</I> has succeeded, all subsequent <I>Get</I> requests for that character's animations will automatically
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go to the specified URL and download the animation into the user's cache of temporary internet files.
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<P><A name="file"><B>File Access to Animations</B></A>
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<P>These files contain the animation data
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for the three standard Microsoft Agent characters. If you are developing an intranet application for Microsoft Agent, these files provide the animations you will need.
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You can install these files on a user's machine along with your application,
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and load the character data into your application using a local path.
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Alternately, you can publish these files on a network share and load
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the character data into your application using a UNC path. Note that both if these
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uses are subject to the terms of the <A href="license.htm">
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Microsoft Agent License and Redistribution</A> agreement.
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These files cannot be accessed using an HTTP URL.
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<P><B>Instructions</B>
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<P>Simply click on any link below to
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install these files into a new location. When prompted, choose <I>Save this file to disk</I>.
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The standard location for character animation files is \<Windows Directory>\MSAgent\Chars\.
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<UL>
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<A href="chars/genie.acs">
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<LI>Character animation file for Genie (genie.acs)</A>
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<A href="chars/merlin.acs">
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<LI>Character animation file for Merlin (merlin.acs)</A>
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<A href="chars/merlinsfx.acs">
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<LI>Character animation file for Merlin with sound effects (merlinsfx.acs)</A>
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<A href="chars/robby.acs">
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<LI>Character animation file for Robby (robby.acs)</A>
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</UL>
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<P><A name="images"><B>Images Only</B></A>
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<P>These are static and animated images
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for the three standard Microsoft Agent characters.
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The images are supplied in GIF format. They can be hosted directly
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on HTML pages or within the WebBrowser control in Visual Basic® or C++ applications.
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They can be used in any situation where a visual representation of one or more standard characters is needed.
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<P>To copy an image file, right-click on an image below and
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select <I>Save Picture As...</I> from the shortcut menu.
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<P>
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<CENTER>
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<TABLE width=100%>
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<TR><TD colspan=3 align=left>
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<FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2"><B>Animated Images</B></FONT>
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<TR>
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<TD>
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<IMG src="images/GenieG.gif" width=128 height=128 alt="genieg.gif">
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<TD>
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<IMG src="images/MerlinG.gif" width=128 height=128 alt="merling.gif">
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<TD>
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<IMG src="images/RobbyG.gif" width=128 height=128 alt="robbyg.gif">
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<TR><TD colspan=3 align=left>
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<FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2"><B>Static Images</B></FONT>
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<TR>
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<TD>
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<IMG src="images/GenieR.gif" width=128 height=128 alt="genier.gif">
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<TD>
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<IMG src="images/MerlinR.gif" width=128 height=128 alt="merlinr.gif">
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<TD>
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<IMG src="images/RobbyR.gif" width=128 height=128 alt="robbyr.gif">
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</TABLE>
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© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</A>
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