Alpha Paging Definition


The diagram above shows the Alpha Paging client at design time in the lower half of the screen. At run time it looks exactly the same except the user can click on fields in the table to merge that data in with the message body.

Being a data component, the Data Wizard appears when you drop the Alpha paging component on a form. Choose your table to work with, such as the JDesignerPro user table, which already has paging fields in it. Whatever table you use, it must have the users’ alphanumeric paging details in it. These include the service provider number and pager PIN number.

Definition Settings:

  1. Set the Modem Comm Port. This is the modem port on the server where JDesignerPro is installed with JAGGServer. JAGGServer will handle the sending process for the messages.
  2. Default Baud Rate - generally alpha paging services work only below 1200 baud. This is plenty fast for alpha messages which are rarely longer than 500 characters.
  3. Choose the field in the table that represents the Service Provider TAP-compliant phone number. TAP is the standard wireless protocol used for sending paging messages over dial-up.
  4. Choose the field in the table that represents the Pager PIN number of the user.

You can set a default message that will appear automatically in the message area. This can be typed over at run time.