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This Applescript applet allows people to call you via the internet by a simple click of a hyperlink. If you are using video conferencing software such as CUSeeMe, or audio conferencing software such as Netphone, but do not want to run these programs all the time, this applescript applet might well be for you. It provides your web page with an interface to automatically start up video or audio conferencing software on both sides. If the caller uses Netphone, he/she actually only needs to press the "Call" button to get a connection.
What really happens is this:
When the receiver the presses the answer button, a file will be returned to the caller's webbrowser. If audio is requested it will return a file of MIME type audio/conference. This is actually a Netphone file. If video is requested it will return a file of MIME type video/conference. This is actually just a text file with the ip address of the receivers machine in it (CUSeeMe doesn't use bookmark files, so after it's started up, you still need to type in the recipient's address). If the caller has instructed his browser which helper applications to launch when these MIME types are downloaded, the browser will automatically start up the appropriate application. Meanwhile, the applet will have started up the same application on the receiver's side.
Call me <A HREF="/Webphone.cgi?audio">by audio </A> or <A HREF="/Webphone.cgi?video">by video </A>The path in front of the ? sign tells MacHTTP where to find the Webphone.cgi applet, the selector after the ? sign tells Webphone what type of communications program to run: an audio tool or a video tool.
TEXT .CUC CUce * video/conference
BINARY .NPH EMC8 * audio/conference
You can also simply replace your config file with the one provided with this applet.
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