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   ZChat Desktop Agent Console
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A native Windows application for chat agents. Unzip and run
ZChat.Agent.exe -- no runtime installation is required.

GETTING STARTED
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  1. Unzip this folder anywhere (for example C:\ZChatAgent).
  2. Run ZChat.Agent.exe.
  3. Enter your ZChat server URL (for example https://chat.example.com)
     and sign in with your agent credentials.

REQUIREMENTS
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  - Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763) or later, 64-bit
  - Nothing else. The .NET runtime and the Windows App SDK are
    bundled inside this folder.

FEATURES
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  - Real-time messaging over SignalR
  - System tray notifications for incoming chats
  - Multi-tab chat sessions
  - Agent presence (online / away / busy / offline)
  - Canned responses with quick search
  - Light and dark themes

BUILDING FROM SOURCE
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  zchat_install\build-agent.ps1

  Requires a Visual Studio MSBuild (any edition). The "Desktop
  development with C++" workload is NOT required; what is required
  is the Windows App SDK packaging task that ships with Visual
  Studio, which the .NET CLI SDK does not carry -- so dotnet build
  cannot build this project on its own.
