skype

"Beautifying" an OS X disk image

When I downloaded Skype, I noticed that, in place of a normal "disk image" icon, there was a custom icon, and when I double clicked on the icon, the window used a colorful image as the background, prompting me to drag the skype icon into the applications folder. How can I do that with my applications? Thanks, Jason ...

Skype & Terminal Services information exchange?

We have sales reps who access our 'system' via terminal services. In our system we would like to enable clicking the number of a client and launching skype on their local machine not in the terminal services session. We see two potential ways of this working... Clicking on a URL ( eg skype:01234569?call ) and it works locally but we ...

How do I find the sample rate of microphone audio using Skype4Com?

I am using the Skype4Com COM object to intercept audio from the microphone. I know that it is 16 bit mono, but how do I find out what its sample rate is? ...

Video Conferencing API

Hey, I'm looking for a video conferencing .NET API where I can connect peer to peer. Currently I am using Skype API, but it is missing a few features, such as being able to switch to fullscreen via the api, and being able to change the user via the api. Any suggestions? Cheers ...

Skype taking over urls

Hi We have some issues in our application with skype taking over some of our urls, replacing them with a skype plug in that enables you to start calls. Looks like skype thinks they are phone numbers. I was wondering if there are some way to mark our urls such that skype doesn't think they are phone numbers? Its described here http://ww...

Javascript to detect Skype?

Is it possible for some Javascript to detect whether Skype is installed or not? The reason I ask is that I'd like to change a link's href based on that: if Skype isn't installed, show a popup explaining what Skype is and how to install it, if it is installed, change the link to skype:my.contact.name?call so the click will start a call. ...

Is there any escaping for skype emoticons?

I'm getting frustrated with skype "emo-formatting" my code/commands that I want to tell others about. Is there a way that I can get skype to not convert my text to emoticons? e.g. so the person at the other end can copy the code block straight into their editor as well as see it correctly formatted in the chat window? ...

IP Telephony - Connect 2 Users Anonymously?

I need to connect two users via IP telephony in an anonymous fashion. Ideally they would both click some button (say on a web site or some piece of client software) and enter into some queue that I maintain server side. When there's enough users in the queue I would pair them up and connect them in an anonymous fashion. At this point...

How to integrate my Web Application with Skype, Gtalk of another IM system?

I want to be able to send reminders to my users, using their IM system of choice, very much like Remember The Milk does when it sends notifications. How can I do that? Additional INFO: I develop in ASP.Net, SQL Server 2008 and Windows 2008 ...

Controlling Skype via its Skype4COM.dll COM API

I'm working with the Skype4COM.dll COM API using C# and it works very well for all of the communication functionality we need. We are trying to put an easier to use interface on top of Skype that is baked into our application. My trouble lies in controlling or disabling which Skype windows to use and not use. The only Skype window I be...

Tools for receiving build notifications in Skype group chat

My team uses skype group chat, and I would love to have a tool that could post notifications to our group chat. I would like to avoid relying on an RSS feed, but it may come down to that. But even that it seems hard to find -- there seems to have been a tool called Anothr that perhaps went out of existence. I would also prefer to not ...

call a number using skype in a webpage

I am trying to add a link or button to the webpage so that the user can call a number directly if the skype is installed. it seems the link is like skyp:....?call.... but cannot find any sample or documents. thanks for your help. ...

Implementing an emergency alert with Skype?

For a system I'm working on I need to call a list of Phone numbers programatically when something breaks. Basically a simple phone based alert system, and am guessing it could be done with Skype, but I'm wondering if anyone has experience doing this, Skype or not. Anyways links and or tutorials would be great help. Thanks ...

Skype Raw API (NOT COM API) send message problem

In converting this CONSOLE example to a full windows dialog implementation I have run into a very "simple problem". SendMessage() (line 283) is returning zero, GetLastError reveals 0x578 - Invalid window handle. http://read.pudn.com/downloads51/sourcecode/windows/multimedia/175678/msgapitest.cpp__.htm (https://developer.skype.com/Downl...

Wampserver Error

Ok http://localhost/ won't load now. Recently I installed skype and am aware of the skype port conflict error. I have removed 'use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections' from options and still no luck. I have also uninstalled skype, reinstalled it and restarted my machine several times to no avail. Also, I just tried t...

Apache + Vista = No Ports? (Why thanks, Skype)

I've gotten a new machine, but it came with Vista. I figured it would be best to wait for W7 before I spent any money on an OS, so I'm stuck with it for now. But I must get my development environment setup, and soon! My machine came with McAfee, which I'm using for the moment, and I've let port 80 be open and I've given httpd.exe acce...

How to Save Calls using Skype API

Hi, I am currently trying to develop an application which uses Skype API to call or send text messages to either phone number or p2p client. So the problem is : I wanna save the speakings during calls and when I call someone I wanna put a wav file in front of the phone like a robot speaking. So How can I do that ? I explored tons of d...

A Java bot that uses Skype API

Is there an up-to-date Java API for Skype 4.0? I'd need a simple bot that creates a chat and follows discussion. If there isn't a Java API, what ways are there to send Skype commands in Java? Also, am I allowed to use public Skype for that, or do I need to have my own Jabber server? ...

scalable sites

facebook, skype, myspace etc... all have millions and millions of users, does anyone know what their architecture looks like. Is it distributed on different nodes or do they use massive clusters? ...

making a call through vb.net using skype api

how do i include the skype libraries in my vb.net app? how do i make a call on skype through vb,net? ...