Is it possible to send a SMS to various phone numbers in VO

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:50 am

My client has asked me to add SMS capabilities to my app, where it sends a short message to each driver's phone. Is this possible, and if so, how please.

wriedmann · Post by **wriedmann** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:26 am

Hi Jeff,

I'm using this service here:
www.smsapi.com
But there are a few... Another possibility is to use an old phone (or cellular modem) connected to COM1 and use the AT commands to send them through the phone.
Wolfgang

George · Post by **George** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:31 am

Hi,

8 years ago, I created a Vulcan.NET App to Send/Receive SMS using 'Multitech GPRS Modem' and AT commands.
So, this is one of the possible solutions.

regards
George

wriedmann · Post by **wriedmann** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:37 am

Hello,
there seems to be a market for such modems:
http://www.smsco.it/tomcat/en/buy/show.do#modem
Wolfgang

BiggyRat · Post by **BiggyRat** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:03 am

Multitech modems were brilliant. My mate is the Australian Distributor for them if anyone needs one.

BiggyRat · Post by **BiggyRat** » Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:14 am

Thanks very much all, I'll investigate SMSAPI further

Jeff Rollo · Post by **Jeff Rollo** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:07 am

OK. I've been researching, and trying various options for weeks now, but I can't seem to connect or parse values to smsapi. Does anyone have any pointers please?

I have a database containing all the sms contact numbers. That database appears in a listbox on my JobDetails screen when a button is pressed. The user can then pick as many numbers as they like. So far, so good. The correct values are being returned by the listbox to the program, but my question is, how do I pass those values to smsapi, and send the sms to the selected numbers?

As usual, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks you,

robert · Post by **robert** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:11 am

Jeff,

Which API are you using?
Do you have an example of what you have tried ?

Robert

Jeff Rollo · Post by **Jeff Rollo** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:28 am

That's the thing Robert. I don't really know where to start. I've looked at the VO manuals, Google, old and new NG nothing. This is my first foray into this side of things.

wriedmann · Post by **wriedmann** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 5:21 am

Hi Jeff,
SMSAPI is a web service, so look for their documentation:
https://www.smsapi.com/docs/#1-introduction
They have curl samples, so the easiest thing would be to call curl from your VO application.
The next possibility could be to use the winHttp classes I posted or some cHttp extensions to call the webservice from your application.
I have done something I would not do anymore (but now it is done): I have created an X# COM library that uses their C# library and I'm using that one from my VO application.
Wolfgang

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