ActiveXperts SMS and PAGER Toolkit 4.1 Release Notes

INTRODUCTION

SMS and Pager Toolkit 4.1 is the newest version of ActiveXperts' SMS development component.
The mission of the product is to provide an easy to use interface to Windows developers for sending and receiving SMS messages.
The product runs on the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 operating systems, and can be used by various development tools, including Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C++, ASP .NET, ASP, PHP, VBScript and Java/JavaScript.
THe product has support for SMPP, GSM modems, SMSC dial-in providers and legacy pagers.

WHAT'S NEW IN SMS and PAGER TOOLKIT 4.1

- Error Codes -

SMS and Pager Toolkit now uses universal ActiveXperts Error Codes. As a result, all error codes values have changed.
You can now go to the ActiveXperts web site to lookup an error code, no matter which ActiveXperts product generated the error.
Use the following URL:
www.activexperts.com/support/errorcodes,
or use the GetErrorDescription function of any of the toolkit objects.

- Constants -

In previous versions of SMS and Pager Toolkit, constants where defined in include files. Each demo project had a constant file which allowed the user to use constants in a project.
In version 4.1, these constants files do not exist anymore. Instead, there's a new object called 'ActiveXperts.SmsConstants'. All constants are now defined as read-only properties of this object.

- GSM Modem commands -

You can now send special commands to a GSM modem, for instance to check signal strength or battery level.

- GSM Modem status reports -

In previous versions of SMS and Pager Toolkit, status messages (also called 'delivery reports') were provided by the GsmIn object. From logical point of view, status reports are related to outgoing SMS messages. As a result, tatus reports are now implemented through GsmIn's QueryMessage property;
You can now select a storage for retrieving status report messages. In previous versions of SMS and Pager Toolkit, this feature was not included.

- WAP -

It is now possible to send WAP Push messages and WAP Bookmarks. These WAP messages are only supported for GSM Modems (and GSM Phones) and SMPP; From technical point of view, a WAP message is a special formatted message. As a result, SMS and Pager Toolkit now includes two new objects (WapPush and WapBookmark). These objects handle WAP formatting and can be used in the GsmOut and SMPP objects to send WAP formatted messages.

- PCMCIA cards -

SMS and Pager Toolkit now support PCMCIA cards. If you have a PCMCIA GSM/GPRS card, you can use ActiveXperts SMS and PAGER Toolkit to send and receive SMS messages.

- SMPP -

Improved performance of SMPP. The performance of the connect/disconnect operation have improved with approx. 20%.

- SNPP -

SNPP ('Simple Network Paging Protocol') is a standard for sending Pager messages. SNPP is a new object in the SMS and Pager Toolkit.

INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE

- Installation -

To learn more about installing the product for the first time, please read our manual. You can download the manual at http://www.activexperts.com/files/xmstoolkit/manual.htm

- Upgrade -

Upgrading from a previous version should be done in the following way:

Uninstall the 'ActiveXperts SMS and PAGER Toolkit' software. Use the 'Add/Remove Programs' applet in the Control Panel to start the Uninstall;

Re-install the 'ActiveXperts SMS and PAGER Toolkit' by using the standard Installshield installation program (ASMSTOOL.EXE).