Using the Instant Messaging Event Gateways

This chapter describes how to develop an application that uses either of two instant message (IM) event gateway types provided with Macromedia ColdFusion MX: an IBM Lotus Sametime gateway, and an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) gateway. It briefly describes IM and the tools that ColdFusion MX provides for developing IM applications. It then describes how you can configure the IM event gateway and write and test applications that use the event gateway.

This chapter assumes that you are familiar with ColdFusion event gateway principles and programming techniques, as described in Using Event Gateways. It does not assume that you are familiar with instant messaging, but a basic knowledge is helpful.

Note: ColdFusion MX Standard Edition does not support event gateways.

Contents

About ColdFusion and instant messages

Configuring an IM event gateway

Handling incoming messages

Sending outgoing messages

Sample IM message handling application

Using the GatewayHelper object