This topic demonstrates how to share a display monitor in a conversation using .NET managed code with Microsoft Lync 2010 SDK.

Prerequisites

For a list of prerequisites, see Walkthrough: Start an Instant Message Conversation .

Creating the Display Monitor Sharing Application

To create the monitor sharing application

  1. Sign in to Microsoft Lync 2010.

  2. In Microsoft Visual Studio development system, create a new Windows Forms application.

  3. Select .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0 as the target framework. For more information, see the MSDN topic How to: Target a Specific .NET Framework.

  4. Add a reference to Microsoft.Lync.Model.

  5. In Form1.cs add the following using statement.

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    using Microsoft.Lync.Model;
using Microsoft.Lync.Model.Extensibility;

  6. In the Form1_Load event handler add the following code.

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    // This variable will contain the conversation mode enumeration.
private AutomationModalities _ChosenMode =
AutomationModalities.InstantMessage;


// Create a dictionary object to contain AutomationModalitySettings
data pairs. 
Dictionary<AutomationModalitySettings, object>
_ModalitySettings = new Dictionary<AutomationModalitySettings,
object>();

// Get the Automation object.
Automation _Automation = LyncClient.GetAutomation();

// Set the conversation modes of application sharing and instant
messaging.
_ChosenMode = AutomationModalities.ApplicationSharing |
AutomationModalities.InstantMessage;

// Set the LAST display monitor as the application sharing
resource.
_ModalitySettings.Add(AutomationModalitySettings.SharedMonitor,
SystemInformation.MonitorCount);

//Adds text to toast and local user IMWindow text entry control.
_ModalitySettings.Add(AutomationModalitySettings.FirstInstantMessage,
"Hello Elise. I would like to share my second monitor with you.");
_ModalitySettings.Add(AutomationModalitySettings.SendFirstInstantMessageImmediately,
true);

// Create a generic List object to contain a contact URI.
List<string> invitees = new List<string>();
// Edit this to provide a valid contact URI.
invitees.Add("elise@contoso.com");

// Start the conversation.
IAsyncResult ar =  _Automation.BeginStartConversation(
	_ChosenMode
	, invitees
	, _ModalitySettings
	, null
	, null);
_Automation.EndStartConversation(ar);

  7. Build and run the application. After the invited user accepts the desktop sharing request, the local machine's desktop is displayed within the remote Microsoft Lync 2010 conversation window .

See Also

Other Resources

Conversation Walkthroughs