Delphi and Microsoft Agent

You can move the agent around the screen by using the Moveto() method. The method takes three parameters:

Moveto(x,y,0)

The agents can also interact with each other. This can be achieved by using the request and wait methods. The code could look something like this:

//create the vars
var
Request1, Request2 : IAgentCtlRequest;
//load the agents
Agent1.characters.load('Merlin','merlin.acs');
Merlin:=Agent1.Characters.Character('Merlin');
Agent1.characters.load('Peedy','peedy.acs');
Peedy := Agent1.Characters.Character('Peedy');
//make them visible
Peedy.Show(False);
merlin.Show(False);
//start the interaction
  Request1 := Peedy.Speak('Hello there','');
  merlin.Wait(Request1);
  Request2 := merlin.Speak('Who''s there?','');
  Peedy.Wait(Request2);
  Request1 := Peedy.Speak('Its me Peedy.','');
  merlin.Wait(Request1);
  Request2 := merlin.Speak('Peedy who?','');
  Peedy.Wait(Request2);
  Request1 := Peedy.Speak('Just Peedy!','');
  merlin.Wait(Request1);
  Peedy.Play('Pleased');
  merlin.Play('Pleased');

To interact with the user, as opposed to another agent, you just need to use input boxes and make the agent read your responses.

Conclusion

Agents will make your applications interactive and fun to use. And with some of the core components that you installed, you can build your own characters to use in your applications.