A HTML chat room application, powered entirely by ASP.NET and a relational database. Unlike many text based conferencing systems, WebChat does not require chat users to download ActiveX's, Windows Forms, or Java applets. Instead, the chat client is a standard W3C compliant web browser (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer). WebChat supports multiple languages. The GUI is localised and extensible; and messages can be entered using any unicode character set including non western alphabets. With WebChat, you can create real-time customer support centers, virtual meeting places, and more.