ActiveXperts SMS and MMS Toolkit Add SMS and MMS capabilities to any Windows or .NET application

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Using SMS and MMS Toolkit with ASP.NET C# (MM7 Connection)

The SMS and MMS Toolkit is a software development kit (SDK) to enhance an application or script with SMS, MMS and Pager functionality. 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. 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 Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, 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, Windows Powershell 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 ASP.NET projects.

Prerequisites

You must install and configre Internet Information Services (IIS) before using the SMS and MMS Toolkit with ASP .NET

If you don't have IIS installed, use the following steps:

  • From the Control Panel, click 'Add/Remove Programs'. Select the 'Add/Remove Windows Components' icon from the left pane, then select 'Application Server' and click on 'Details'. You can now select both 'ASP .NET' and 'Internet Information Services (IIS)'. Click 'OK' to continue installation;

  • Make sure that ASP .NET is allowed on the web server:

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Step 1: Download and install the SMS and MMS Toolkit

Download the 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 a new ASP .NET C# Project

Launch Microsoft Visual Studio (for instance 'Microsoft Visual Studio 2005') from the Start menu. Choose 'New' from the 'File' menu and click on 'Web Site'. In the 'Web Site' dialog, select ASP .NET Web Site. Select a name for the application (for instance: 'DemoApp') and a name for the solution (for instance: 'DemoSolution'). Also, select the directory where you want to store the project (for instance: 'C:\MyProjects):

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Step 3: Refer to the SMS and MMS Toolkit Library

Now that a new project has been created, you must add a reference to the SMS and MMS Toolkit in the project to be able to use the SMS and MMS Toolkit objects. To do so, choose 'Add Reference...' from the 'Project' menu. In the 'Add Reference' dialog that pops up, select the 'COM' tab and select the 'ActiveXperts SMS and MMS Toolkit Type Library' as shown in the following picture:

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Click 'OK' to close the 'Add Reference' dialog.

On top of your code, type the following line to use the SMS and MMS Toolkit namespace:

using AXmsCtrl;

Step 4: Declare and create the MMS objects

In your Main function, declare and create the following objects:

public MmsProtocolMm7 objMmsProtocolMm7;
public MmsMessage     objMmsMessage;
public MmsSlide       objMmsSlide;
public MmsConstants   objMmsConstants;

objMmsProtocolMm7     = new MmsProtocolMm7 ();
objMmsMessage         = new MmsMessage     ();
objMmsSlide           = new MmsSlide       ();
objMmsConstants       = new MmsConstants   ();

Step 5: Send MMS messages

You can now send MMS messages.

The following code shows how to send a MMS message:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using AXmsCtrl;

namespace smspagercsharp
{
   /// <summary>
   /// Summary description for MmsMm7Form.
   /// </summary>
   public class MmsMm7Form : System.Web.UI.Page
   {
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlURL;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox ctlUseSSL;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label4;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label5;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlResult;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label7;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button ctlSendMessage;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlAttachment;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label14;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlMSG;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label6;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlSubject;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label13;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlSender;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label12;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlRecipient;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label9;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlAccount;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox ctlPassword;
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label1;
     
      private MmsProtocolMm7 objMm7Protocol = null;
      private MmsMessage     objMmsMessage  = null;
      private MmsConstants   objConstants   = null; 

      private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
      {
         objMm7Protocol = new MmsProtocolMm7(); 
         objMmsMessage  = new MmsMessage(); 
         objConstants   = new MmsConstants(); 

         if (! IsPostBack)
         {
            ctlUseSSL.Checked = false;
            ctlAttachment.Text = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\clock.avi";
         }     
      }

      private void UpdateResult(System.Int32 numResult)
      {
         ctlResult.Text = numResult.ToString() + ": " + objMm7Protocol.GetErrorDescription(numResult);
      }


      #region Web Form Designer generated code
      override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
      {
         //
         // CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
         //
         InitializeComponent();
         base.OnInit(e);
      }
      
      /// <summary>
      /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
      /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
      /// <summary>
      private void InitializeComponent()
      {    
         this.ctlSendMessage.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.ctlSendMessage_Click);
         this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

      }
      #endregion

      private void ctlSendMessage_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
      {
         MmsSlide objSlide = new MmsSlide();
         MmsMessage objMessage = new MmsMessage();
         object obj = null;

         objSlide.Clear();
         objSlide.AddText(ctlMSG.Text);
         objSlide.AddAttachment(ctlAttachment.Text, ref obj);

         //Create MMS Message and add slide including text and image
         objMessage.Clear();
         objMessage.AddRecipient( ctlRecipient.Text, objConstants.asMMS_RECIPIENT_TO );
         objMessage.From = ctlSender.Text;
         objMessage.Subject = ctlSubject.Text;
         obj = objSlide;
         objMessage.AddSlide ( ref obj );

         objMm7Protocol.Clear();
         objMm7Protocol.ProviderURL = ctlURL.Text;
         objMm7Protocol.ProviderAccount = ctlAccount.Text;
         objMm7Protocol.ProviderPassword = ctlPassword.Text;

         objMm7Protocol.ProviderUseSSL = ctlUseSSL.Checked ? -1 : 0;
         // objMm7Protocol.LogFile = "c:\\mmsmm7.log";

         // Send
         obj = objMessage;
         objMm7Protocol.Send (ref obj );
         UpdateResult( objMm7Protocol.LastError );
      }
   }
}

There are many working samples included with the product. You can also find them on the ActiveXperts FTP site: ftp.activexperts-labs.com/samples/mobile-messaging-component.

NOTE: Demo Projects are created with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

The MMS Toolkit project ships with a set of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET samples, including samples for ASP.NET. The projects are created with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Users with a later version of Microsoft Visual Studio can open such a project. The Visual Studio Conversion Wizard will guide you through the process of converting the project to the version used.