How to show Custom Url Protocol as a Link in the Y! Messenger?

Question

I would like to register my custom protocol with Y! Messenger.

Please see the image below. Y! Messenger understands mailto:, ymsgr:, but not my custom protocol myapp:. The custom protocol is registered on both the machine sending the IM, and that receiving.

Answer 1

My guess is that you wish the Windows Rich Edit control to autodetect these links. But then I am afraid that this cannot be done, for according to the official documentation, Rich Edits do only autodetect URL using the predefined protocols.

Answer 2

You can register protocol in Windows. Then you can use it like <a href="proto://data">data</a>. But this will not automatically parse plain text in Yahoo/Emails/IM.