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SMS program

Hi Folks,
This is my first post, although I've owned my XDAIIs for several weeks and I've ROM'd it to the iMATE 1.4 ROM. So I've had a good play.
I was looking at smsOrganizer (from Jeyo) which is badly supported (and it ain't free) and I wondered why I (we) couldn't write something to do the same thing, for free.
Is there a forum for this kind of activity, or could someone point me in the direction of some exmples of how to pass data between the PC and phone?
Best regards
AndrwB

Andrew, look into RAPI: eg here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarppc2k/html/ppc_teapppi.asp
Development and Hacking is the right place for this kind of query...what do you want the app to do?
V

Hi V,
Basically I want to control the SMS message transfer on my XDA from Outlook, just like smsOrganizer.
Re. your link, I think we've got those? but I generally write embedded C, non of this fancy C++ stuff :-((
AndrewB

Hi V,
I just tried this :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307256
And I can now copy files to and from my device
Not bad for 1 hours playing, specially as I've fixed 2 work related bugs too )
Andrew B

Good stuff.
I'm just learning C++ actually, I never learnt C, coming from self-taught VB on the PC.
RAPI is the way to do most PC<>PDA communications, although right now I'm only just getting into sms stuff. It'd be easy enough (I think) to write an interface to create an SMS on the PC in text, transmit that to the PDA and then SMS it off, but the backend of it would require some implementation.
Keep us posted though!
V

99% of c programs should compile and work just fine on
c++ compilers and you can write c++ programs without using
oop in which case they are pretty much c programs

From what I've read it looks as if you need to write an app to sit on the device and another app on the main PC. The app on the phone just acts as an agent passing data between the sms services and the PC.
Anybody got any ideas?
AndrewB

Yipeeeee
I can now write a DLL that sits on the device and I can write a C++ application on my PC to communicate with it
Now to start reading some text messages from the device to the PC......

Does anybody know agood way to send and recieve SMS ?? I would also like to edit the text and pass it to an Edit Box.
I am not too sure about the available API's that will let me do this.
Please HELP :shock:

Hey , i would like to send and recieve SMS on my xda2. Also pass the recieved message into an Edit Control. Does anybody know a good way to do this ??
I know about the SMS API but i am unaware of others. Pleas Help !! thnkx

SMS Auto sending
Hi everybody,
Is there a way to auto send all sms in draft? Basically, every sms in draft folder needs to be send one by one by ticking send button.

OK,
I can now send a text message from my PC to a DLL on my phone using RAPI, then send a SMS using MAPI.
The trouble is I can't get the subject and body fields to display correctly on my XDAIIs. Also I can't get the Name to appear instead of the number.
I'll try to post the code later on the understanding that it is FREE and we pool our experiences/knowledge.

Here is the code for the DLL and the PC program. Just press one of the keys on the tol bar to send the message. The number and message are hard coded.
There are ABSOLUTELY NO guarentees with this code, use it at you own risk.

can it recieve SMS as well ?? Has any body thought about other API's to use for sending and recieving SMS's maybe ?

Well.... Not yet.
This is my first ever .net VC++ program !!!!
There are lots of code snipets around but no full source code.
This is a work in progress project hence it is in the "Development and Hacking" fourm.
If you'd like to add some functionality to it......

I am asking because there seems to be a problem when trying to recieve SMS with SMS api as the HANDLE is already attributed to the messaging application (inbox/draft/outbox).
I believe you are using RAPI ? However i do not understand this API that well could u specify a bit more ?
Thanks for your help.

Hi nutitija,
I'm only using the RAPI function to pass parameters from my PC to the XDA. The actual sending of messages is done using the MAPI in the XDA.
My biggest problem is getting the subject/body and from fields to display correctly in the different XDA mail views.

Help Read SMS

Hello,
I would like to use SMS in a new application using XDA. I want my application can read sms in inbox.
Do you know how I could see example of source code using SMS API? Or do you have such example to help me?
I got example to send sms but cannot get sample how to read the sms.
FYI, i am writing program using eVB.
Thanks a lot

You should take a look at PocketPC Network Programming by Steve Makofsky or simply try
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pocketpc+sms+api&start=0&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&
and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/sms_apps2.asp?frame=true
SMS API is not easy.

Yup, it's not very easy, you need to learn about POOM...
I advise you to look into VB .net, it's been made a hell of a lot easier.
I still do it the Medieval way though! Win32 C++ all the way :shock:
V

I did include some C code on sending/reading SMS in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10761&highlight=
You are asking about reading messages in the Inbox that is when poom as mentioned by vijay555 comes into play.
I don't know anything about poom, but I have read incoming SMS by making my read thread take control of incoming SMS. This means that the message never goes into the inbox.

vangelderp: interesting code, not seen it before on the board. A very good way to do it. It doesn't need to be installed before pocket outlook etc does it? I don't imagine it does. Good stuff!
V

No it does not need to be installed before PPC Inbox (Outlook), what seems to happen is when a SMS message comes in the Inbox fires up. From that point on my code won't get a handle to SMSRead.
So what you need to do is do a warm reset and then start your user program (including my code sample) before any new incoming SMS messages and then it will get the SMSRead handle first. This then blocks Inbox getting a handle which I am sure it raises a error message on if you then try to go into inbox.

vangelderp: yup, that's what I thought. I never used that technique because of that, I stuck with POOM. But your createevent and thread work is very helpful.
V

SmsReadMessage of SMS.API
Thanks for your all comments.
Do you know how to use SmsReadMessage of SMS.API ?
This function is used to Reads a previously received SMS message. I really hope somebody else out there can help me how to use that function
Regards

You use SmsReadMessage like I do in the code attachment I have mentioned.
This function does not read a SMS message that has already been received by the normal PPC Inbox program. As said for that you need to use POOM.
SmsReadMessage for for your code to get a SMS Read Handle and then wait for the event (The Message) to occur and then use the SmsReadMessage function.
Exactly as I have done in my code snippit.

Some VB.Net Pointers

Hello to the developers,
I've just started to write some today screens for my own enjoyment but am stuck on how to launch lets say the phone application or perhaps the SMS folder, i have some notification graphics which say for example i have some unread SMS's i want to click on the SMS notification and load up SMS folder.
I hope i have made sence.
Look forward to a response.
David

Anyone?
I've tried google but i guess i'm not typing the right stuff in.

Ooce last chance anyone any pointers?

not sure if it's still the case but not long agoe
today items was one of the things you could not program
in .net you had to use pure win32 and or microMFC
not sure about the older and more evil vb flavours
if you do a search in the development and hacking forum
for something like
today item
you are sure to get tons of stuff about it

Thanx for your reply but its not a real today plugin but more of a complete shell i guess, the problem i have is i want to be able to open up default containers when i click on my buttons, i.e.
If i select my missed calls button i want to go to phone log missed calls.
If i select my unread SMS button then it opens up the SMS container
etc..
I cant find any documentation on how to open up the standard containers.

Please if someone knows then help a poor learning developer know the answer!!

fergie_uk said:
Please if someone knows then help a poor learning developer know the answer!!
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there ought to be a "shell" command in. Net CF, to basically launch outside apps. You will find most of the apps like ie, SMS etc in windows folder or in program files folder

Thanx ill check out the Shell Thing

Still strugling here, is there any developers out there wishing to share some knowhow.
Ive tried using the Shell command but i keep getting errors
i want to open up default containers
Phon app, contacts, emails, sms etc...
Any help please please please
Examples if you have some
Kind regards
David

fergie_uk said:
Still strugling here, is there any developers out there wishing to share some knowhow.
Ive tried using the Shell command but i keep getting errors
i want to open up default containers
Phon app, contacts, emails, sms etc...
Any help please please please
Examples if you have some
Kind regards
David
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I think u can P/Invoke ShellExecuteEx().
check out MSDN docs for P/Invoke or google.

ok i'm oficially stuck!!
my code
Phone
Shell("cprog.exe", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus, False)
SMS
Shell("tmail.exe -Text", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus, False)
Please help me, i totally stuck!!

Final plea for help!! any developers know how and have any examples they wish to share!!

[REQ] Develop appointment push solution

Hello
I have spent the day searching but not found what I need
What I am looking for is a way to send data about an up coming appointment to my or any ppc it will be from a data base of an on line booking system and send all the jobs to the employee and display them in the calendar or on the today screen
Any help would be appreciated and I don’t mind paying or donating ………
thanks in advance......

It sounds like you need to get in a proper Windows Mobile developer to help build this application.
Without knowing what the "on line booking system" is - no one can connect to it.

html email or sms ….or so im told
Thank you for the advise it can be created with what ever the best interface would be ...that’s why I thought I would get some advise …but it could be html email or sms ….or so im told

Check out these great articles on SMS based push:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/search/label/Push
http://www.christec.co.nz/blog/archives/508

Help!!

Hi all,
Some ROM's have a built in app called "Send Receive All" - which basically initiates a SEND/RECEIVE for all email accounts, when the app is run.
I was wondering if anyone has the cab file for that application they would like to share.
I know we can schedule an auto send/receive for all accounts - I don't want to do that as I don't have signal where I work, and I don't ant to waste battery life ..... I am also aware that there are apps that can schedule a send/receive. THESE ARE NOT WHAT I WANT.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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Found it ...... Thanks to Krazy_about_technology.
Link for future reference .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3578322&postcount=1

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