Text Chat Window

myKryptofon has the ability to allow you to text chat with members of your Contact list from within the program.  You have the ability to chat with one or more individuals both secure  and unsecured .  When you are in unsecured mode , the text chat message area will appear with a green border. 

When you are in secured mode , the text chat message area and compose area will change to a red border.

You may secure a chat with the same or a different myKryptoKey utilized for securing voice calls.

You also have the ability to talk securely with one party, and securely text chat with another party, using the same or different keys.  Finally, you have the ability to open as many text chat windows as desired, each utilizing a different myKryptoKey.

Once a chat session is active, additional participants may be added to the chat session, in any of the following ways:

• Select a Contacts entry and click the Text Chat button;
• Click the chat button in the Call Center / Conference Center Area , thereby adding the selected parties to a chat session;
• Click the text chat button in a Text Chat window thereby adding the selected participants to another chat session.

A Text Chat window is shown only when a chat is active. 

Each Text Chat window has a unique number to identify that window.  The number is displayed under the window’s title bar.  The image above shows Text Chat 1, which is chat session #1. This identification is used when myKryptofon needs you to select from multiple open chat session windows.

Participants List	Participants List - shows the display name for each participant in this chat session. When a participant is typing, the typing icon  is shown to the left of their display name.   The buttons directly below this list, affect the participants selected in the list. Multiple participants may be selected by holding down the Ctrl key on the keyboard while clicking on each participant.
	Drop Participant - clicking this button will remove the selected participant(s) from this chat session.
	Call - this button will initiate a voice call to the selected participant(s).
	Chat - copy the selected participant(s) to another Text Chat window.   This feature can be used to move a participant from one text chat window to another.  First copy the participant to the other chat window, then click the Drop button in the original chat window to remove the participant from that window.
Message Area	Message Area - all text messages are displayed in this area.  Each message may be preceded with a timestamp, showing the time the message was sent or received. The display name of the sender is shown next, followed by the content of the message.   Error conditions regarding chat messages are also shown in this area.
/	Secured Button - when clicked to the secured state , chat messages are sent secured using the selected myKryptoKey.
Key Selection	Key Selection - a selection list of available keys is displayed.   Only usable keys are shown in the list.  Keys having a custom time frame whose start time has not arrived will not be displayed.
Show Times	Show Times - when checked, messages are displayed preceded with a timestamp. When not checked, the timestamp is omitted.
	Save Chat Messages - the contents of the Message area can be written to a text file on your computer.
Compose Area	Compose Area - type the message you wish to send in this box.  Hit the Enter key on the keyboard to send the message.   Text may also be pasted into this box, using the normal Windows Copy/Paste feature.  You would highlight text in some other window, and hit Contol-C to copy that text to the Windows clipboard.  Then click in this box and hit Control-V to paste the text from the clipboard into this box.
	Send - You may use the <Enter> key on your keyboard, or this button can be clicked to send the contents of the Compose Area.

Instant-on Encryption

When you start a chat with another myKryptofon, you can start the chat with the pad lock closed on your side.  In this mode, myKryptofon will verify that the person you're chating with has the same key.  If they do, myKryptofon on their side will automatically close the pad lock and will select that key.  If they do not, you will get an error message, and your chat message will not be sent.