ViscomSoft Software

IE - Video Chat or Screen Sharing Programming with Internet Explorer (IE)

1. Create sender page, Use your html editor to create the blank page. Insert following the code to anywhere between the start and end tags.

 2. You may resize the video chat sender window, change the width and height properties.  On the CODEBASE attribute it point to our demo version videochatsender.cab file. If you bought full version. you should upload your cab file to your web server and change the CODEBASE attribute point to your cab file.

3. Add video device, audio device, video format combo box , ip address , Conference Number, Conference UserID textbox, connect button.  Insert following the code after tags.

Video Device
   

Audio Device
   

Video Format
     160x120  176x144  320x240  352x288  640x480    

Video Bitrate


 
 Enter the Server IP Address
  Port No.
 
 Enter the Conference Number
  User ID

4. Now you need add video devices to combo box and handle Connect button. Insert following the code to anywhere between the start and end tags, save the page as sender.html.
Now it use videoformat 160x120, you may change the videoformat property if you need high quality.

Now it use videoformat 160x120, you may change the videoformat property if you need high quality.

    
5. Create receiver page, Use your html editor to create the blank page. Insert following the code to anywhere between the start and end tags.

  

 6. You may resize the video chat receiver window, change the width and height properties.  On the CODEBASE attribute it point to our demo version videochatreceiver.cab. If you bought full version. you should upload your cab file to your web server and change the CODEBASE attribute point to your cab file.

7. Add Listen From Server IP Address  , Conference Number, Conference UserID textbox, Listening button.  Insert following the code after   tags.

Listen From Server IP Address
  Port No.
 
 Conference Number
  User ID
     

8. Now you need handle Listening button. Insert following the code to anywhere between the start and end tags, save the page as receiver.html
 
 
 
 9. Now the following steps show you how to testing sender.htm and receiver.htm.  Now you need prepare three computers (Computer A, Computer B, Computer C), these computers connected network.
 On computer C, launching the videochatprosetup.exe and installed it. then run Server.exe, For Computer A and Computer B does not need installed videochatprosetup.exe. It will download the activex when you open the web page.
 For Server
 uncheck The Conference Number, User ID use Random Number.
 Click Create Conference button
 Click Add User to this Conference button two times.

 10. On Computer A, launching Internet Explorer, open sender.htm, It will prompts to installing videochatsender.cab, Click Install.
   

 11. Next it will prompt to "Do you want to install this software?", Click Install

12.Finally you should see black color video window if the activex installed. If the IP Address of Computer C (Server) is 192.168.3.102. Enter 192.168.3.102 in Server IP , use default User ID 10000  and click Connect.  If you want to screen sharing , you may select Virtual Viscomsoft Screen Capture as Video Device. Capture part of the Screen, you need call VirtualScreenCaptureArea or VirtualScreenVideoFormat methods
   

  13. If it is connected to server, On computer C, you should see the 10000 item mark ***, If you see 10000 item mark ***, but you cannot see the video on computer A.

 On Computer A, launching Internet Explorer, select Internet Options, select Security tab, uncheck Enable Protected Mode.Click OK and Close the  Internet Explorer and do the steps 10-12 again.

14. On Computer B,launching Internet Explorer, open sender.htm, It will prompts to installing videochatsender.cab, Click Install.
 

15. Next it will prompt to "Do you want to install this software?", Click Install
 

16.Finally you should see black color video window if the activex installed. If the IP Address of Computer C (Server) is 192.168.3.102. Enter 192.168.3.102 , Enter User ID 15001
 in Server IP address and click Connect.
 

  17. If it is connected to server, On computer C, you should see the 15001 item mark ***, If you see 15001 item mark ***, but you cannot see the video on computer B.
 select Internet Options, select Security tab, uncheck Enable Protected Mode.

18. On Computer B, launching Internet Explorer, open receiver.htm, It will prompts to installing videochatreceiver.cab, Click Install.

19.  Next it will prompt to "Do you want to install this software?", Click Install
 

 20. Finally you should see black color video window if the activex installed.  If the IP Address of Computer C (Server) is 192.168.3.102. Enter 192.168.3.102 , Enter User ID 15001 in List From Server IP address and click Start Listening. You should see the video from Computer A.
 
 If you double click the video, the video will zoom in , double click again, it will zoom out, right click the mouse button, it will mute the sound.
 

21. Now the conference room have 2 people only , You may video chat or screen sharing with 12 people in same time for each conference room.
 
 You may online testing these web page sample from
 http://www.viscomsoft.com/webdemo/videochatpro/sender.htm
 http://www.viscomsoft.com/webdemo/videochatpro/receiver.htm
 
 download the source code of web page sample from http://www.viscomsoft.com/webdemo/videochatpro/iesample.zip