New version of the Skype ActiveX components

If you are a Windows developer this is GOOD news!
We have just published a new version of the COM wrapper and the Contact List ActiveX controls. You can download them from:

https://developer.skype.com/Download

This new release has a number of improvements:
* SMS action is supported for Contact List (on right-click menu)
* All 27 languages that Skype supports are now also supported everywhere. Tooltips, status messages ... everything. This follows the Skype language setting, so it's all automatic for you.
* Speed improvements - caching is faster and done in a better way
* New classes for A2A messaging making it simpler and more robust to work with.
* Improved documentation and example scripts for both the Contact List and the com wrapper.

I am especially glad that we managed to get this important upgrade out before I go to Las Vegas to talk about these components. Hope to see some of you there.

The presentation about the Skype ActiveX components will be posted online also so you can watch it even if you don't make it to Las Vegas this time. So will all the other presentations also, of course!

Comments

Is it possible to access the SMS functionality via the Skype4Com.dll?

Neil

Hi,
Regretfully that is not yet supported. However, you can initiate sms messages by executing this kind of link:
skype:+46739206106?sms
Good luck!
Peter Kalmström

I am having trouble selecting a skype friend,using code, from the drop down control using VB Express 2005.

Its probably a lot simpler than I expect. How can I do it?

My code is as follows:

Dim itmX As ListViewItem
Dim skypX As SKYPE4COMLib.User
Dim skypXCol As SKYPE4COMLib.UserCollection
Dim skypYCol As SKYPE4COMLib.UserCollection

If Not SkypeDropDown.Friends Is Nothing Then

For Each itmX In lvwFriends.SelectedItems
skypYCol = SkypeDropDown.Friends

For Each skypX In skypYCol

If skypX.Handle = itmX.SubItems(1).Text Then
skypXCol = SkypeDropDown.Selection

If Not skypXCol Is Nothing Then
skypXCol.RemoveAll()
Else
skypXCol = New SKYPE4COMLib.UserCollection
End If

skypXCol.Add(skypX)
SkypeDropDown.Selection = skypXCol

End If

Hi,

what I would like to do is to start a skype call directly in the browser window (maybe iFrame or similar) without any popup, without a mandatory installation of the application itsself.

Is that possible?
Is that a point already catched by the skype developers?

Sincerely
Daniel

Hello,

Do you mean embedding skype contact list in a webpage? If that what you mean then we have the same conecerns...
I hope someone will pass by then answer our waiting questions...

Regards,
Alrex

Hello,

>Do you mean embedding skype contact list in a webpage?

No I actually don't mean that.
I want to embed a skype control DIRECTLY into a web page like with an ActiveX Control or maybe Java Applet would still be interesting, too.
However, I prefer ActiveX.

Netmeeting is able to do that by offering an interface, but one is restricted to Windows PC with Netmeeting.
Because of both, the above reason and Skype's popularity, I'm really interested in this capability!

Can Skype be integrated into websites in such a way?

Regards,
Daniel