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> # Launching the Instant Messenger User Interface

> This section contains the following information:

> - Methods of Launching the Instant Messenger User Interface
> - To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface on Windows (Java Web Start)
> - To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface on Windows (Java Plug-In)
> - To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface on Solaris™
> - To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface from the Sun™ ONE Portal Server Console

> ## Methods of Launching the Instant Messenger User Interface

> The two ways to launch Sun™ ONE Instant Messenger are:

> - Using Java™ Web Start (Windows and Solaris™ users) - You can launch the Sun ONE Instant Messenger user interface from Java Web Start (JWS), which is an application launcher for J2EE applications that are written to be web deployed. Once the Sun Java System Instant Messenger user interface launches, your browser window can be closed or used to locate other URLs without affecting the Sun ONE Instant Messenger session.
> - Using the Java Plug-in (Windows users only) - You can launch the Sun ONE Instant Messenger user interface as an applet from the Java Plug-in, (which is a code extension to the browser). To keep the Sun ONE Instant Messenger session active, the browser window from which the applet was launched must remain open at all times and cannot be used to locate any other URL.

> Windows users can choose to implement either the JWS or the Java Plug-in configuration. Solaris users must use Java Web Start. Contact your administrator for more details.

> Note | To launch the Sun ONE Instant Messenger service in the Sun Java System Portal Server environment, click the appropriate link in the applications channel in the Sun ONE Portal Server Desktop.

> ## To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface on Windows (Java Web Start)

> Before launching the Sun Java System Instant Messenger user interface, make sure you have downloaded and installed the Java software to enable the Instant Messenger software. If necessary, check with your administrator.

> To launch the Instant Messenger user interface on Windows for the first time:

> 1. Enter the following URL in your browser:

> http://webserver:webserverport/subdirectory/iim.jnlp

> where webserverport is necessary only if the default port (80) is not being used, and subdirectory is necessary only if one was specified at installation. If the default directory was used, then subdirectory is unnecessary. Contact your administrator for more information.

> For example, if your web server is named company22.com and the Instant Messenger user interface is invoked from the default directory, then the URL would be:

> http://company22.com/iim.jnlp

> A pop-up window opens while Java Web Start automatically downloads the applet and caches it on your machine.

> 2. The Accept the Security window appears.

> The Instant Messenger user interface starts and displays its Logon window.

> Note | For subsequent invocations, either add the URL to your favorites, launch the application using the Java Web Start launcher icon on your desktop, or use the shortcut on your desktop. (Java Web Start asks if you want to put the icon on your desktop after the first or second time you invoke the Instant Messenger user interface. Whether it asks the first or second time is a preference that can be set from the Java Web Start Edit menu.)

> 3. Log in to Sun ONE Instant Messenger.

> See Logging in to the Instant Messenger User Interface for more information.

> ## To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface on Windows (Java Plug-In)

> Before launching Sun Java System Instant Messenger, make sure you have downloaded and installed the Java software to enable Sun ONE Instant Messenger. If necessary, check with your administrator.

> 1. To launch Sun ONE Instant Messenger, enter the following URL in your browser:

> http://webserver:webserverport/subdirectory/iim.html

> where webserverport is necessary only if the default port (80) is not being used, and subdirectory is necessary only if one was specified at installation. If the default directory was used, then subdirectory is unnecessary. Contact your administrator for more information.

> For example, if your web server is named company22.com and it uses web port 123, then the URL would be:

> http://company22.com:123/iim.html

> 2. Sun ONE Instant Messenger starts and displays its Logon window.
> 3. Log in to Sun ONE Instant Messenger.

> See Logging in to the Instant Messenger User Interface for more information.

> ## To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface on Solaris™

> Before launching the Instant Messenger user interface, make sure you have downloaded and installed the software to enable Instant Messenger software. If necessary, check with your administrator.

> To launch the Instant Messenger user interface on Solaris for the first time:

> 1. Enter the following URL in your browser:

> http://webserver:webserverport/subdirectory/iim.jnlp

> where webserverport is necessary only if the default port (80) is not being used, and subdirectory is necessary only if one was specified at installation. If the default directory was used, then subdirectory is unnecessary. If necessary, contact your administrator for more information.

> For example, if your web server is named company22.com and the Instant Messenger user interface is invoked from the default directory, then the URL would be:

> http://company22.com/

> 1. On the Sun ONE Instant Messenger web page that appears, click the Launch via Java Web Start button.

> When you invoke the instant messenger for the first time, a pop-up window appears. Java Web Start automatically downloads the Sun ONE Instant Messenger resource files and caches them on your machine.

> 2. Click Accept in the Security pop-up window that appears.
> 2. The Instant Messenger user interface starts and displays its Logon window.

>    Note | For subsequent invocations, either add the URL to your favorites, or launch the application using the Java Web Start launcher, found at $HOME/javaws/javaws.

> 3. Logon to the Instant Messenger service.
> 4. See Logging in to the Instant Messenger User Interface for more information.

> ## To Launch the Instant Messenger User Interface from the Sun™ ONE Portal Server Console

> 1. Logon to the Portal Server Console.
> 2. The following links to the application channel, appear on the Portal Desktop:
> - Instant Messenger
> - Instant Messenger Plug-in
> 3. Click the Instant Messenger link to launch the application using Java Web Start or the Instant Messenger Plug-in link to launch the application using Java Plug-in.

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