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ActiveXperts SMS Component

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Add SMS capabilities to any Windows or .NET application

ActiveXperts SMS Component provides developers with a fast, reliable and easy to use interface (API) for sending and receiving SMS and Pager messages.

  • Easy to use API
  • SMS messaging via GSM modem, SMPP, HTTP and Dialup
  • Build your own SMSC with the SMPP server API
  • Pager messaging via SNPP
  • 32-bit ActiveX and 64-bit ActiveX included
  • Many samples available in C#, VB, ASP.NET and more
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Features

SMS key features

  • Send and Receive SMS messages through GSM modem, SMPP, HTTP and/or Dialup
  • Accept SMPP connections with SMPP Server API
  • Verify delivery of SMS messages through delivery reports
  • Build in templates for sending WAP Push and vCard messages
  • Support for Unicode.
  • Supports automatically splitting up / re-assembling multipart messages
  • GSM Supports Windows 'Phone and Modem devices' (TAPI) and direct COM ports
  • Support Multi-threading environments.
  • Troubleshooting facilities by tracing all modem / network commands and responses
  • Lots of samples for various platforms: MS Visual Basic .NET, MS Visual C++, MS Visual C# .NET, ASP .NET and more

SMPP Server features

Write a reliable, high-performance SMSC gateway yourself with a few lines of code using this component. Accept incoming SMPP connections and pass the SMS messages on a separate connection and vice-versa. Integrate custom billing, routing, blocking and other advanced features.

Support for advanced messaging capabilities incl. Unicode, multi-part, delivery reports, TLV's, etc.

Samples

ActiveXperts SMS Component includes samples for many development tools, including:

Visual Basic .NET - Visual C# .NET - ASP .NET VB - ASP .NET CSharp - Visual C++ - Visual Basic 6 - ASP 2.x - PHP - HTML - VBScript - VBA - PowerShell - Delphi - ColdFusion -


Code Snippet

This code snippet illustrates how to use ActiveXperts Network Component. It sends out an SMS messaging using a GSM modem with SIM card inserted. For full samples, go to ftp.activexperts-labs.com. 

Set objGsm              = CreateObject("AxSms.Gsm")     ' Create ActiveXperts GSM Modem object
Set objSmsMessage       = CreateObject("AxSms.Message") ' Create ActiveXperts Message object

strDevice               = "COM1"
objGsm.Open strDevice   ' Connect to GSM modem on COM1:
WScript.Echo "Open, result: " & objGsm.LastError
If (objGsm.LastError <> 0) Then
  WScript.Echo "Ready."  
  WScript.Quit  
End If

objSmsMessage.Clear     ' Set all message properties
objSmsMessage.ToAddress = "+31612345678"
objSmsMessage.Body      = "Hello, world!"

WScript.Echo "Sending the message..."
objGsm.SendSms( objSmsMessage )  ' Send the message  
WScript.Echo "SendSms, result: " & objGsm.LastError

objGsm.Close

Supported Operating Systems

ActiveXperts SMS Component is offered as a 32-bit (AxSms32.dll) and 64-bit (AxSms64.dll) ActiveX component, and runs on the following Operating Systems:

  • Server platforms: Windows 2016, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008, Windows 2003
  • Desktop platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Distribution

The core of ActiveXperts SMS Component is a ActiveX/COM DLL component is available as a 64-bit DLL and a 32-bit DLL.

  • AxSms64.dll - the ActiveX/COM component for 64-bit platforms
  • AxSms32.dll - the ActiveX/COM component for 32-bit platforms

Distribution is easy: copy the DLL(s) to the target platform and register the self-registering DLL using the REGSVR32.EXE Windows command. Click here for more information.


Objects

ActiveXperts SMS Component provides the following objects:

  • Gsm - Send and receive SMS messages using a GSM modem or a modem-capable GSM phone
  • Smpp - Send and receive SMS messages via an SMPP SMSC through the internet/VPN
  • SmppServer - Accept incoming connections from SMPP client software
  • Http - Send SMS messages through an HTTP based SMSC provider interface over the internet
  • Dialup - Send SMS messages using a Hayes compatible modem through TAP/XIO or UCP
  • Snpp - Send Pager messages through an SNPP provider through the internet/VPN

Licensing

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

Click here for detailed information about the License Schemes.


More information

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