integrat ed java chat hack? possible?

Hi, I'm new to vBulletin. I was wondering if it is possible to get an integrated chat hack into vBulletin. Right now you guys have a my php chat hack. I don't like that chat because everytime someone says something the screen needs to refresh which is just really annoying.

Is there a way to integrate a java applet chat into vbulletin? basically what i need is a chat that only allows members of vbulletin to go into. And also members do NOT have the option of chosing a user name. they have to use their member name.

Is there a way to do this with a java applet?

If so, would someone like to take a crack at this?
Even knowning that this is possible would be great. Thanks.

Check out chatspace.com and join their support chat, they can tell you if it can be done or not with their java chat software.

So how's it going with integrating jpilot? are you working on it? if not can you tell me how to approach it so that i may take a crack at it? I or someone else anyway.

Anyone use DigiChat? We do, and I have it set up to integrate nicely with VB -- it was pretty easy to do, but it's the thought that counts!

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Or rather, the implementation!
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[Edited by mrogish on 08-15-2000 at 12:28 PM]

can i see a URL in which your chat is integrated? I looked at the sites in your signature, but none of them actually have links to a chat that are activated.

phreak,
Hm, it is at:
http://www.baseballboards.com/chat.html

You must be a logged in member to chat, however.

Any one may try to intergrate with NFC??
http://research.invantix.com/chat/
It's free and powerful java chat room,
it can afford more than 750 user online at the same time!
It will be great if it can be intergrated with VB!!

I can't even use that chat Paul. The MRJ (java thing) doesn't work with MACs OS 8.5+ which I am using right now. It has to be compatible with all.

I tried loading that client and got a message and I found this:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q199/8/43.ASP

so I don't think that I'll use NFC

added:
actually it was my browser. i just installed IE 5 for the MAC and the java thing isn't working correctly. I ran IE 4.5 and it worked fine, and I'm sorry Paul, NFC is great!

[Edited by phreak on 08-16-2000 at 11:29 AM]

Hi, anyone want to try to intergrate VB with NFC??
Just keep it updated!

Originally posted by PaulLin
Any one may try to intergrate with NFC??
http://research.invantix.com/chat/
It's free and powerful java chat room,
it can afford more than 750 user online at the same time!
It will be great if it can be intergrated with VB!!

Any one may try to intergrate VB with NFC??
Any one may try to intergrate with NFC??
http://nfcchat.sourceforge.net/
It's free and powerful java chat room,
it can afford more than 750 user online at the same time!
It will be great if it can be intergrated with VB!!

[kyrnel]

I easily integrated a volano chat room into my board at www.mx6.com. Volano is a simple java chat program that allows you to pass parameters to it. All I did was make it automatically enter the bulletin board userid into the Name parameter and the hyperlink to the member's profile in the Profile parameter. You can use the vB code to do this in HTML you just have to get the PHP parser to convert the vB codes. That required creating a new php file to display the the custom HTML and a couple of includes. Also you cant make it automatically log in so I resized the applet window to only display the Enter button (hides the Name and profile fields).
Only thing I couldnt get it to do was display a list of people chatting on the board menu.
I didnt re-integrate the chat after I upgraded to vB2 so now Im looking for a solution that will allow me to automatically log in a member to the chat room and to display a list of people chatting in my forum menu.
Im working with a java programmer now to do this. He is custom creating a java chat applet that will do this. Other features he is working on:
- Link to member profile
- Private chats
- Text options (color/italic/bold, etc..)
- Chat room will display the same smilies as the bulletin board.
- Applet window displays all members chatting, list autoupdates (no refresh required) for use in main page
- Multiple chat rooms

Ill post the results when we are done.