Microsoft Agent animations for Merlin Character

The Microsoft Agent Merlin Character is a copyrighted work of Microsoft Corporation. You could use the character subject to the terms of the ' end ' User License agreement for Microsoft Agent.
Merlin supports the animations listed in the table below. Refer to Programming the Microsoft Agent Server Interface and programming the Microsoft Agent control for information on H ow to call the character ' s animations.
If accessing these character animations using the HTTP protocol and the control's get or server ' s Prepare method, consider How do you download them. Instead of downloading all the animations at once, with may want to retrieve the showing and Speaking state animations T. This would enable you to display the character quickly and have it speak while bringing down other animations usly. In addition, to ensure which character and animation data load successfully, use the Requestcomplete event. If a load request fails, you can retry loading the data or display a appropriate message.
If a animation ' s return animation be defined using Exit branches, you don't need to call it explicitly; Agent automatically plays the return animation before the next animation. However, if a return animation is listed, your must call the animation using the play method before another animation to PR Ovide a smooth transition. If no return animation is listed, the animation typically ends without a needing transitional.
The character file includes sound effects for some animations as noted in the following table. Sound effects play only if this option is enabled in the Microsoft Agent property sheet. can also disable sound effects in your application.
Animationreturn animationsupports speakingsound effectsassigned to Statedescription