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1. 4 1 3 lt room_id gt xml In directory lt 123flashchat installed directory gt server data default rooms There are files named lt number gt xml and every file represents a chat room The room change in admin panel will affects these xml files accordingly at real time ie when adding a room in admin panel one file will be generated into this directory when deleting one room one file will be removed as well sample lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt room gt lt name gt Main Test lt name gt lt max gt 200 lt max gt lt des gt Tip test register enter exit room send newline etc lt des gt lt owner gt admin lt owner gt lt speaker gt lt speaker gt lt password gt lt password gt lt member only gt Off lt member only gt lt room gt TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual Note file name is room ID Parameter Type Description name String Chat room name max Number Max number of people in one room which is limited by the user license you ve held des String Chat room description and introduction owner String Chat room owner moderator who can kick annoyance out To have two or more moderators please enter owner list in this tag separated by No space between them eg aaa bbb ccc In admin panel owner can be added edited and deleted too speaker
2. With password not encrypted you f can set it as md5 off But if md5 string a f md5 encrypted you have to set it like this md5 on You can setup multiple administrator accounts but for security reason it s recommended to remain only one admin while designating multiple moderators for different rooms who have less power To add a reserved username just add one row in TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 24 lt ReservedUserName gt tag lt word gt Administrator lt word gt 4 1 2 3 Log Configuration There are 3 kinds of logs access log error log message log One log file is generated for one day and the main log always records the current day log while the history log will automatically be added a postfix of date Eg access log access log 2004 9 8 access log 2004 9 7 Message logs are recorded in different folders named after room id If history log is set to off no log will be recorded on the chat server Parameter Type Default Value Description logs path string logs Set the directory of data files access log string access log Set the filename of the access log message log string message log Set the filename of the message history log If Save message history is set to off the chat server will stop recording message log error log string error log Set the fi
3. password abc room id 1 the name of the person you want to talk to is test and you want to create a private window by saying hello then the script you should add into your html code should be as follows lt OBJECT classid clsid D27CDB6E AE6D 11cf 96B8 444553540000 codebase http download macromedia com pub shockwave cabs flash swfl ash cab version 6 0 0 0 WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 gt lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_user abc amp init_password abc amp init_room 1 amp in it_ private test amp init_private_message hello gt TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 54 lt PARAM NAME quality VALUE high gt lt PARAM NAME menu value false gt lt EMBED src 123flashchat swf init_user abc amp init_password abc amp init_room 1 amp init_p rivate testGinit_private_message hello quality high menu false WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 TYPE application x shockwave flash PLUGI NSPAGE http www macromedia com go getflashplayer gt lt EMBED gt lt OBJ ECT gt What you have done above means to automatically login chat lobby using this account username abc password abc and enter the room with id 1 If someone named test is in that room there will be a private window automatically being created and a message hello will be sent out Of course you can remove the init_private_message part
4. Nickname Module installed your users can have the ability to change display nickname after logged in It makes your chat more flexible and has more fun Check details http www 123flashchat com change nickname html 5 4 Pocket pc amp banner chat module Have you ever thought of embedding a mini chatroom to your webpage to establish connections between your business and visitors Pocket PC or Banner Chat could be the solution It s small and neat it looks like an animation but has full chat features sending and receiving message in chat lobby etc it can be put in any webpage if necessary of your site A tiny little chatroom will attract visitors to communicate with your representative and to get to know more about your product or service And a better understanding will definitely promote sales Check details http www 123flashchat com pocket pc banner chat html 6 How to customize chat skin Brief introduction All sets of skins are stored under the directory lt 123flashchat installed directory gt client skin By default we offer 9 sets of skins you can modify any skin or add your own based on them Skin components are controlled by skin xml Color style can be adjusted by color xml Only SWF or J PG image file can be used to construct a skin while GIF or PNG is not allowed If you don t mind the opaque background you can save it to jpg format non progressive mode If you d like transparen
5. get the file 123flashchatserver_s tar gz 2 Uncompress the 123flashchatserver_s tar gz gzip d 123flashchatserver_s tar gz tar xf 123flashchatserver_s tar 3 Make sure Sun j2sdk 1 4 x or above version is already installed in your system if not it can be downloaded from http java sun com 4 Set the Java variable edit the system PATH variable in etc profile J AVA_HOME usr local j2sdk1 4 x export J AVA_HOME CLASSPATH J AVA_HOME lib dt jar AVA_HOME lib tools jar PATH PATH usr java j2sdk1 4 x bin export PATH 5 Start 123 Flash Chat Server remember to place all code below into one single line java classpath CLASSPATH lib fcserver jar lib moderator jar lib changenick jar lib invisibleadmin jar lib serverapi jar lib robotmessage jar lib fclib jar lib log4j jar lib jdom jar lib xerces jar com topcmm jchat FCServer amp Note For Sun solaris we strongly recommend the patch for J 2SDK to be installed before 123 flash chat server software it s important for the stability of multi thread java application Get the patch from http sunsolve sun com pub cgi show pl target patches 2SE Tip If you still have any problem please contact your system administrator on how to run a java software or contact us support 123flashchat com don t forget to tell us the details of your operating system environment If you have purchased 123 Flash Chat Server Software pl
6. server If the port of primary server is lower than 1024 like 80 then only users with flash player 7 can access chat while users with flash player 6 can t In this case secondary server is necessary Its port should be greater than 1024 which allow users with earlier flash player to chat If setting high port for primary server then usually you don t need secondary server you can leave it as default enable off It is just temporary solution to set two servers with two ports because some of users are still using flash player earlier than 7 When flash player 7 becomes overwhelmingly popular we ll take off the secondary server in future version Modify the Parameters refer to the table below Parameter Type Default Description Value port Number 51127 Server port it has to be identical with the port value in client xml ip String Set the Server address A default means the chat server will bind to all IP of your server Then the host value in client xml can be random IP of yours or any domain name which points to this IP address Client can connect to server in either way Or if you set server IP to any specific IP of your server then chat server will only bind to this IP Well then in client xml you can only use this specific IP or the domain name points to this IP to connect chat server cross domain policy From 3 0 123 flash chat server start using cross domain poli
7. visibleGuestCheckb boolean Ox true Set if the combination of guest and the checkbox before guest is visible to all users visiblePasswordinp boolean true Set if the password input field is TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 34 ut visible to all users visibleLogoutButto boolean true Set if the logout button is visible n to all users defaultSelectGuest boolean false Select if the guest is checked as default enablePrivateChat boolean true Enable or disable private chat mode for ordinary users here remember administrator can always activate private chat with normal users not controlled by this value lockAdminI con boolean true Set if the administrator has a unique reserved icon a small person with coffee before their messages it s not refering to the icon before admin in user list messageSpacing Number 0 You can set the spacing between two messages here messageHistorySiz Number 100 To allocate space to record chat e history Please set default space size here for all your members unit kb showGuestMember boolean true To define if the member only onlyRoom room is viewable to guests in room list visibleWelcomeMes boolean true To define whether or not to sage display admin auto welcome message when anyone
8. After installation wait a few seconds so that 123 Flash Chat Server as a Windows NT service will be automatically started you don t have to start it manually And it will also be automatically loaded and started each time you reboot chat server TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 8 j Setup 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 Completing the 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup 4 Start chat server You may start the chat server in following steps if you have stopped it before a Start in service mode In the Windows system start gt program gt 123 flash chat server 4 5 gt Server gt start 123 flash chat server gt Start 123 Flash Chat Server of x The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service is starting The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service was started successfully Press any key to continue If error occurs you probably already have started the chat server before or there is something wrong in the server configuration Please start in console mode to check error b Start in console mode In the Windows system start gt program gt 123 flash chat server 4 5 gt control gt start 123 flash chat server console mode TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server ht
9. Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 12 HTTP requ Length 919 4 950 j 3150828 3 Uncompress the 123flashchatserver tar gz tar zxf 123flashchatserver tar gz 4 Start the server manually cd 123flashchatserver server fcserver sh start 5 Stop the server manually fcserver sh stop 123 Flash Chat Server 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 13 6 Restart the server manually fcserver sh restart ding conn tarting the tarting t ing t 2Cccc Pera bar er 123flashchat t mm 123flashchat 7 How to auto start chat server after rebooting your server Step 1 Modify fcserver sh find the FCSERVER_HOME section and configure the directory of fcserver sh For example if you uncompressed the 123flashchatserver tar gz into usr local 123flashchat make sure fcserver sh is in the directory of usr local 123flashchat then remove the before the two rows below in fserversh FCSERVER_HOME usr local 123flashchat server export FCSERVER_HOME Step 2 Modify etc rc local file add one row usr local 123flashchat server fserver sh just replace usr local 123flashchat with your FCSERVER_HOME value 123 Flash Chat Server 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 14 3 2 3 Other Unix Operating System 1 Download the latest version of 123 Flash Chat Server software without jvm from http www 123flashchat com download html
10. String When a room s status is moderated chat all the messages of ordinary users can t go public unless moderator passes them But there s another type of user named speaker who is entitled to talk freely in public without the consent of moderator To have more than one speaker please enter speaker list in this tag separated by No space between them TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 28 eg aaa bbb ccc Speaker can t kick Speaker can be set to null password String Chat Room password Leave it blank if you don t want password to protect a chat room member only On Off Whether a room is member only or open to all including guest 4 2 Client Configuration There are three client configuration files client xml skin xml color xml the modifications on these files won t be effective until re opening the chat client 4 2 1 client xml Only values can be changed not the names Parameter Type Default value Description Connection gt host String Connection gt port Number 51127 Please leave the host value to x if the chat server and the web server which hosts 123flashchat swf file are located on the same server Or if the swf file is on another web server you should set the host value according to the chat server
11. URL authorize user s login information eg lt I ntegratedOtherDatabase mode Mysql gt If it is set to None when a new user click register he or she will register in your chat room original register window If set to Mysql Oracle or common then when user click register a new window will pop up and he or she will be directed to another URL which is pre set in client xml TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 22 Auth url string You can just leave it blank or even delete this line It is only necessary when integrated other database is set to URL It means the URL you use to authorize users must have 2 arguments One is the usename the other is password eg lt auth url gt http www yourhost com login _chat php username username amp amp password password lt auth url gt In this URL amp amp means the character amp in xml That is to say when the user input username myname and password mypassword the chat server will visit http www yourhost com login_ chat php username myname amp password mypasswo rd in order to get the login information and outputs numbers between 0 to 7 each with a different meaning 0 login successfully 1 wrong password 2 the username can t be used 3 login error e g error in connecting database 4 username does not ex
12. allow those logged in user to your system automatically login chat room without re enter their name and password etc 7 2 1 1 init_user and init_ password With these 2 parameters your users don t have to bother to re enter their name and password to access chat room list page because the username and password are already attached even the login button is pushed already This s an effective way of auto login Surely you can encrypt password with MD5 for security reason Example if user name myusername password my password the code you should add into your html will be as follows lt OBJECT classid clsid D2 7 CDB6E AE6D 11cf 96B8 444553540000 codebase http download macromedia com pub shockwave cabs flash swflash cab version 6 0 0 0 WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 gt lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_user myusernameGinit_password mypassword gt lt PARAM NAME quality VALUE high gt lt PARAM NAME menu value false gt lt EMBED src 123flashchat swf init_user myusernameG amp init_ password mypassword quality high menu false WI DTH 634 HEIGHT 476 TYPE application x shockwave flash PLUGINSPAGE http www macromedia com go getflashplayer gt lt EMBED gt lt OBJECT gt Note The auto login won t happen until both of the parameters are attached at the same time TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Ma
13. ash cab version 6 0 19 0 WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 gt lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_lang en amp init_skin standard gt lt PARAM NAME quality VALUE high gt lt PARAM NAME menu value false gt lt EMBED src 123flashchat swf init_lang en amp init_skin standard quality high menu false WI DTH 634 HEIGHT 476 TYPE application x shockwave flash PLUGINSPAGE http www macromedia com go getflashplayer gt lt EMBED gt lt OBJECT gt 4 Configuration 4 1 Server Configuration By default all configuration of the chat server are controlled by two files fcserver xml and default xml They are located at lt 123flashchat installed directory gt server etc fcserver xml lt 123flashchat installed directory gt server etc group default xml 4 1 1 fcserver xml 4 1 1 1 Connection Configuration Open the configuration file fcserver xml In the Connection Section you can set two servers and listen to two ports primary server secondary server Why there s a second server port option The reasons are 1 flash player earlier than 7 only allow access on high port 1024 65535 out of security reason while low port is forbidden If you are okay with high port you don t have to set secondary server Only when you want to set port lower than 1024 you need a TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 18 secondary
14. data This feature can be very handy to advanced user With it user can develop application to connect to the chat server via socket then send a tcp string command to operate or get real time data In lt 123flashchat installed directory gt server etc groups default xml file in lt Modules gt tag there s lt server api enable On gt lt auth password Only command with the right key password will be authorized by the chat server and will be effective gt lt auth password gt 3874 3459 9293 2194 lt auth password gt lt allow access from ip Only command from this IP is legitimate TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 47 If set to then commands from all IP address are valid which is insecure gt lt allow access from ip gt 127 0 0 1 lt allow access from ip gt lt server api gt The socket message string being sent is in standard syntax which goes like this lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt Command group default api_pwd api_pwd_in_default xml_file type Ccommand_type command_parameters gt group in standard version the group value has to be default api_ pwd it has to be the auth password value defined in default xml typ command being sent could be following types add_room del_room broadcast private_message command_parameters some parameters
15. domain name or ip address As to the port value it must be identical with the one in fcserver xml For details please refer to http www 123flashchat com howto_configure_connection ht ml TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 29 Homeur String http www The URL you want the logo to 123flashchat link to If set to null the logo com will become unclickable HelpUrl String http www The URL of help file you can 123flashchat translate it to your own com language upload to your web help html server and put the URL here registerUrl String http demo This parameter doesn t make 1 123flashch sense unless your own at com database is integrated You phpnuke ind don t have to configure it if ex php you d rather using 123flashchat itself to store user data copyright string Copyright Your company copyright 2001 2005 information which will display TopCMM in about panel Computing Inc All Rights Reserved loadRootPath string null The directory where the language folder and skin folder are located Normally just leave it null But if you put them on another server please set it to http url For example http www 123flashchat com chat Don t forget the slash at the end language string en Choose interface language from our collection Current version offer following c
16. needed for every command It s different for each command and we ll introduce it later A command string sample will follow lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt Command group default api_pwd 3874 3459 9293 2194 type add_room name the_room_name owner abcd desc test max 200 gt 7 1 2 1 add_room Rooms can be added on the fly using this command Following parameters are indispensable Parameter Type Description Name String Expected room name Owner String New room moderator Desc String New room description Max Number max number of people the new room can hold A full sample of this command lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt Command group default api_ pwd 3874 3459 9293 2194 type add_room name test room owner aaa desc room for test max 200 gt TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 48 7 1 2 2 del_room Rooms can be deleted dynamically using this command Parameter Type Description room_id Number The ID of rooms needed to be removed A fully sample of this command lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt Command group default api_ pwd 3874 3459 9293 2194 type del_ room room_id 1 gt 7 1 2 3 broadcast Broadcast messages to every logon users whether or not he s entered a username or entered a room yet Fol
17. 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual Version 4 5 http www 123flashchat com powered by TOPCMM TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 2 6 7 Table Of Contents 5 Introduction ssooeossssoossssssccesssooccesssooecssssoosessoscceessooccssssoosss J Requirements eesossesecsossesessossesessosoesosoosoesosoesoesosoesoesessesoese 2 1 Server ReguremeEDt Sieg inasnaie iair aE N EAE E E SE 3 2 1 1 Supported PlatfOrMS ce cccsseseseeseseseeeeseeeeseeeseseeeeseeeeseeeeeeseees 3 2 1 2 Hardware requirements 0 cccecccccccsseseseesesseseseseeceseeeeseneeseseeeeseeeeees 4 2 1 3 Java Virtual Machine J VM Requirements cece 4 2 1 4 Port reguirementS seurina dec Ae dk 4 2 2 Client REQUIFEMENES ceeecscessseesscessssesssseseesssesssscseceesesssesesesseessaeeseeseeesaees 5 2 2 1 Hardware Requirements cccccccccseseseesessesesesesceseeeeseneeseseeeeseneeees 5 2 2 2 Flash Player REQUuIreEMeNt cc cccccceesesseceteeeeseeeeseteeseseeeeseeeeees 5 i lnstallati n sss Seed ccaticcecesasadenses scucicaesasanscisantaaseacieaeecaniaae gt 3 1 OVEFVIGW OF TIES sie e e e T E E E A E AEN 5 3 2 Installing the Chat Server s sesssesssesesssesesesissssseserersssisesirsrsrsesersrsnseseser 6 3 2 1 Windows NT 2kK XP 2003 0 ccc eceesseseseeeeseseeseseeee
18. E movie VALUE 123flashchat swf admin_mode true gt 7 2 6 init_ad To enable disable ad banner function init_ad true false This parameter has higher priority over the value of advertisingBanner in client xml For example if in html code you set TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 53 lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_ad true gt but in client xml you set lt advertisingBanner enable false gt Then ad banner will still be enabled 7 2 7 loading_bkground It defines the loading background which is now a blue cup appears or not Default is true Usually you don t have to use this interface Only when you just need a loading number without any background image you can set it to false Sample lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf loading_bkground false gt 7 2 8 init_private and init_private_message A private window can be automatically created in 123 flash chat with some words to start conversation which makes it perfect to be one to one live support software Parameters init_ private and init_private_message can help you with auto create private window Parameter value type Description init_ private Receiver string The receiver name in name destination room init_private_message greeting string Words you d like to start with Sample If user name abc
19. Software User Manual 43 password is encrypted with MD5 On encrypted Off not encrypted Passwords in many portal systems and forum systems like php nuke post nuke or phpBB etc are encrypted with MD5 thus you need to set this value to On 5 Chat Modules 123 flash chat server releases several powerful chat modules They can greatly enhance the chat but are not obligatory for every webmaster so they are not included in the standard package User can choose these optional modules according to your needs All modules are just plug ins based on 123 flash chat server software which has to work with the license instead of working alone 5 1 Moderated chat module The distinguishing feature of a Moderated Chat moderation chat or moderate chat is that question submitted by participants can t go public unless the Moderator or Admin approved passed it Check details here http www 123flashchat com moderated chat html 5 2 Invisible admin chat module with this module administrator can monitor chat conversation in chat room invisibly Without the existence of the admin chatters can freely talk everything but actually they can t go too far Check details here http www 123flashchat com invisible admin html TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 44 5 3 Change nickname module With Change
20. _lang has higher priority In this way your dynamic web application can choose to show local language for your respective users in any country TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 52 Sample lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_lang en gt 123flashchat swf will then automatically load language package lang language_en xml 7 2 4 init_ skin This parameter help flash client to load a specified skin Init_skin in html code will disable the skin value in the client xml because init_ skin has higher priority In this way your dynamic web application can listen to each user s favorite skin Sample lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_skin classic gt 123flashchat swf would then automatically load the skin under directory skin classic 7 2 5 admin_mode With this parameter functions which are disabled in client xml to ordinary users will be activated for administrator Usually you don t have to use it except in some special circumstances By default it is false Eg in client xml you configured to lt visiblePasswordI nput value false gt then you block yourself from entering password to enter admin panel In this case with admin_mode true you can resolve this problem You can create a special html file or dynamic webpage with this parameter to give admin a control panel Sample lt PARAM NAM
21. ailed information and some client API to customize chat client 7 1 Server API 7 1 1 Get Server Running Status from the files When a chat server is running some parameters are stored in text files which can be read by your application and some useful information can be extracted from it This feature is included in standard version TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 46 7 1 1 1 Get numbers Get current connection number logon user number and room number from a record file lt 123FC installed directory gt server data default online txt This file will real time change according to the chat room status Format lt connection number gt lt logon user number gt lt room numbers gt Sample 230 180 10 that means there are 230 connections on this chat server and 180 of them have logged in and there re 10 chat rooms altogether Then the data can be read and display in php or asp or other dynamic webpage 7 1 1 2 Get username list of each room You can display user name list of each room on your webpage by retrieving data from room_ txt In the lt 123 installed directory gt server data default you can find these files room_1 txt room_2 txt etc These files store online user lists of relevant rooms and it will keep changing depends on the changes of relevant rooms 7 1 2 Send command to server to operate or get real time
22. an design a new skin based on existing skins TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 31 profileUr string null You can either enable or disable profile option by setting the value to true or false If enable it and fill out the correct value after the url eg http yourwebsite profile php user USER then when activating a user from user list in the popup small menu profile link can be found Clicking the profile to view user s details in a new browser window The URL value can be profile link in your existing database or even profile link of other relative website Note you can add multiple profile URL enableRoomSound S boolean true Defaul sound setting in chat room Enable it by true disable it by false enableMonitorSoun ds boolean true Defaul sound setting in monitor panel for administrator Disable it by false but we strongly recommend it to be true to monitor a chat room with sound alerts singleLineMode boolean true Switch to single line or multi line mode here You can set the message next to the speaker like Mr A says aaaa by choose true this saves chat space Or if you choose false then the message will be displayed in a new line like Mr A says aaaaaaaaaa This will be default value for all your
23. ble lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE http www another_domain com chat 123flashchat swf init_root http www another_domain com chat gt 123 Flash Chat flash client is resizable since 4 5 Find WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 replace the values with the expected width and height Technically the smallest size is 550 250 and for the width we recommend it s not less than 400 pixel unless you prefer to remove logo and buttons and other decorations to make it even smaller For Client Configuration details please refer to 4 2 Client Configuration Note in the code another two parameters can be appended to 123flashchat swf 1 init_lang The initial language setting This parameter in html code has higher priority over language setting in client xml If there s init_lang in code the language setting in client xml become invalid While without init_lang in code then the language setting in client xml is valid 2 init_skin The initial skin setting If you choose a skin here then the skin setting in client xml is invalid If you don t the skin setting in client xml is valid TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 17 eg 123flashchat swf init_lang en amp init_skin standard A full sample lt OBJECT classid clsid D2 7CDB6E AE6D 11cf 96B8 444553540000 codebase http download macromedia com pub shockwave cabs flash swfl
24. bound with a Sun J 2SDK 1 4 2 you don t have to install jdk anymore 2 1 4 Port requirements The software needs at lease one free port Default port is 51127 TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 5 Since version 3 0 123 flash chat server can listen two port simultaneously a low one lt 1024 and a high one 1024 65535 You can set one low port like 80 or 443 which is allowed by most of the users firewall In this way your users don t have to configure firewall to access chat But only with flash player 7 or above installed in users browser it can access port below 1024 That s why you may set a high port 1024 65535 to serve lower version flash player Detailed instructions please refer to Server Configuration Section From 4 0 a web server is built into 123 flash chat server just for test the default port value for this built in web server is 35555 2 2 Client Requirements 2 2 1 Hardware Requirements 586 166 MHz or faster processor 64 MB of RAM or more 2 2 2 Flash Player Requirements Client needs Macromedia Flash Player 6 or above When users don t have flash player 6 or above installed they will be notified of the requirement and be automatically directed to Macromedia Download Center to download Macromedia Flash Player for free 3 Installation The two versions of 123 Flash Chat Server Software
25. ce mode you can restart it like this Start gt program gt 123 flash chat server 4 5 gt server gt restart 123 flash chat server b If in console mode please close the DOS window at first then 123 Flash Chat Server 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 10 start gt program gt 123 flash chat server 4 5 gt server gt start 123 flash chat server console mode to restart it in console mode again gt Restart 123 Flash Chat Server The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service is stopping The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service was stopped successfully The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service is starting The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service was started successfully Press any key to continue Note After configuring the server parameter manually you have to restart chat server to make the changes effective Note Windows 98 and Windows ME don t support NT service if you have to run the chat server on a Windows 98 or Windows ME server here s the Open Notepad to create a file with following code in one single line jre bin java classpath jre lib sunrsasign jar jre lib rt jar jre lib plugin jar jre lib jsse jar jre lib jce jar jre lib charsets jar lib fcserver jar lib moderator jar lib log4j jar lib xerces jar lib jdom jar lib mysql jar com topcmm jchat FCServer Save it as a bat file to 123flashchat installed directory For example start98 bat then open DOS window cd lt 123fla
26. cy to ensure security lt cross domain policy gt lt allow access from domain gt lt cross domain policy gt By default it permits access to connection originating from any domain To limit access only from one domain name you can configure like this TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 19 lt cross domain policy gt lt allow access from domain www mydomain com gt lt cross domain policy gt Or you can allow all URL on mydomain com to access lt cross domain policy gt lt allow access from domain mydomain com gt lt cross domain policy gt To allow multiple domain name to access lt cross domain policy gt lt allow access from domain www myfriendsdomain com gt lt allow access from domain mydomain com gt lt allow access from domain 11 22 33 44 gt lt cross domain policy gt 4 1 1 2 Global Configuration Open the configuration file fcserver xml In the Global Section Modify the Parameters refer to the table below Parameter Type Default Description Value message handle workers Number 20 It deals with messages To handle high frequency messages with over 1000 chat users in one room please set it to a higher value Normally you don t have to change it listen workers Number 20 If user maximum is over 1000 please configure it larger Normally do
27. d delete or edit rooms controlling by the middle buttons There s a title below the middle buttons to show the status of the room section By default it s add room section Choose a room first before clicking delete or edit button You will be notified if the action of add delete or edit succeeded or failed Rooms you add will real time appear in the room list In the room details section an asterisk indicates a required field Room name name of current room moderator he can kick annoyance out and set a room to Moderated chat in such aroom all messages of ordinary users can t go public unless moderator or admin passed them Moderated chat is a plug in module which is not included in standard version by default Max users this value is limited to the license you ve purchased Password leave it blank if you want this to be a public room Member only to define if guests can access this room Speaker is another user type in Moderated chat speaker can free talk and their words go public directly without consent of moderator or admin Leave it null if you don t need speaker Description room introduction 4 2 3 4 Users In User Panel you can control users connections Ban or unban a username Note it s username not nickname It s the original username he used to log in not the display nickname he changed to afterwards If you banned someone but failed please find
28. ease append your name purchase email and user license we ll provide a preferential support to buyer Those who purchased the unlimited user license version will get priority and a lifelong upgrade and tech support for free TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 15 3 3 Web server From version 4 0 a web server is built into 123 flash chat server just for test but when you launch the chat officially we recommend a professional web server like Apache IIS etc To integrate the chat client to a web server other than the built in web server please follow the steps below a copy client folder copy the client folder to the web directory of your web server but keep in mind DONNOT copy the server folder to protect them from being downloaded by chatters which is very insecure server folder should be already securely installed on the web server so far b edit client xml Please leave the host value to if the chat server and the web server which hosts 123flashchat swf file are located on the same server but if the swf file is on another web server then you should set the host value according to the chat server domain name or ip address The port value in client xml should be identical with the one in fcserver xml For advanced connection configuration please refer to http www 123flashchat com howto_configure_connection ht
29. enters the chatroom visibleExitMessage boolean true To define whether or not to display admin auto message when anyone leaves the chatroom visibleRoomList boolean true To display room list or hide it acceptPrivateMess boolean true user can accept private age message or not default value is true siteKey String advertisingBanner boolean false To insert one or more ad banners into chat client you can set enable true to activate it TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 35 banner gt src string URL of ad banner source which could be aJPGor swf The URL could be relative path or absolute banner gt href string The URL linked with ad banner gt duration Number Ad duration time visibleChangeRoo mComboBox boolean true Indicates whether the pull down room menu for users to switch room in a chat window is visible or not visibleExitRoomBut ton adminAutoGreet boolean boolean true false Add or remove an exit room button at the right top The greetings robot admin gives to visitors automatically display one by one You can add as many lines as you want to make it look like real person or disable this feature by setting it false visibleHelpButton boolean true Add or remove the Help button from the top menu visibleOpti
30. faul value is true which is also default value for all of your members TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 33 Your members can set their preferences in option panel quitRoomSound boolean true Choose whether or not to play a sound alert when someone quits a room Defaul value is true which is also default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel autoSaveUsername boolean true Set to save chatter s username in cache automatically by true This will be default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel autoSavePassword boolean true Set to save member s username in cache automatically by true Defaul value is true which is also default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel autoSaveAvatarFon boolean ts true Set to save chatter s avatar font style and color in their cache automatically by true Defaul value is true which is also default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel autoSaveBKGround boolean true Set to save chat space background in users cache automatically by true Defaul value is true which is also default value for all of your members
31. fault it s set to be On enabled Check details Parameter Default Value Description auth password 3874 3459 9293 2194 Only command with the right key password will be authorized by the chat server and will be effective allow access from ip 127 0 0 1 Only command from this IP is legitimate If set to then commands from all IP address are valid which is insecure TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 26 4 1 2 7 Modules With following optional modules the chat can be greatly enhanced They are all included in demo version for test but not in standard full version by default you can purchase specific module s in case you need Module name Default Value Introduction moderated chat On With moderated chat module enabled questions submitted by participants can t go public unless the Moderator or Admin approves passes it change nick On With change nick module enabled users can have the ability to change display nickname after logged in It makes your chat more flexible and has more fun invisible admin On With invisible admin module enabled administrator can monitor chat conversation in chat room invisibly Without the existence of the admin chatters can freely talk everything but actually they can t go too far
32. ftware 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 41 portal systems and forum systems like php nuke post nuke or phpBB etc are encrypted with MD5 thus you need to set this value to On c CommonDB xml Parameter Type Description jdbc driver string The name of jdbc driver jdbc url string The complete jdbc URL and if user name and password are required when access database they must be included too user table string The table to store the user information username field string Column name of user name in the user table password field string Column name of password in the user table enable md5 string It defines whether the password is encrypted with MD5 On encoded Off not encoded Passwords in many portal systems and forum systems like php nuke post nuke or phpBB etc are encrypted with MD5 thus you need to set this value to On d Using URL to authorize users login information TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 42 You can authorize users logon information by a dynamic web application You can activate this integration method by following tag Once set to URL another 2 arguments have to be defined to avoid error For example http www yourhost com login_ chat php username
33. hoices 1 en English default 2 zh CN Simplified Chinese 3 s TW Traditional Chinese 4 nl Dutch 5 5 French 6 ja Japanese 7 es Spanish 8 de German 9 it Italian 10 hu Hungarian TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 30 11 ru Russian 12 hr Croatian 3 tr Turkey 4 ar Arabic 15 pt PORTUGUES 6 ko Korean 7 serbian Serbian pl m e m me 18 pl Polish 19 no Norwegian 20 farsi Farsi 1 el Greek 22 iceland Iceland 3 cs Czech 24 da Danish 25 fi Finnish Note the language files are located under folder lt loadRootPath gt lang You can also translate it into your own language and Save it as language_ xml Put it into the same folder and edit client xml then you get a local version of 123flashchat N N skin string standard We offer following skins 1 standard Aqua blue skin scalable vector skin 2 beige Aqua beige skin scalable vector skin 3 angel Black metallic bitmap skin kinda cool 4 hawaii Aqua black skin scalable vector skin 5 classic Blue bitmap skin 6 Green Green skin scalable vector skin 7 Red Red amp black skin scalable vector skin 8 Orange Orange skin scalable vector skin 9 Clean Aqua blue amp gray skin scalable vector skin You c
34. ist 5 successfully login as the administrator 6 guest login not allowed 7 username banned talk interval numbers 1000 The shortest pause in milliseconds between two utterances It is for preventing screen flooding Eg 1000 1 second TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 23 kick ban tim numbers 15 Specifies a time period to ban a user s eout username and IP address after kick him out unit minute note a user will only be banned from current room only but not from other room If you set it to 0 there s no ban accompany with kick site key string The code to validate your website It must be the same with the siteKey value in client xml otherwise the client can t connect to your chat server 4 1 2 2 User Configuration Open the configuration file default xml In user section you can configure lt admin gt and lt ReservedUserName gt To add a administrator just add one line in the Users gt admin Section lt user name admin passwd test md5 off gt or lt user name admin passwd 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6 md5 on gt Parameters of admin configuration Parameter Type Default Value Description name string username of the administrator name Password of the administrator can be passwd string password encrypted by MD5 or not
35. lashChatServer4 5 installed directory gt client skin To assign a default skin from available skin collection to all the users in chat room 123 Flash Chat admin has two choices 1 configuring client xml or 2 editing html code Check details 4 2 3 Client Administrator Log in flash client as administrator and click admin button at the top menu to enter admin panel The top buttons have following functions respectively 4 2 3 1 Monitor In monitor panel administrator can monitor every move of all logon users For example connect to server login enter room exit room change room logout chat server etc Other information show here includes logon user IP country and time stamp Note Once a user logs in with username and password he has a unique user id that s the username he used to log in Whatever display nickname he may change afterwards the user id remains all the same in the monitor window till he logs out 4 2 3 2 Settings In settings panel you can change the following variable TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 37 Parameter Type Description Enable user register CheckBox Check to enable user register Enable guest login CheckBox Check to enable guest login Save messages history CheckBox Check it to save message history on chat server 4 2 3 3 Rooms In room panel you can ad
36. lename of the error log 4 1 2 4 FilterWords Configuration Inappropriate Words may need to be filtered from conversation IF you want to add one more word please add one row in this tag lt FilterWords gt in lt 123FlashChatServer4 5 installed dir gt server etc groups default xml And set the substitute in following tag lt FilterWords replace your substitute gt Like this lt FilterWords replace gt lt filter gt fuck lt filter gt lt filter gt shit lt filter gt lt FilterWords gt TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 25 Parameter Type Default Value Description filter string Bad words needed to be filtered replace string se Set the substitute to replace the filtered words 4 1 2 5 robot message Define scheduled automatic robot message s here to broadcast in certain room s with certain interval This can be used for Site News ADs or some other stuff Check details Parameter Type Default Value Description enable On off On Enable or disable chat bot activerooms string i Active rooms for all chat bot messages interval number 10 The inverval of rotate chat bot messages seconds 4 1 2 6 server api The chat server can receive commands sent by third party application and send data of the chat to the application or operate on chat server accordingly By de
37. lowing parameters are indispensable Parameter Type Description userid String What name should be used to broadcast msg String Broadcast message 7 1 2 4 private_message Send private message to specific user Parameter Type Description dest_uid String The receiver s userid msg String Message to be sent avatar String Avatar name in the message could be e1l e2 e32 owner_uid String The sender s userid owner_nick String The sender s nickname b 1 or 0 1 bold font for the message being sent 0 not bold i 1 or 0 1 italic font O not italic u 1 or 0 1 underlined font 0 no underline color Hexadecim Color value must begin with Ox eg al Number red is OxFFO0O00 TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 49 A fully sample of this command lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt Command group default api_pwd 3874 3459 9293 2194 type private_message dest_uid test msg hello world emotion e2 owner_uid admin owner_nick admin b 1 j 1 u 1 color OxffOOff gt 7 2 Client Parameters The 123flashchat swf can fulfill special tasks like auto login by append parameters after it when inserting into html code you can generate specific code by dynamic web application to
38. ls eeeessosesesssooecssssooecssssoceessoocceessooeessssooeesssseseesss D TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 3 Tal Server API ooro snai E EE EAE E E EE 45 Ae Get Server Running Status from the files ssseessseeessseseseesssersreresrsresrsreeese 45 FAQ Send command to server to operate or get real time data wo eee 46 1 2 Client Parameters cision enen oE SEEE EES EE EAR EOE RE EAEE EAEn 49 7 2 1 init_user and init_password s sssssssssssissssesrsssresesresrssesresesse 49 7 2 2 NIE MEKANIM Cinisi ieee 50 7 2 3 NIE roO siie e ae aie a ia 50 7 2 4 init_room and init POON OW s sssssssessssesssssesessesresesresrssesresesse 50 7 2 5 Eae E A A E E 51 7 2 6 INDIE SKIM ionici stecanancnavenspenmaaniepaenentacuntemanudmcmeinannsdecaaitaeueenpimetins 52 7 2 7 admin ModE a aa aaa eaaa aaa a EEE Eat 52 7 2 8 EES E E A 52 7 2 9 loading DKOrOUN Ai siissirsiinineinenann nae 53 7 2 10 init_private and init_private_message sssr 53 1 Introduction 123 Flash Chat Server Software is a real time powerful high performance chat server produced by TopCMM Computing Inc http www topcmm com Here are features and instructions on how to install use and administrate it for your own use The demo version of 123 Flash Chat Server Software has every feature of the full version except one limit it will cut user s connection every 10 minu
39. members Your members can configure TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 32 their preferences in option panel parseURI boolean true Define the URL in messages clickable or not If true then the valid URL a string with http or www which is 9 characters at least will become blue underlined and linked to the specified URL Defaul value is true which is also default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel enterRoomSound boolean true Choose whether or not to play a sound alert when anyone enters the room you re in Defaul value is true which is also default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel messageSound boolean true Choose whether or not to play a sound alert when receiving a message Defaul value is true which is also default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel typingSound boolean true Choose whether or not to play sound when typing messages Defaul value is false which is also default value for all of your members Your members can set their preferences in option panel sendingSound boolean true Choose whether or not to play a sound alert when sending a message De
40. ml 3 4 Insert code You can insert 123flashchat swf in web directory into webpage static or dynamic with following flash object tag code lt OBJ ECT classid clsid D27CDB6E AE6D 11cf 96B8 444553540000 codebase http download macromedia com pub shockwave cabs flash swflash cab version 6 0 19 0 WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 gt lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf gt lt PARAM NAME quality VALUE high gt lt PARAM NAME menu value false gt lt EMBED src 123flashchat swf quality high menu false WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 TYPE application x shockwave flash PLUGINSPAGE http www macromedia com go getflashplayer gt lt EMBED gt lt OBJECT gt TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 16 In the code if lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf gt Then the webpage and 123flashchat swf must be in the same folder If lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE another_directory 123flashchat swf gt Then you have to add a parameter init_root after 123flashchat swf to ensure 123flashchat swf can find the relative files to load The syntax is lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE another_ directory 123flashchat swf init_root another_directory gt If the 123flashchat swf is on another domain like lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE http www another_domain com chat 123flashchat swf gt The parameter init_root is also indispensa
41. n t change it max connection Number 10000 User maximum in all rooms which is limited by your license user timeout numbers 300 If a still logged in user sends no request to server for a predefined long time chat server decide it is timeout and cut the connection If a user clicks another URL in current browser instead of TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 20 quitting flash chat first his connection will be cut by this setting But if the flash client stays in current browser and user just keeps quiet it s still connected since flash client will send request the chat server at intervals to keep the connection alive user idle timeout numbers 300 Identify a user is in idle status when no message from him or her after a certain period of time Units of measure Second user connection timeout numbers 22 Specifies duration of time to decide a user fail to log in data path String data Set the folder name in which following data files are stored member folder ban ip list ban user list etc admin logs path string data Name of the folder of admin log data files 4 1 2 Default xml 4 1 2 1 General Configuration Parameter Type Default Description Value enable guest On Off On Allow unregistered guest to log in or not login enable user On Off On All
42. ng the existing database of your forum or portal system or other user system like phpBB PHPNuke PostNuke AspNuke etc But if your website doesn t support database at all your user info can t be integrated then you can use 123flashchat itself to store users There are a few steps to integrate a database 1 configure fcserver xml The modes of IntegratedOtherDatabase in fcserver xml includes None do not use integrated database to authorize user TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 39 Mysql use mysql database Oracle use oracle database Common use all kinds of database advanced setting URL using web URL to authorize user s login information ODBC using ODBC to connect to any database you want 2 Configure the database xml file It could be a Mysql xml Parameter Type Description database host string The hostname of the database server database name string The database name you re using database user string The user name which is required to connect to the database database password string The password which is required to connect to the database user table string The table to store the user information username field string Column name of user name in the user table password field string Column name of password in the user table enable md5 string It defines whether the pas
43. nual 50 7 2 1 2init_nickname This parameter give logon user a display nickname automatically It s only valid if you set lt enable change nickname gt On lt enable change nickname gt in server configuration It can be used together with init_user and init_password so that a user can have his own nickname once auto logged in 7 2 1 3 init_root This s a string of an URL or a directory It s only useful when the chat html file and the 123flashchat swf are located in different directories With init_root the swf can automatically load client xml lang folder and skin folder under this root directory lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_root http www yourhostname com yourdir gt Note please add a slash at the end of this value Should be like http www yourhostname com yourdir instead of http www yourhostname com yourdir 7 2 2 init_room and init_room_ pwd You can have your users to skip room list page and auto login a specific chat room once they are logged on Parameter init_room can help you with auto login room Parameter value type Description init_room Room_id number is room ID _ init_room instead of room name init_room_pwd Room password string If the room is password protected you need to set init_room_pwd init_room_pwd Of course init_room_pwd is not obligatory TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat c
44. om 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 51 Sample If user name myusername password mypassword room id 1001 the code you should add into your html will be as follows lt OBJECT classid clsid D27 CDB6E AE6D 11cf 96B8 444553540000 codebase http download macromedia com pub shockwave cabs flash swfl ash cab version 6 0 0 0 WIDTH 634 HEIGHT 476 gt lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_user myusername init_ password mypasswor d amp init_room 1001 gt lt PARAM NAME quality VALUE high gt lt PARAM NAME menu value false gt lt EMBED src 123flashchat swf init_ user myusernameSGinit_ password mypassword amp i nit_room 1001 quality high menu false WI DTH 634 HEIGHT 476 TYPE application x shockwave flash PLUGI NSPAGE http www macromedia com go getflashplayer gt lt EMBED gt lt OBJECT gt You can see this parameter must be used together with the other 2 parameters init_user and init_ password or it won t be effective Then what if user login as guest You can leave the init_ password to blank like the following sample lt PARAM NAME movie VALUE 123flashchat swf init_user myusername init_password SGinit_room 1001 gt src 123flashchat swf init_user myusernameSGinit_password Ginit_room 1 001 7 2 3 init_lang This parameter help chat client to load a defined language file init_lang in html code will disable the language value in the client xml because init
45. onButto n boolean true Add or remove the Option button from the top menu visibleAvatarButton boolean true Add or remove the Smiley button from the middle menu above the input area visibleBButton boolean true Add or remove the B button from the middle menu above the input area to enable or disable the bold font feature visiblel Button boolean true Add or remove the button from the middle menu above the input area to enable or disable the italic font feature visible UButton boolean true Add or remove the U button from the middle menu above the input area to enable or disable the underline font feature visibleColorButton boolean true Add or remove the Color picker button from the middle menu above the input area to enable or disable the font color feature visibleSelectS miley boolean true Add or remove the smiley TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 36 Button button from the middle menu above the input area to enable or disable the emotion feature visibleSelectBgButt boolean true Add or remove the BG button on from the middle menu above the input area to enable or disable the change chat background feature 4 2 2 skin configuration 123 Flash Chat is skinable The skins are stored in the folder lt 123F
46. out his real username in monitor window and try again Ban or unban a user of specific IP address TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 38 4 2 3 5 Announcement In Announce Panel you can broadcast messages to every logon users whether in specific rooms or just in room list page 4 2 3 6 Password In Password Panel you can update administrator password It is very important to change default admin panel after you setup chat server for the first time for security reason New password will be stored in fcserverxml as MD5 encrypted Tip If you forgot admin password you can manually edit fcserver xml admin tag don t forget to change the admin tag md5 off like lt user name admin passwd mypassword md5 Off gt Now you can login chat with the new password mypassword Then admin panel gt password panel edit password again In this way your final password will be stored in fcserver xml as a MD5 encrypted string 4 2 3 7 Chat bot Message The feature can be used for site news or text advertisement With Chat Bot specific message s can be broadcasted to specific room or all rooms at predefined intervals Messages can be added edited and removed from the list There can be multiple messages for one room or one message for all rooms 4 3 Integrate database configuration 123 Flash Chat supports integrati
47. ow new user to register register save messag On Off On Save history of conversation on chat server e history max connect Numbers 10000 User Maximum in all rooms of current group ion simultaneously TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 21 enable chan On Off On Allow logon user to change nickname ge nickname max userid Number 32 Maximum length of user id when register ength max passwd Number 32 Maximum length of password when register length max email Number 128 Maximum length of email address when ength register max messag Number 512 Maximum length of each message e length max cached Number 5 show last conversation in newly opened message ent room define how many latest messages ry will display integrated ot String None 123flashchat can integrate your existing her databas e string user database like that of your forum or portal system 123flashchat integrates phpBB PHPNuke PostNuke AspNuke etc A forum which doesn t have database can t be integrated however The modes of IntegratedOtherDatabase are None not using any integrated database to authorize a user Mysql using mysql database Oracle using oracle database ODBC using ODBC DSN to connect database Common using all kinds of database advanced setting URL using web
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49. shchat_installed_directory gt server start98 bat 3 2 2 Linux 1 If in a local Linux console window please skip this step If you need to remote control Linux server please telnet or ssh to your Linux first with ssh telnet client software like putty which can be downloaded TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 11 freely from http www chiark greenend org uk sgtatham putty download html Then login your server like this X PuTTY Configuration Category Session Basic options for your PuTTY session Logging 3 Terminal Keyboard Host Name or IP address Port Bell www yourhost corm 22 Features Window Appearance Behaviour Translation Selection Colours YourHost m Connection Default Settings Proxy hosti Telnet host 0 Rlogin host Specify your connection by host name or IP address Protocol O Raw C Telnet Rlogin SSH Load save or delete a stored session Saved Sessions Auth host3 hast4 Tunnels Bugs Close window on exit OAlways Never Only on clean exit 2 Download the latest Linux version of 123 Flash Chat Server software at http www 123flashchat com download html get the file 123flashchatserver tar gz You may download with this command wget http www 123flashchat com download 123flashchat tar gz TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123
50. sword is encrypted with MD5 On encoded Off not encoded Passwords in many portal systems and forum systems like php nuke post nuke or phpBB etc are encrypted with TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 40 MD5 thus you need to set this value to On b Oracle xml Parameter Type Description mode string It could be thin or oci only It indicates the way to access database by default it is thin If you choose oci then your server must have installed an oracle client database host string The hostname of the database server database port number The port of the database database sid string The sid of the database server service name string The service name to connect to oracle It doesn t take effect unless you choose the mode oci database user string The user name which is required to connect to the database database password string The password which is required to connect to the database user table string The table to store the user information username field string Column name of user name in the user table password field string Column name of password in the user table enable md5 string It defines whether the password is encrypted with MD5 On encoded Off not encoded Passwords in many TopCMM So
51. t background please save it to png or gif and import it to flash to convert it to a swf file without background TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 45 You don t even need client fla files to design a skin here re some tutorials might be helpful to designers a HowTo customize skin http www 123flashchat com howtoskin html b HowTo change skin color http www 123flashchat com colormap html c HowTo customize background http www 123flashchat com howto_change_bkground html Change background Every skin offer some background pictures in chat area you can even create your own jpg or swf backgrounds and put them into skin folder new background should be in the same dimension of the basic background and the graphic of new background will be added above the basic background I suggest you double click the background alternative in download pack to get a better impression of how it should be To offer more background for users to select please edit skin xml Find following section lt SKIN_BKGROUND gt lt BKGROUND name Standard value bkground swf gt lt SKIN_ BKGROUND gt Then add new line in this format name is for users to pick from value is the filename of the background you created 7 Programmer s tools To developers 123 Flash Chat Server Software provides some server API to get chat server det
52. te For the latest information about 123 Flash Chat Server Software please check out http www 123flashchat com if you are interested in full version please purchase online http www 123flashchat com buy html thank you 2 Requirements 2 1 Server Requirements 2 1 1 Supported Platforms Windows 95 98 NT ME 2000 XP Solaris Sparc 2 6 7 8 9 TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 4 Solaris Intel 2 6 7 8 9 Compaq Tru64 IRIX HP UX 10 20 11 AIX 4 3 x Linux Redhat 6 2 7 1 7 2 7 3 9 Linux Caldera TurboLinux Mac OS Classic 8 1 9 X Mac OS X 10 0 10 1 Mac OS X Server 2 1 2 Hardware requirements Most server hardware is adequate to install 123 flash chat server The minimum hardware requirements 586 200 MHz or faster processor 64 MB of RAM or more 100 MB free hard disk space or more Dedicated PII 400 MHz with 256 MB RAM is eligible to handle 500 or more concurrent users Adding extra RAM and processors will improve the performance 2 1 3 Java Virtual Machine J VM Requirements A Java Virtual Machine J VM or a Java Developer Kit J DK fully compliant with the Sun J2SDK 1 4 x is required to run the chat server We recommend J2SDK 1 4 2 or above For the current version of JDK visit http java sun com Note The Windows and Linux versions of 123 Flash Chat Server Software are already
53. to cancel sending messages when creating private windows 7 2 9 Init_listroom init_listroom API is added for admin to control only specific rooms to be visible in room list using html code Devide rooms using A sample 123flashchat swf init_listroom 1 3 4 5 6 END TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com
54. tp www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 9 Normally you will read some information similar like this gt gt gt gt WwW 123flashchat com lt lt lt lt Welcome to use 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 This is a full version of 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 for unlimited users license gt gt gt gt WwW 123flashchat com lt lt lt Starting the server Loading ip to country data Loading connection policy Starting the tcp server Starting the http server on 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35555 Starting the chat server on 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51127 123 Flash Chat Server has been Started You can open this url to test http 192 168 0 11 35555 zI Usually console mode is unnecessary until there s problem in the process of starting the chat server console mode may be helpful to find more details of error After problems fixed it is recommended to stop chat server and start in service mode all over again 5 To stop chat server a If started in service mode please stop it like this start gt program gt 123flash chat server 4 5 gt server gt stop 123 flash chat server b If in console mode you can stop it by just closing the pop up DOS window BEE The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service is starting The 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 service was stopped successfully Press any key to continue 6 To restart chat server a If it s in servi
55. username amp amp pas sword password Or http www yourhost com login_chat asp username username amp amp pas sword password One argument is the usename the other is password S amp amp is the character amp in xml That is to say when the user enter username myname and password mypassword the chat server will visit http www yourhost com login_ chat php username myname amp password mypassword to get the login information which will return a number between 0 to 7 each with a different meaning See table below Value Description 0 successfully login as ordinary user 1 wrong password 2 the username can t be used 3 login error e g error in connecting database 4 username does not exist 5 successfully login as the administrator 6 guest login not allowed e ODBC xml Parameter Type Description dsn name string The DSN name of your ODBC database user string Enter username if it s required by your ODBC database password string Enter password if it s required by your ODBC user table string The table to store the user information username field string Column name of user name in the user table password field string Column name of password in the user table enable md5 string It defines whether the TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server
56. which are for Windows and for Linux are both bound with J2SDK1 4 2 whereas the version for other OS is not In latter case please visit http java sun com to download and install a J2SDK1 4 x or above of your OS before installing 123 Flash Chat Server The installation includes two parts install chat server install chat client 3 1 Overview of files It contains the following folders TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 6 client help skin lang e doc server data m default logs members message rooms etc E groups m database lib readme txt 3 2 Installing the Chat Server 3 2 1 Windows NT 2k XP 2003 1 Download the latest Windows version of 123 Flash Chat Server Software at http www 123flashchat com download html get the file 123flashchatserver exe 2 Double click 123flashchatserver exe install it in a few minutes following the simple instructions of it TopCMM Software 123 Flash Chat Server http www 123flashchat com 123 Flash Chat Server Software User Manual 7 j Setup 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 Welcome to the 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 Setup Wizard This will install 123 Flash Chat Server 4 5 on your computer Itis recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel 3

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