Microsoft's neglected children

**Press any key** · August 20, 2005

MS Agents

Scare the hell out of your relatives and have Merlin pop-up in their email and read your news in a bubble.

Remember Windows only comes with Merlin and NO speech. So, if you use any of the other characters a notice is likely to pop-up on their PC advising them to download missing components.

Tip: Use MASS [Free] to easily generate your code. A seven year old could do it.

*If you don't have MS Agent [Part] on your PC, ring Microsoft and ask why? If connected to the internet you may be able to contact them there.

**Uses ActiveX. So if you have this disabled, sorry, will not work..

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Copy the below___ html code to your HTML Editor or Notepad and save it as any name. ie. ms agent.html. In Notepad be sure to overwrite the .TXT input so you save it as HTML.

<html>

<head>

<title>MASS Script Inside</title>

</head>

<body><OBJECT ID="AgentControl" width=0 height=0

CLASSID="CLSID:D45FD31B-5C6E-11D1-9EC1-00C04FD7081F"

CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/agent2/MSagent.exe#VERSION=2,0,0,0">

</OBJECT>

<Object ID="L&HTruVoice" Width=0 Height=0

ClassID="CLSID:B8F2846E-CE36-11D0-AC83-00C04FD97575"

CodeBase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/agent2/tv_enua.exe#VERSION=6,0,0,0">

</Object>

'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

'< This Microsoft Agent Script was generated using

'> MASS 2.1 - The Microsoft Agent Scripting Software

'> This Notice must NOT be Removed.

'< To Download your own copy of MASS visit the MASS website at

'> http://www.abhisoft.net/mass/

'< It's a FREEWARE

'> Thank You for using the Microsoft Agent Scripting Software

'< Abhishek P

'> Author, MASS

'<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

dim Merlin

Sub window_onload()

Load

End Sub

Sub InitPopupMenuCmds()

Merlin.Commands.RemoveAll

Merlin.Commands.Add "ACO", "Advanced Character Options", "Advanced"

Merlin.Commands.Add "CDC", "Change Default Character", "Change Default Character"

Merlin.Commands.Add "AGENTWORLD", "Microsoft Agent World", "Microsoft Agent World"

Merlin.Commands.Add "MASS", "MASS Home Page", "MASS Home Page"

Merlin.Commands.Add "READPAGE", "Read Web Page", "Read Web Page"

Merlin.Commands.Add "STOPALL", "Shut Up!", "Shut Up"

Merlin.Commands.Add "BYE" , "BYE!", "Bye"

End Sub

Sub AgentControl_Command(ByVal UserInput)

Select Case UserInput.Name

Case "ACO"

AgentControl.PropertySheet.Visible = True

Case "AGENTWORLD"

Window.open "http://msagentworld.tripod.com"

Case "MASS"

Window.open "http://www.abhisoft.net/mass"

Case "READPAGE"

If document.body.innerText = "" Then

Merlin.Speak "Nothing to Read"

Else

Merlin.StopAll

Merlin.Speak "OK"

Merlin.Speak document.body.innerText

End If

Case "STOPALL"

Merlin.StopAll

Merlin.Speak "OK"

Case "BYE"

Merlin.StopAll

Merlin.Hide

Set Merlin = Nothing

AgentControl.Characters.Unload "Merlin"

Case "CDC"

AgentControl.ShowDefaultCharacterProperties

End Select

End Sub

Sub AgentControl_Click(ByVal CharacterID, ByVal Button, ByVal Shift, ByVal X, ByVal Y)

End Sub

Sub AgentControl_DblClick(ByVal CharacterID, ByVal Button, ByVal Shift, ByVal X, ByVal Y)

On Error Resume Next

Merlin.StopAll

Set Merlin = Nothing

AgentControl.Characters.Unload "Merlin"

End Sub

Sub Load()

AgentControl.Connected = True

AgentControl.Characters.Load "Merlin", "merlin.acs"

Set Merlin = AgentControl.Characters ("Merlin")

InitPopupMenuCmds

Play

End Sub

Sub Play()

On Error Resume Next

Merlin.Show

Merlin.MoveTo 593, 395

Merlin.Think "Welcome to the Microsoft Agent Scripting Software!"

Merlin.MoveTo 628, 479

Merlin.Think "Wouldn't you like me on your web page - or in your emails?"

Merlin.MoveTo 852, 337

End Sub

--></script>

</body>

Uses Microsoft Agent Technology</html>

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Do you use MS Agent? Ever heard of it? Why don't you use it?

**army20** · August 20, 2005

I use MASH (microsoft agent scripting helper) from www.bellcraft.com

**Press any key** · August 21, 2005

MASH is just as good as MASS. Both are excellent!

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*MASS is Freeware though.

**Press any key** · August 25, 2005

I am using MS Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1, but I also have Firefox 1.0.6.

Agents won't work with Firefox because MS owns the ActiveX component.

However, you do not need a web browser to view the agents, in fact I think they work best for email. But remember, if the other person does not have the agent installed on their PC, they won't see it. But will be prompted to download.

Most versions of windows come with Merlin only..

If you want to download a zip file which contains a .eml (email letter) file Click Here. (As usual, after download, right click on the .zip and run your Anti-virus scanner on it.)

.eml is the Outlook Express email format and clicking on this file from your hard disk will open Outlook Express and show the email.

***IN THIS CASE it is MS Agent Merlin singing Kokomo. (See screenshot below.)

1./ Text-to-speech engine

plus

2./SAPI 4.0 runtime support (824K)

Microsoft Agent downloads for end-users

Microsoft Agent character files Text-to-speech engines SAPI 4.0 runtime support

Speech recognition engines Speech control panel Downloads for developers ...

www.microsoft.com/MSAGENT/downloads.htm - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

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*I think it would be interesting if Microsoft brought the Full MS Agent into Outlook Express to compose as email.

What do you think?

**AHRIMANSEFID** · June 28, 2006

Hi

Thank You

But ME Need Program For Read Agent TXT File.

Plz HElp ME Thank You

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