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ActiveXperts.com>SMSComponent>HowtoUsetheActiveXpertsSMSComponent>GSMmodemsend>VisualBasicfor
Applications

AddSMScapabilitiestoanyWindowsor
.NETapplication

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VisualBasicforApplicationssampleSendSMStextthrougha
COM/USBGSMmodem
TheActiveXpertsSMSComponentisasoftwaredevelopmentkit(SDK)toenhanceanapplicationorscriptwithSMSorPagerfunctionality.
SMSmessagescanbesent/receivedusingaGSMmodem,anSMPPprovideroranHTTPcompliantSMSC.

Introduction
InthisexamplewearegoingtocreateaVisualBasicforApplicationsscripttosendSMSmessages.Thisdemoprojectwillasktheuserto
giveaphonenumberandamessagebodyonthecommandprompt.AGSMmodemisrequiredforthisdemo.

Step1:DownloadandinstalltheActiveXpertsSMSComponent
DownloadtheActiveXpertsSMSComponentfromtheActiveXpertsDownloadSiteandstarttheinstallation.Theinstallationguidesyou
throughtheinstallationprocess.

Step2:CreateanewExceldocument
Createtheformdisplayedintheimagebelow.Tocreatethebuttons,textarea'sanddropdownmenu's,click"View","Toolbars","Control
toolbox".

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(Clickonthepicturetoenlarge)

Step3:Fillinthedropdownmenu's
Inthissample,we'recreatingaformthatisabletosendanSMSinMicrosoftExcel.SendinganSMSwithourSMSComponentcanbe
doneinjustafewlinesofcode.ThecoreofthislittlesystemistheGsmobjectwitchisthefirstlineofcodethatmustbetypeddowninyour
code.Afterthat,justaddthephonenumber,themessage,tellthesystemwhatportthedeviceisconnectedtoandeventuallysendthe
message.

Youcanconfigurealotofextraoptions.Fewofthemareusedinthissample.Moreinformationaboutthoseoptionsaretobefoundinthe
productsmanualwhitchisshippedwithourproduct.Inthissampleweareconfiguringalogfile,themessagetype,wearecheckingthe
statusoftheSMS(Whetherithasbeensentornot)andwe'redisplayingthemodemsconnectedtothecomputer.

Inthissampleweworkwithforms.Itispossibletoworkwithjustthefieldstoo.TocreateanexcelfilewhitchisabletosendanSMS,firstof
all,createanewexcelfilewiththeformthatisdisplayedbelowinit.

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Alotofthingsinthisformareoptional.Basicallyyouonlyneedthefieldsmentionedbelow:

Thedevicefield
Thepincodefield
Therecipientfield
Themessage

Makesureyoudon'tforgettocreateasubmitbutton.

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ThefirstandmostimportantthingistocreatetheActiveXpertsobjects.Todothatmeansweneedtotypesomecode.Youcanaddcodeto
anexcelsheet.Click"View","Toolbars"andthen"ControlToolbox".Youwillseea"DesignMode"icon( ),clickit.Doubleclickthesubmit
buttonyoucreatedinyourform.TheMicroSoftVisualBasicEditorwillnowbeopened.Youcantypeallcodehere.

TheActiveXpertsobjectshavetobepublicvariablesbecausetheyareusedindifferentsubs.Usethefollowingcodeforthat.
'Declaretheobjectvariables
PublicobjGsmAsObject
PublicobjSmsMessageAsObject
PublicobjSmsConstantsAsObject

TofillthesevariableswiththeActiveXpertsSoftware,we'recreatingafunctionsoinanysituationwe'resuretheobjectisloadedproperly.
Usethefollowingcode:
DimobjGsm,objMessage,objConstants

SetobjGsm=CreateObject("AxSms.Gsm")
SetobjMessage=CreateObject("AxSms.Message")
SetobjSmsConstants=CreateObject("AxSms.Constants")

InthesamplewecreatedaseperatesubforsendingtheSMS.Ifthesubmitbuttonisclickedfistacheckispreformed.Ifthephonenumber
iscorrecttheSMSwillbesent.Theobjectswe'vecreatedworkwiththeActiveXpertsSMSComponent.Everypropertyofthe
toolkit/componentcanusedwithadot.Everyobjecthasitsownpropertieswhitchcanbefoundintheproductsmanualthatisshippedwith
theproduct.Hereisanexampleofhowtocalltoaproperty.ThisscriptwilprinttheversionoftheActiveXpertsSMSComponent'sversionin
amessagebox.
Subcreateobjects()
DimobjGsmasObject
SetobjGsm=CreateObject("AxSms.Gsm")

msgbox(objGsm.Version)
EndSub

TosendtheSMSweneedtocollecttheinformationenteredtheuseranduseittosendtheSMS.Whenyou'rewritingyourscriptmakesure
thescriptstopsifanycommandhasnotexecutedproperly.Youareabletocheckthisusingthe"LastError"propertyinour
toolkit/component.Hereisanexamplewhatyoucouldmakeyourscriptlooklike.

Step5:SendSMSmessage
ThefollowingcodeshowshowtosendanSMSmessageusingthedatathatwasstoredinthe'objSmsMessage'and'objSmsConstants'
objects.

Appendix:Fullsourcecode
FollowingyoucanfindthefullsourcecodewhichisalsoincludedintheActiveXpertsSMSComponentpackage.

PrivateSubWorkbook_Open()

EndSub
PrivateSubcmdSubmit_Click()

'Getthesubmittedinfo
DimstrServer,strPort,strSystemID,strPassword,strSystemType,strRecipient,strMessage,numTimeout

strServer=Cells(5,2)
strPort=Cells(6,2)
strSystemID=Cells(7,2)
strPassword=Cells(8,2)
strSystemType=Cells(9,2)
strRecipient=Cells(10,2)
strMessage=Cells(11,2)

'Creatingtheobjects
DimobjSmpp,objMessage,objConstants

SetobjSmpp=CreateObject("AxSms.Smpp")
SetobjMessage=CreateObject("AxSms.Message")
SetobjSmsConstants=CreateObject("AxSms.Constants")

'Setsomeproperties
objSmpp.Clear

numTimeout=5000

'Connect
objSmpp.ConnectstrServer,CInt(strPort),numTimeout
numLastError=objSmpp.LastError
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If(objSmpp.LastError=0)Then

objSmpp.BindobjSmsConstants.SMPP_BIND_TRANSCEIVER,strSystemID,strPassword,"",objSmsConstants.SMPP_VERSION_34,0,0,"",numTimeout
numLastError=objSmpp.LastError

If(objSmpp.LastError=0)Then

'Message:setallproperties
objMessage.Clear
objMessage.ToAddress=strRecipient
objMessage.Body=strMessage
objMessage.BodyFormat=objSmsConstants.BODYFORMAT_TEXT

objSmpp.SubmitSms(objMessage)
numLastError=objSmpp.LastError

objSmpp.Unbind
EndIf

objSmpp.Disconnect
EndIf

Cells(17,2)=CStr(numLastError)&":"&objSmpp.GetErrorDescription(numLastError)

SetobjSmpp=Nothing
SetobjMessage=Nothing
SetobjConstants=Nothing

EndSub

YoucandownloadthefullsourcecodeofthisprojectfromtheActiveXpertsFTPsite:ftp.activexpertslabs.com/samples/smscomponent.
TherearemanyotherworkingsamplesincludedwiththeproductorontheFTPsite.

NOTE:DemoProjectsarecreatedwithMicrosoftVisualStudio2008
TheActiveXpertsSMSComponentprojectshipswithasetofMicrosoftVisualStudio.NETsamples.TheprojectsarecreatedwithMicrosoft
VisualStudio2008.

UserswithalaterversionofMicrosoftVisualStudiocanopensuchaproject.TheVisualStudioConversionWizardwillguideyouthrough
theprocessofconvertingtheprojecttotheversionused.

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