Open AIM SDK 1.8.2 released!

The new Open AIM SDK 1.8.2 supports Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and Mobile! Check out the new cool features of this release and try out the samples! You can download the SDK here.

You can do a lot with the SDK, build your own BOTs, write custom clients, AIM Widgets, Mobile applications using the Web AIM SDK and if you choose to partner with AOL to develop products, check out the AIM Partner Site.

You can check out the AIM Gallery to see what other developers have published.

Functional changes from the Open AIM SDK 1.6.8 to 1.8.2:

- Added aimcc.alerts.aware, aimcc.alerts.enabled and AccAlertProtocol.

- Added AccSessionProp_FederatedAuthToken and AccSessionProp_FederatedAuthKey.

- Added IAccUser::ReportForSpim() and AccReportSpimInitiation.

- Added AccUserProp_BuddyFeedFaviconUrl, AccUserProp_CellNumber, AccUserProp_HomePhoneNumber, AccUserProp_OtherPhoneNumber, AccUserProp_SmsNumber and AccUserProp_WorkPhoneNumber.

- Added AccGroupProp_Blast and AccGroupProp_Permissions.

- Added AccAvTrackProp_Genres, AccAvTrackProp_AlbumName, AccAvTrackProp_AlbumLink, AccAvTrackProp_ArtistName, AccAvTrackProp_ArtistLink, AccAvTrackProp_PlaylistName, AccAvTrackProp_PlaylistLink, AccAvTrackProp_PodcastName, AccAvTrackProp_PodcastLink, AccAvTrackProp_SeriesName, AccAvTrackProp_SeriesLink, AccAvTrackProp_StartTime and AccAvTrackProp_Duration.

- Added AccUpgradeInfoProp_Hash.

- Added AccSessionProp_NewAccount.

- Added ACC_E_UNCONFIRMED_IDENTITY.

- Added preferences aimcc.buddies.[normalized escaped username].cellNumber, aimcc.buddies.[normalized escaped username].homePhoneNumber, aimcc.buddies.[normalized escaped username].otherPhoneNumber, aimcc.buddies.[normalized escaped username].smsNumber, aimcc.buddies.[normalized escaped username].workPhoneNumber, aimcc.buddyList.autoOfflineGroup, aimcc.connect.emailAccountType, aimcc.folders.morePlugins and aimcc.im.direct.receiveRtim.

- Updated Technote 13 with example XML AIM Module.

- Added Technote 14 about Real-Time IM.

- Added support for sending in standard IMs for some types of accounts.

- Added to languages supported for AccClientInfoProp_Language.

- Updated AccUserProp_BuddyFeedUrl.

- Improved aimcc.plugins.safemode implementation.

- Sending secondary session invitations is now throttled to avoid rate-limit errors.

- Changed result of getting unknown bart items from ACC_E_NO_DATA to ACC_E_MUST_REQUEST_DATA.

- Changed result of getting missing/empty bart items from S_OK/VT_EMPTY to ACC_E_NO_DATA

- Deprecated AccGroupProp_Shared.

- Deprecated AccSessionProp_AppearOffline.

- Deprecated AccUserProp_AwayMessage (use AccUserProp_RichStatusMessage).

- Deprecated AccSessionProp_MaxAwayMessageLength (use AccSessionProp_MaxRichStatusMessageLength).

- Deprecated AccGroupProp_ReadOnly (use AccGroupProp_Permissions).

- Deprecated AccSessionProp_SuperIconTrigger and AccUserProp_SuperIconTrigger.

- On Win32, added AccPluginCleanup().

- On Win32, revamped AV device management, including dependency on setupapi.dll.

- On Win32, added support for VS2008.

- On Linux & Mac, added AccMessageAvailable().

- AccSupport:
- Added xp_s64 support to CAccVariant.

For more details on the fixes of this release, please refer to the release notes.