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Adding SMS and Pager capabilities to an application is not strightforward. It requires specialized knowledge that might be outside an individual programmer's expertise. Today, Windows developers rely upon the power, flexibility and reliability of the SMS and Pager Toolkit by ActiveXperts Software. SMS and Pager Toolkit is an ActiveX/COM component, and provides SMS and Pager messaging functionality. With this Toolkit, you can send and receive SMS messages via a: GSM modem GSM phone SMPP compliant SMSC provider Hayes compatible modem You can also send pager messages via a: Hayes compatible modem (only numeric paging) SNPP Provider (alpha-numeric paging) The product is solded with a set of sample projects that work out of the box! You can send and receive a limited number of SMS messages through our SMPP Demo Server. Try it now by downloading and installing the full-functioning, 30 days version.

Features

• Send alphanumeric text SMS messages
• Send numeric Pager messages. Send multimedia SMS messages, including RTTTL/RTX ringtones, pictures and logo's
• Send MMS notification messages. Send flash SMS messages
• Send new voicemail/e-mail/fax indications. Verify delivery of outgoing SMS messages
• Send WAP Push messages and WAP Bookmarks. Receive SMS messages
• Support for Unicode, to support foreign languages like Chinese, Turkisch, etc.Support for multi-part messages, to allow messages longer than 160 characters
• Support for GSM modems and GSM phones to send and receive SMS messagesSupport for SMPP (Short Message Peer to Peer) providers for large message volumes
• Support TAP/XIO and UCP dial-in SMSC providers. Support Windows 'Phone and Modem devices' and direct COM ports
• Send numeric Pager messages through DTMF. Send alpha-numeric Pager messages through SNPP
• Support Multi-threading environments. The component is thread-safe, which means it can be used in a multi-threaded environment. Troubleshooting facilities by tracing all modem commands and responses
• Samples included for various development platforms: Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C++, Visual C# .NET, ASP, ASP .NET, Delphi, C++ Builder and more

Code Snippets and Sample Applications

Hardware Requirements

• Network Cards/SMPP protocol (SMS)
  
  Customers requiring a high throughput should deliver SMS messsages over a network connection to a remote SMPP-compliant SMSC provider. The SMPP ( 'Short Message Peer-to-Peer' ) protocol is a Layer-7 TCP/IP protocol for exchanging SMS messages between SMS peer entities such as short message service centres. It is often used to allow third parties (e.g. content suppliers like news organisations) to submit SMS messages, often in bulk.
  
  You can use the free ActiveXperts SMPP Demo server (smpp.activexperts-labs.com) to send and receive a limited number of SMPP messages (for testing only). For daily use, you need to sign-up with a commercial SMPP-compliant SMSC provider.
  
  
• GSM modems (SMS)
  
  This is a fast and reliable device to send and receive SMS messages.
  You can send plain text SMS messages, unicode messages, ringtones and other advanced SMS messages using a GSM modem.
  
  To send SMS messages using a GSM modem, use the GsmOut object. To receive, use the GsmIn object.
  
  
• GSM phones with AT+C modem command support (SMS)
  
  GSM phones work similar to GSM modems. Connect your GSM phone to a PC or server via the serial port, USB port or Bluetooth.
  People usually prefer to use a dedicated GSM modem rather than a GSM phone, because they are cheaper, faster and more reliable. To send SMS messages using a GSM phone and SMS and Pager Toolkit, use the GsmOut object; to receive, use the GsmIn object.


• Hayes compatible modems (1200 bps or higher) (SMS).
  
  Use SMS and Pager Toolkit connect your normal Hayes modem (1200 bps or higher) to an SMSC service provider and send out SMS messages, one-by-one.
  There are many SMSC dial-in providers around the world. Most of them do not require you signing up. You pay per dial-up call. You can only send plain text messages with a normal modem; to send ringtones, data, unicode and other advanced SMS format, you should use a GSM Modem (or GSM phone with modem functions). You cannot receive SMS messages using a normal Hayes modem.
  
  To use a normal Hayes modem to connect to an SMSC dial-in provider with SMS and Pager Toolkit, use the DialUp object.
  
  
  
• Network Cards/SNPP protocol (Pager)
  
  The SNPP ( 'Simple Network Paging Protocol' ) protocol is a Layer-7 TCP/IP protocol for delivering Pager messages to remote wireless pagers.
  To send Pager messages using an SNPP-compliant provider and SMS and Pager Toolkit, use the Snpp object.
  
  
• Hayes compatible modems (1200 bps or higher) (Pager).
  
  You can use the SMS and Pager Toolkit to connect your normal Hayes modem (1200 bps or higher) to an SMSC service provider to send out numeric Pager messages, one-by-one. Paging is simply achieved by dialing the remote party and optionally providing some extra DTMF tones. You do not need a provider to make use of this simple paging feature. To use a normal Hayes modem to connect to do basic 'DTMF' paging SMS and Pager Toolkit, use the Pager object.
  
  

Software Requirements

• Operating System
  
  SMS and Pager Toolkit runs on the following Operating Systems:
  
  • Windows Vista - Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Ultimate;
  • Windows 2003 - Windows 2003 Standard Edition, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition, Windows 2003 Web Edition;
  • Windows 2000 - Windows 2000 Professonal, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Datacenter;
  • Windows XP - Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition;
  • Windows NT4 - Windows NT4 Workstation and Windows NT4 Server (Service Pack 3 required);
  • Windows ME - Windows Millenium Edition;
  • Windows 98 - Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE (Second Edition).
  
  
• ASP .NET, VB .NET, VC# .NET, ASP, VB, Visual C++ and more
  
  The SMS and Pager Toolkit can be used by using any of these development languages:
  
  • Visual Basic .NET - Windows .NET based applications. Requires Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
  • Visual C# .NET - Windows .NET based applications. Requires Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
  • ASP .NET (VB) - Web site based on Active Server Pages and the .NET Framework. Requires Internet Information Services (IIS).
  • ASP .NET (CSharp) - Web site based on Active Server Pages and the .NET Framework. Requires Internet Information Services (IIS).
  • Visual Basic 5.x/6.x - Requires Microsoft Visual Studio 5.x/6.x.
  • Visual Basic for Applications.
  • ASP 2.x - Web site based on Active Server Pages (server-side scripting). Requires Internet Information Services (IIS).
  • Visual C++ 5.x/6.x - Windows based applications.
  • VBScript - Windows based scripts.
  • HTML - Client scripts within HTML pages.
  • Borland Delphi 7.x or higher.
  • Borland C++ Builder 6.x or higher.
  • PHP.
  
  
• .NET Framework
  
  To use SMS and Pager Toolkit in an ASP .NET, Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#. NET environment, the .NET Framework must be installed on the system. The .NET Framework is part of the Windows Vista and Windows 2003 Operating Systems. On Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, it's available as a separate installation. Please visit the Technology Information for the .NET Framework page to download the .NET Framework.
  
  
• Internet Information Server
  
  Internet Information Server (IIS) Setup installs the Visual Basic Script and Java Script engines.
  
  To run ASP pages on NT4 Servers, IIS 4.x must be installed. IIS 4.x ships with the NT4 Option Pack CD's.
  To run ASP pages on Windows 2000 Servers, IIS 5.x must be installed. IIS is part of the Windows 2000 Operating System.
  
  
• Internet Explorer 4.x or higher
  
  The Internet Explorer 4.x Setup (or higher) installs the Visual Basic Script and Java Script engines.
  You can use the SMS and Pager Toolkit component from within the client HTML code.
  
  
• Windows Scripting Host
  
  SMS and Pager Toolkit can be used in VBS scripts. VBS scripts can be used by passing the script-file as a parameter to the scripting host ( either 'cscript' or 'wscript').
  WSH relies on the Visual Basic Script and Java Script engines provided with Internet Explorer 4.x or later. WSH is also installed as part of Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Internet Information Services 4.0. A separate setup program is provided for Windows 95.
  
  
• Visual Basic
  
  SMS and Pager Toolkit can be used in Visual Basic. In Visual Basic, go to the 'Project/References...' menu item and check the box next to SMS and Pager Toolkit Type Library. Now, you can declare and create SMS and Pager Toolkit objects.
  See also our comprehensive samples. They are installed as part of the product, but can also be found on our website.
  
  
• Visual C++
  
  SMS and Pager Toolkit can be used inside Visual C++ applications. Include the *.h and *.c file provided by ActiveXperts to bind your code to the SMS and Pager Toolkit component.
  Visual C++ samples are installed as part of the product, but can also be found on our website.
  
  

Installation

1. The SMS and Pager Toolkit ActiveX/COM component - the interface to COM compliant applications;
2. The SMS and Pager Toolkit Help Files - documentation;
3. The SMS and Pager Toolkit Example Files - examples.
4. The SMS and Pager Toolkit Utilities - an SMS Sender and an SMS Receiver application

• Copy the ASMSCTRL.DLL (the SMS and Pager Toolkit ActiveX/COM component) to a destination location on the new machine;
• Register the COM component by using the following command: REGSVR32 <dest-location>\ASMSCTRL.DLL

Standard License, Professional License, Distribution License

There are three different licenses for the ActiveXperts SMS and Pager Toolkit: Standard License, Professional License and Distribution License: