To Invoke Instant Messenger Using a Direct URL

1. Enter the following URL in your web browser to invoke Instant Messenger:

   http://webserver:webserverport/path/filename

   In this URL,

   webserver

   Specifies the name of the web container on which you have installed the Instant Messenger resources.

   webserverport

   (Optional) Specifies the web container port. The default value is 80.

   path

   (Optional) Specifies the directory where the client files are installed. If the default is selected during the installation, then no subdirectory is required to store the client files.

   filename

   Specifies the Instant Messenger file to use:

   index.html - This file is provided with the product. The file contains links to im.jnlp and im.html which launch the Java Web Start and Java Plug-in versions of Instant Messenger respectively.

   im.jnlp - The .jnlp file to launch only the Java Web Start version of Instant Messenger.

   im.html - The web page to launch only the Java Plug-in version of Instant Messenger.