Communication with AOL Instant Messenger

[Anonymous]

I would like to be able to use LabView to simply check the text sent
through AOL Instant Messenger, and also to send certain text out, as
if a user was on the computer. I would also like it to be able to
control AIM functions such as send file. Is there a way to do that
with LabView?

[Jeremy_L]

Hello,

LabVIEW does support ActiveX controls, which I believe would be the way to access AOL Instant Messenger. However, I do not know of any current ActiveX controls that have been published by AOL for free development purposes. You may want to go browse through AOL's website for this control. Otherwise, I have seen some ActiveX Instant Messenger applications that have already been created by other third-party vendors. You might want to take a look at those as well. Let me know if you find anything! Good Luck!

Jeremy L
National Instruments