"Net Meeting" in C#

[David Treves]

Hi there,

I want to use C# in order to develop an application which will provide video
conference services. Since Net Meeting offers these facilities I would like
to use the Net Meeting objects to implement that task.

Are the Net Meeting objects part of the .NET framework? Will I have to work
with them using COM?

IS there a good place to start from??? :o)

Thanks,
David.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

David,

They are not part of the .NET framework. However, as you suspected, you
can use COM interop to use it in your program.

Since you are going to use COM interop, I would recommend using the
TLBIMP utility, or just adding a reference in your VS.NET project.

Hope this helps.

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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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[David Treves]

Hi Nicholas,

First allow me to thank you for your reply.

I searched the include box (in COM tab) and did not find an item called
"Microsoft Net Meeting" or something like that...

DO you happen to know which item should I include? Do you happen to know of
a good resource about the Net Meeting + .NET relationship???

Thanks,
David.

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

David,

There is no relationship between .NET and net meeting except that they
both have NET in them. What you will want to do is look for an SDK for Net
Meeting (I don't know what it is exactly, but something of the like has to
be out there) and in there it should tell you what dll's are installed as a
part of the SDK.

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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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[Thomas Scheidegger [MVP] NETMaster]

There are no classes in .NET 1.0 for this.

Note, NetMeeting uses an older (but still widely used)
set of standards (H.323, T.120).

AFAIK there is only an API with custom-style COM interfaces:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/netmeet/nm3_1r3b.asp
thus, for .NET you can't simply use a type library.
You could use Managed C++ to write wrappers or
redefine the interfaces in .NET code.

But I guess the future is SIP / IM / RTC.
It is currently available in Windows XP messenger.

Please check old RTC C# sample:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sample.asp?url=/MSDN-FILES/027/001/778/msdncompositedoc.xml
(Note: was for a .NET RC version, may be you can't use it unchanged)
I had this running peer-to-peer (XP-to-XP) even with video.

You should also read the SDK documentation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/rtcclnt/rtc/real_time_communications_client_application_programming_interface.asp

C++ articles:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/winrtcapplications.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/rtc_api_final.asp

Newsgroup:
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.rtc

And there is TAPI, if your app should interop with phones.

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[David]

Hello Thomas,

Thanks a lot for a thorough reply. I have checked the RTC, which
appears to be a great API for video conferences (and much more), but
unfortunately I cannot guarantee my users to have winXP, furthermore,
I need to be able to connect users even via modems (no internet
here...)

From what I can understand NetMeeting stays the right choice for me,
am I right? Are there alternatives?

I was contacted by some guy who claims he developed a SDK to work with
NetMeeting from .NET, I want to see if there are any solutions I can
try BEFORE I pay for it... :o)

If you agree with me and you have info about it PLEASE post/mail me
this info... I think I reached the bottom of the internet while
digging for information, yet NADA...

Thanks again,
David.

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

David,

I don't know that I would pay someone to tell me how to do interop for
Netmeeting in .NET. You should be able to do this on your own, accessing
the Netmeeting APIs in .NET. If you need help, you should be able to post
specific questions here.

Hope this helps.

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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]

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