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Using SMS and MMS Toolkit with ColdFusion (MM4 Connection)
The SMS and MMS Toolkit is a software development kit (SDK) to enhance an application or script with SMS, MMS and Pager functionality.
An SMS messages can be sent using a GSM/GPRS modem, an SMPP provider, an HTTP compliant SMS provider or using a standard dialup or fixed-line SMS modem.
An MMS messages can be sent via a GSM/GPRS modem (MM1), an SMTP server (MM4) or an XML/SOAP compliant provider (MM7).
SMS features:
- Send and receive numeric- and alphanumeric text SMS messages
- Verify delivery of outgoing SMS messages
- Support for multimedia SMS messages, including ringtones, pictures and logo's
- Support for WAP Push, WAP Bookmarks, vCards, voicemail/e-mail/fax/MMS indications
- 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, GSM phones, SMS/HTTP providers, SMPP (Short Message Peer to Peer) providers, TAP/XIO and UCP dial-in SMSC providers
- Support Multi-threading environments. The component is thread-safe, which means it can be used in a multi-threaded environment
- Samples included for various development platforms: MS Visual Basic, MS Visual Basic .NET, MS Visual C++, MS Visual Studio C# .NET, ASP, ASP .NET, Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, ColdFusion and more
MMS features:
- Support for many multimedia formats incl.: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, WBMP, TIF, WAV, MP3, MIDI, AC3, GP3, AVI, MPG, MP4, VCARD, VCALENDAR, JAR and more
- Support for MM1 (MMS over WAP), MM4 (MMS over SMTP) and MM7 (MMS over HTML/SOAP)
Pager features:
- Send alpha-numeric Pager messages through SNPP
This document describes how the SMS and MMS Toolkit can be integrated into ColdFusion projects.
Step 1: Download and install the SMS and MMS Toolkit
Download the SMS and MMS Toolkit from the ActiveXperts Download Site and start the installation.
The installation guides you through the installation process.
Step 2: Create the SMS and MMS Toolkit objects in ColdFusion
You must use the following code to declare the COM object(s) in ColdFusion: Use the following ColdFusion code to declare and create the MM4 objects:
<cfobject class="ActiveXperts.MmsProtocolMm4" type="com" name="objMm4Protocol" Action="Create">
Insert the following line to declare and create the MmsMessage object:
<cfobject class="ActiveXperts.MmsMessage" type="com" name="objMessage" Action="Create">
Insert the following line to declare and create the MmsSlide object:
<cfobject class="ActiveXperts.MmsSlide" type="com" name="objSlide" Action="Create">
Insert the following line to declare and create the MmsConstants object:
<cfobject class="ActiveXperts.MmsConstants" type="com" name="objConstants" Action="Create">
Step 3: Create a form
To send an MMS using MM4 you need an MM4 provider and a GSM modem. The properties of these and your message need to be passed on to the SMS and MMS Toolkit.
To collect all information that is required by the SMS and MMS Toolkit, create a ColdFusion form. Make sure the method of the form is "Post"!
The form needs to contain the following fields:
- Hostname
- Account
- Password
- Domain
- Recipient
- Subject
- Message
- Attachment
Step 4: Send the MMS
If the com objects described in step 2 are being created successfully, you can now
send MMS messages using an SMTP connection to an MMSC.
The following ColdFusion code generates a website where the user can fill in a file located on the
webserver, and send it as a MMS message to his mobile phone or email address.
The demo can be launched from a client connecting to the ColdFusion webserver. The client does
not need any additional hardware. The modem has to be connected to the webserver.
The following ColdFusion code shows how to send a MMS:
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_MESSAGE" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_ATTACHMENT" default="C:\Windows\System32\clock.avi">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_RECIPIENT" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_SENDER" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_SUBJECT" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_HOST" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_PORT" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_DOMAIN" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_ACCOUNT" default="">
<cfparam name="FORM.CTL_PASSWORD" default="">
<cfset numLastError = "">
<cfset strLastError = "">
<cfif( isDefined("FORM.CTL_SEND") ) >
<cfset objSlide.Clear() >
<cfset objSlide.AddText( FORM.CTL_MESSAGE ) >
<cfset objSlide.AddAttachment(FORM.CTL_ATTACHMENT , 0) >
<cfset objMessage.Clear() >
<cfset objMessage.AddRecipient( FORM.CTL_RECIPIENT, objConstants.asMMS_RECIPIENT_TO) >
<cfset objMessage.From = FORM.CTL_SENDER >
<cfset objMessage.Subject = FORM.CTL_SUBJECT >
<cfset objMessage.AddSlide(#objSlide#) >
<cfset objMm4Protocol.Clear() >
<cfset objMm4Protocol.ProviderHost = FORM.CTL_HOST >
<cfset objMm4Protocol.ProviderPort = FORM.CTL_PORT >
<cfset objMm4Protocol.ProviderDomain = FORM.CTL_DOMAIN >
<cfset objMm4Protocol.ProviderAccount = FORM.CTL_ACCOUNT >
<cfset objMm4Protocol.ProviderPassword = FORM.CTL_PASSWORD >
<cfset objMm4Protocol.Send( #objMessage# ) >
<cfset numLastError = objMm4Protocol.LastError >
<cfset strLastError = objMm4Protocol.GetErrorDescription( #numLastError# ) >
</cfif>
There are many working samples included with the product.
You can also find them on the ActiveXperts FTP site: ftp.activexperts-labs.com/samples/xmstoolkit.
The ActiveXperts SMS and MMS Toolkit is a SMS development component (SDK). This control can be used by any Windows development platform,
including Visual Basic .NET, Visual CSharp .NET,
ASP .NET (VB,CS),
ASP,
Visual Basic,
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA),
Visual Studio/Visual C++,
Borland Delphi and
C++ Builder,
PHP,
ColdFusion,
HTML,
VBScript and any other ActiveX/COM compliant platform. The SMS and MMS Toolkit is an ActiveXperts Software B.V. Product.
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