alphanumeric paging 2

[krushpof]

Greetings,

I am looking for some pointers on how do make page by code using vb6.I have looked over the net and i have yet to find an interesting site.

I was wondering what techno can be used and if you have a good site that would show me the basics.Right now i don't even have the slightest idea of where to start.

Thank you for your help!

 

[BiggerBrother]

Sorry, but i'm not quite sure what you are after. What do you want to achieve? May be i'm missing something?

BB

 

[AndyWatt]

Do you mean sending messages to pagers?

Andy
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[krushpof]

Yes, sorry!

I want to send message to pagers either a phone number or text message using a modem or even better the net itself.Phone pagers of course not windows page file.

Sorry if I express it wronly,english is not my first language.

Thank you for your help

 

[AndyWatt]

I'd be inclined to start by visiting the pager manufacturer's website and seeing if they do an SDK.

I know Nokia do for their phones, but as for pagers...

Andy
"Logic is invincible because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic." -- Pierre Boutroux
"A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do." -- Greer's Third Law

 

[krushpof]

The problem is this needs to work for all kind of pagers.This is to be able to call engineer and technician when certain problems occurs so they are aware of problems before the operator is.

So i would need generic code.I was thinking that i could probably dial through a modem the pager # and then dial the code or somthing like that.I guess all i would need is the modem manufacturer.But since i never used a modem through code i was wondering where to start.Do i connect to it with vb.Is there winapi for this.I ve been looking through web and all i have found so far are books or charging software,so i know it is plausible.

So, since i know all kind of people with all kind experience are on this forum, i was pretty sure someone had to do something like that.I don't want complete code, just pointers on what i should use and where to start.


Thank you for your help.

 

[BiggerBrother]

There are various products on the market for sending text messages to phones and pagers. You might like to start search on software development sites such as

http://www.sofotex.com.

I think i remember seeing such an app on their database.

Good luck

BB

 

[krushpof]

Yes they have the can of app i am looking for to do.But buying such a software is not what i am looking for.I want to build it myself.Thus why i am looking for ways to do that.

I have a very hard time finding sourcexemple on this subject which would be a first withy this internet.

Thank you!

 

[AndyWatt]

You can dial using the Comm Control, but beyond that I've not a clue.

Andy
"Logic is invincible because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic." -- Pierre Boutroux
"A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do." -- Greer's Third Law

 

[vanvb]

Maybe I am missing comething here. Most(all?) phone/pager vendors have a way that you can send email to the phone. To facilitate this, they have an email address based on the phone number that you can send email to. You can do this through code using mapi, or the Outlook object model. There is usually a maximum number of characters, so be careful of that. Talk to the phone vendors to get the right email addresses. As an example, people here usually have one of two email addresses for their mobile devices. phonenumber@email2go.com for pagers, and phonenumber@pcs.rogers.com for cel phones.

 

[johnwm]

vanvb

< As an example, people here usually have >

Where is 'here'?

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[vanvb]

Canada - more specifically our company in Vancouver. Don't know if most cel/pager companies in other parts of the world usually offer the same thing, but it is pretty much standard here. Only trick is that they usually don't advertise that the service exists. You have to ask them for the email addresses.

 

[krushpof]

vanvb

Your suggestion is good and i will look into that way.I will also have to make sure everyone use the same provider and type of.What i wanted was a way to do it by modem so i would just need the persons pager#.But if they all use 1 or 2 provider and that every new employe has the same 1 or 2 provider, i guess it would be easier to do this since i have already built a part in the same app to email supervisor.


1 question,for e-mail i use the winsock object to send e-mail to a groupwise server.Is there a big advantage of using mapi over winsock?

Thank you all for the help really appreciated!

 

[krushpof]

I just had an update,

the pagers are not only alphanumerique there is also numeric only.Hope they still do that email thingy.

 

[johnwm]

Thanks
I've just found the O2 site in the UK - you have to jump through some hoops but it seems to work

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[krushpof]

Thank you AndyWatt,

You did point me in the right direction, and now it works as i want to , at least for numeric only.Tomorow i will test for alpha-numeric.

I will still keep vanvb suggestion in my pocket though

 

[AndyWatt]

Glad I could help, and thanks for the star!

Andy
&quot;Logic is invincible because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic.&quot; -- Pierre Boutroux
&quot;A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do.&quot; -- Greer's Third Law