how to write a program like the office help wizard

[Cyrus]

I would like to write a desktop program which look like a office help wizard
but not the same function. That is I only need a character with animation
show in the desktop and may be a very simple knowledge base to dialogue with
user.
thx

 

[Jerry Ham]

Look up info on MSDN for the "Microsoft Agent". These characters should be
able to do what you want. Note that you will need to install SAPI V4 to have
them able to speak on Windows XP as Microsoft didn't put SAPI 4 into XP - it
only has SAPI 5.

Jerry

 

[~cch~]

where can i find the development environment?
do i need to pay?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Look up info on MSDN for the "Microsoft Agent". These characters should be
able to do what you want. Note that you will need to install SAPI V4 to have
them able to speak on Windows XP as Microsoft didn't put SAPI 4 into XP - it
only has SAPI 5.

More info:

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/msagent>
<http://www.microsoft.com/msagent>
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvbdev00/html/vb00f7.asp>
<http://www.msagentring.org/>
<http://www.cantoche.com>
<http://www.textildoss.com.ar/msgballoon/MsgBalloon.htm>

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MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
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