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Quartz Composer Plugin

IMStatus                    A Quartz Composer plug-in that returns information about 

                        the logged in user and his or her buddies on a given 

                        instant messaging service.

Sample Requirements             The plugin was created using the Xcode editor running 

                        under Mac OS X 10.6.x or later. 

About the sample                A Quartz Composer plug-in that implements a custom 

                        provider patch that outputs the user instant messaging 

                        status as well as for his or her buddies.

Using the Sample                Open the project using the Xcode editor which can be found 

                        in /Developer/Applications. From the main menu, 

                        choose "Project", set "Active Configuration" to "Release", 

                        and "Active Target" to "Build & Copy".  These settings are

                        also available from the top left corner of the 'Overview' 

                        pull-down window. Build the project. Once the build has 

                        completed successfully, the plug-in can be used as a 

                        regular QC patch in the Quartz Composer editor (also 

                        installed under /Developer/Applications), by selecting it 

                        from the Library - Plugin panel.

                        This plug-in provides structures of user and buddies 

                        information. For the user information, it can be 

                        retrieved from the "User Status" output port using 

                        "Structure Key Member" patch to get user information such 

                        as user "Image" and "Title". For each of the buddy, to 

                        get the information such as "statusImage", "statusTitle", 

                        and "screenName", it can be retrieved from the "Buddies 

                        Status" output port.

Installation                    n/a

Changes from Previous Versions          n/a

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