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NAME

Net::ICQ::On - ICQ Online Tester

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::ICQ::On;

  my $Online=Net::ICQ::On->Test(<ICQ No./>);

  my $Online=Net::ICQ::On->Test(204913808);
  print "My ICQ number is ";
  if ($Online==1) { print "<span style=\"color: green;\">204913808</span>.\n"; }
  else { print "204913808.\n"; }

DESCRIPTION

This module checks the online state of any ICQ user and returns 1 for online or 0 for offline.  It downloads the smallest ICQ online gif and analyses it to determine online state.

Example use: in xhtml, see above example, to display ICQ number in green if online or default colour if offline.

UPDATED

Version 1.10.2: Changed name of function.  Minor code updates.  Updated documentation.
Version 1.9.4: Changed to HTTP::Request::Common for simplicity and optimisation.

VERSION

v1.10.2 (20060320)

COPYRIGHT

Code is copyright (c)2005-6 Jerome McKean, Dream Frequency.  ICQ is copyright (c)1998-2006 ICQ Inc..

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Net::ICQ::On was created by Jerome McKean (jerome@dreamfrequency.com), owner of Dream Frequency (http://dreamfrequency.com), Useful Windows Software and Adult Frequency (http://adultfrequencysoft.com), Adult Windows Software.  This Perl module is free software and may be freely redistributed unchanged.
