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Power Page v1.11 Copyright by Ron Tanner, 1995 / All rights reserved. Compuserve# 75170,776 Internet: 75170.776@compuserve.com What is Power Page? ------------------- Power Page is a Windows DLL that allows you to send Alpha-numeric (full text) messages to pagers. You can integrate the power of paging into your application easily with a single function call from virtually any language including: PowerBuilder Microsoft Access FoxPro Dbase for Windows C / C++ Paradox for Windows Visual Basic Delphi or any language or tool that supports calling DLL functions. A DOS Version with CLIPPER / C examples is available separately. The DLL function is defined as follows: send_alpha_page(port, baud, modem_init_str, modem_dial_str, access_number, pager_id, max_chars_per_blk, msg, debug_file, retmsg) Alternatively, you may use the extended call: (REGISTERED VERSION ONLY) PowerPage(port, baud, modem_init_str, modem_dial_str,access_number, pager_id, max_chars_per_blk, msg, debug_file, retmsg, line1, line2, line3, minimize) By making this simple call, you can send a message to anyone anywhere. NOTE: THE UNREGISTERED VERSION OF THIS SOFTWARE LIMITS THE MESSAGE TO 40 CHARACTERS. THE REGISTERED VERSION ALLOWS FOR AN UNLIMITED MESSAGE SIZE. You could use Power Page to: Send Time-critical information. Notify support technicians of an error or warning. Integrate messaging into your application. Send alerts or reminder notes. (Wake up calls) Send scheduling or meeting notices. Provide customers an easy way to ask technical support questions. Integrate with dispatch applications. Power Page makes paging integration a cinch! What is required? ----------------- Microsoft Windows POWERPG.DLL installed in a directory on your path or the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. A modem and phone line connected to the computer (COM1 - COM4) In addition, you will need to know some information about the paging company and pager of the person you wish to send a message to. This is described later. What does it cost? (and ORDER information) ------------------------------------------- UNREGISTERED USERS: This is not free software. The license allows you to use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 20 days. If you use this software after the 20 day evaluation period a registration fee is required. The cost of a licenses of Power Page is $25 (US) per license. A license is for a single computer per the licensing terms stated below. An unlimited royalty-free distribution license with source code is $300 (US). Quantity discounts, site licenses, or custom modifications are also available by contacting the author: Ron Tanner 4955 E. Preserve Court Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Phone: 303-689-0720 Fax: 303-689-0730 Compuserve# 75170,776 To order, please call the author at the above number. Charge cards are accepted. (Visa / MasterCard) You may also charge it to your compuserve account. Just GO SWREG and enter registration id# 4920. You will receive your registered version of the Power Page DLL via Compuserve e-mail within 48 hours. UNREGISTERED USERS: Please see the file ORDER.TXT for more information on how to order. What is the difference between the registered and unregistered version? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The registered version offers the following enhancements: 1. The 40 character message limitation has been lifted. You can send a message up to 1000 characters long. If the message is bigger than the maximum characters per block limit of your paging company, then Power Page will split the message up into multiple pages. 2. You may send multiple messages per call. For example, if you want to send a message to all the salesmen, this is possible now with one phone call. You do this by passing several pager id's and one or several messages separated by the ^ (shift-6) character. 3. There is another function call in the DLL called PowerPage() that has enhancements that allow you to control the pop up display. You have 4 more parameters. The first three, you may pass text to be displayed in the window (Rather than my annoying copyright). The last parameter lets you run the power page window minimized to an icon. Please see the description of the PowerPage() below documentation for more information. How do I Install Power Page? ---------------------------- To install Power Page, simply copy the POWERPG.DLL file to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. What do I need to know about the Pager? --------------------------------------- The only thing you need to know about the pager is the pager phone number or the Pager ID. For example, I have a Motorola Advisor on Interlink Communications of Colorado. The phone number to my pager is 8260590. (Do not pass a dash in the phone number when you call the function) You will need to know the following about the paging company of the pager. (In my case, the paging company is Interlink Communications): 1. Access Number. You will need to know the paging terminals alphanumeric paging access telephone number. This is the phone number of the modem at the paging company that will receive the message using the TAP protocol. This number is the same for everybody that has a pager from that company. In my case, Interlink's access phone number is 303-799-0055. Many carriers will offer 800 numbers - especially the nationwide guys like SkyPage or Mobilcomm. 2. The baud rate. You need to know the paging company's modem baud rate associated with the access number. Believe it or not, most access modems still receive alphanumeric messages at 300 baud. Many have "upgraded" to 2400 baud. It doesn't really matter that much what rate they have - pager messages tend to be relatively short so the speed of transfer is not really that important. 3. Characters per message block. Most paging carriers limit how many characters can be sent in one message. A lot of carriers limit the message size to 80 characters. Many others have expanded their service to 230 characters per message. The size of message really becomes a factor of the carrier. You will need to find out this information or learn this through trial and error. 4. Password? Does your paging carrier require a password. Most US companies DO NOT. In this case, Power Page sends six zeros as the password. This is the standard way of doing it. If do require a special password, see the note under "access number" below. REGISTERED USERS NOTE: You can send any size of message to Power Page. Power Page will automatically split them up into several messages to fit the characters per message block. Unregistered user's messages are chopped off at 40 characters. What else do I need to know? ---------------------------- You will also need to know what port your modem is connected to. You may need to know what kind of modem is attached and perhaps custom configure it by passing Power Page a modem initialization string. What is the format of the call? ------------------------------- There are two functions available in the DLL. send_alpha_page() PowerPage() /* Registered Version Only */ -------------------------------------------------------------- send_alpha_page() Description -------------------------------------------------------------- The following describes the "send_alpha_page" function call: Note: All strings must be ASCIIZ strings (Null Terminated) int send_alpha_page(port,baud,modem_init_str,modem_dial_str,access_number, pager_id,max_chars_per_blk,msg,debug_file,retmsg) char *port; /* Port that modem is connected */ char *baud; /* Baud rate of the paging company */ char *modem_init_str; /* Any special setup string your modem needs */ char *modem_dial_str; /* Any special dial string your modem needs */ char *access_number; /* The paging company's alpha access phone # */ char *pager_id; /* The pager phone number */ char *max_chars_per_blk; /* The paging company's character limit / msg*/ char *msg /* The message to send to the pager */ char *debug_file; /* If you have problems give this a file name*/ char *retmsg; /* The return message of how it went */ Parameter Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------- port Specifies the port that your modem is connected to. This can be "COM1" through "COM4" baud Specifies the baud rate that the paging company's alpha access port communicates at. This can be any of the following: "300", "1200", "2400", "4800", "9600", "19200". In very rare cases, I have seen the paging terminal require N,8,1 rather than E,7,1. (Parity, data bits, stop bits) If this is the case, preceed the baud rate with an N. (ie "N300") modem_init_str Start off by leaving this string NULL. If the value is NULL, Power Page will send your modem an AT + a return. The modem must then respond with an "OK". If the default doesn't work, you will need to find the modem's manual and figure out a string that will work. Any time you need a <cr> replace it with the tilde character (~) (ie. AT&F~) If you need to pause, the hat character (^) will give you a 1 second pause. (ie. AT&F~^^AT~) The maximum length of the modem initialization string is 80 characters. modem_dial_str Start off by leaving this string NULL. If the value is NULL, Power Page will send your modem an ATDT when it is ready to dial. If only pulse dialtone is available, you will have to pass "ATDP" in this parameter. access_number This is the telephone number for the paging company's modem that receives alphanumeric messages. THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PAGER TELEPHONE NUMBER. You may include dashes and comma's like any other modem phone number. (A comma usually pauses 2 seconds - ie 9,444-4444) (See above for more information) Note: For those paging carriers that require a specific password, this is where you put it. After the access phone number place the ^ hat character (shift 6) and then place the password. For example, if the paging carrier required the password of L23456, then the access_number string would be: access_number$="9,444-4444^L23456" By putting "DIRECT" in this string, Power Page assumes a direct connection. No dialing takes place and DTR is NEVER dropped. pager_id This is usually the pager's phone number or PIN number. DO NOT INCLUDE ANY DASHES in this number. You may send multiple pages with one phone call. You do this by separating the pager_id's and messages by the ^ (hat - shift 6) character. For example, if I wanted to send myself two messages, I would set pager_id="8260590^8260590" and the msg field to msg="This is message 1.^This is message 2". Note: that there had better be the same number of ^ characters in the pager_id field as there is in the message field. max_chars_per_blk This is the number of characters the paging company allows per message block. This number varies widely from company to company. Some are as small as 60 characters and some are as big as 1000 characters. The norms seem to be 80 and 230 characters per block. If the message you pass is bigger than the character per block limitation, Power Page automatically splits your message up into multiple blocks, so the recipient gets the entire message. (Registered version only) However, he/she does get a different page for each block. (See above for more information) msg This is the message that goes to the pager. The un-registered version truncates this message to 40 characters. Please note that you may send multiple messages separated by the ^ (hat - Shift 6) character. Please see pager_id description above for more information. If you want to send the same message to the entire list of pagers, insert the single message and terminate it with ^^. (i.e. Msg$="Test Page^^") debug_file Normally, this parameter is NULL. In the event you are having trouble successfully completing a page, specify a valid file name for this parameter. Power Page will append to the end of the file some information on where the problem is. This file will also help me to determine where the problem is if you want to E-Mail me the file. retmsg This is a string returned by Power Page telling you what happened during the call. See below for a complete description of the possible values in this string. Make sure you pre-allocate 100 bytes for this string BEFORE you make the function call. -------------------------------------------------------------- PowerPage() Description REGISTERED VERSION ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------- The following describes the "PowerPage" function call: int PowerPage(port,baud,modem_init_str,modem_dial_str,access_number, pager_id,max_chars_per_blk,msg,debug_file,retmsg, line1,line2,line3,minimize) Note: All strings must be ASCIIZ strings (Null Terminated) char *port; /* Port that modem is connected */ char *baud; /* Baud rate of the paging company */ char *modem_init_str; /* Any special setup string your modem needs */ char *modem_dial_str; /* Any special dial string your modem needs */ char *access_number; /* The paging company's alpha access phone # */ char *pager_id; /* The pager phone number */ char *max_chars_per_blk; /* The paging company's character limit / msg*/ char *msg /* The message to send to the pager */ char *debug_file; /* If you have problems give this a file name*/ char *retmsg; /* The return message of how it went */ char *line1; /* The text to display on line 1 of the box */ char *line2; /* The text to display on line 2 of the box */ char *line3; /* The text to display on line 3 of the box */ char *minimize; /* Y to minimize window initially */ Parameter Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------- port Specifies the port that your modem is connected to. This can be "COM1" through "COM9" baud Specifies the baud rate that the paging company's alpha access port communicates at. This can be any of the following: "300", "1200", "2400", "4800", "9600", "19200". In very rare cases, I have seen the paging terminal require N,8,1 rather than E,7,1. (Parity, data bits, stop bits) If this is the case, preceed the baud rate with an N. (ie "N300") modem_init_str Start off by leaving this string NULL. If the value is NULL, Power Page will send your modem an AT + a return. The modem must then respond with an "OK". If the default doesn't work, you will need to find the modem's manual and figure out a string that will work. Any time you need a <cr> replace it with the tilde character (~) (ie. AT&F~) If you need to pause, the hat character (^) will give you a 1 second pause. (ie. AT&F~^^AT~) The maximum length of the modem initialization string is 80 characters. modem_dial_str Start off by leaving this string NULL. If the value is NULL, Power Page will send your modem an ATDT when it is ready to dial. If only pulse dialtone is available, you will have to pass "ATDP" in this parameter. access_number This is the telephone number for the paging company's modem that receives alphanumeric messages. THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PAGER TELEPHONE NUMBER. You may include dashes and comma's like any other modem phone number. (A comma usually pauses 2 seconds - ie 9,444-4444) (See above for more information) Note: For those paging carriers that require a specific password, this is where you put it. After the access phone number place the ^ hat character (shift 6) and then place the password. For example, if the paging carrier required the password of L23456, then the access_number string would be: access_number$="9,444-4444^L23456" By putting "DIRECT" in this string, Power Page assumes a direct connection. No dialing takes place and DTR is NEVER dropped. pager_id This is usually the pager's phone number or PIN number. DO NOT INCLUDE ANY DASHES in this number. You may send multiple pages with one phone call. You do this by separating the pager_id's and messages by the ^ (hat - shift 6) character. For example, if I wanted to send myself two messages, I would set pager_id="8260590^8260590" and the msg field to msg="This is message 1.^This is message 2". Note: that there had better be the same number of ^ characters in the pager_id field as there is in the message field. max_chars_per_blk This is the number of characters the paging company allows per message block. This number varies widely from company to company. Some are as small as 60 characters and some are as big as 1000 characters. The norms seem to be 80 and 230 characters per block. If the message you pass is bigger than the character per block limitation, Power Page automatically splits your message up into multiple blocks, so the recipient gets the entire message. (Registered version only) However, he/she does get a different page for each block. (See above for more information) msg This is the message that goes to the pager. The un-registered version truncates this message to 40 characters. Please note that you may send multiple messages separated by the ^ (hat - Shift 6) character. Please see pager_id description above for more information. If you want to send the same message to the entire list of pagers, insert the single message and terminate it with ^^. (i.e. Msg$="Test Page^^") debug_file Normally, this parameter is NULL. In the event you are having trouble successfully completing a page, specify a valid file name for this parameter. Power Page will append to the end of the file some information on where the problem is. This file will also help me to determine where the problem is if you want to E-Mail me the file. retmsg This is a string returned by Power Page telling you what happened during the call. See below for a complete description of the possible values in this string. Make sure you pre-allocate 100 bytes for this string BEFORE you make the function call. line1 This is the first line of the Power Page Window. If this parameter is NULL or empty, "Power Page" will be displayed. It is up to you to add preceeding spaces in order to center the text. line2 This is the second line of the Power Page Window. If this parameter is NULL or empty, my copyright will be displayed. It is up to you to add preceeding spaces in order to center the text. line3 This is the third line of the Power Page Window. If this parameter is NULL or empty, "Registerd Version" will be displayed on this line. It is up to you to add preceeding spaces in order to center the text. minimize If the first character in this string is "Y" then the power page window will not be displayed. The window is minimized to an icon, so you will see the icon while it is active. The icon disappears after the call is complete. -------------------------------------------------------------- Return codes and strings for EITHER function -------------------------------------------------------------- RETURNS: 0 = Successful >0 = Failure or partial failure The possible values for the retmsg parameters are as follows: With Return Code of 0: (Success) Successful. With Return Code of >0: (Failure) Ret Code Retmsg 1 Operator interrupted session. 2 Could not create window. 3 Could not create windows timer. 4 The number of pager id's does not match the number of messages. 5 OpenComm Error - The device identifier is invalid or unsupported. 6 OpenComm Error - The devices baud rate is unsupported. 7 OpenComm Error - Byte size error. 8 OpenComm Error - The default parameters are in error. 9 OpenComm Error - The hardware is not available (is locked by another device). 10 OpenComm Error - The function cannot allocate memory for the COM queues. 11 OpenComm Error - The device is not open. 12 OpenComm Error - The COM port is already open. 13 OpenComm Error - Unknown error. 14 OpenComm Error - Error on BuildCommDCB command. 15 OpenComm Error - Error on SetCommState command. 16 CloseComm Error. 17 Your modem on COMx did not respond to the following init string: <passed init string> 18 Timeout waiting for CONNECTion. 19 Lost Connection during call. 20 Timeout waiting for ID=. 21 Timeout waiting for goahead string. 22 Lost Connection during call. 23 Block was NAK'd five times. 24 XX Invalid Pager ID's - Bad List: XX XX .. XX . Note: This error occurs if at least one of the pager ID's are invalid. A pager could be invalid if it is an incorrect pager ID or the pager has been turned off - such as when a customer stops service. Since Power Page supports sending several messages in a single phone call, Power Page will attempt to send all the messages that you have sent - even if one of pager numbers is no longer valid. This error message will return the number of messages that were bad - along with the list of which messages failed. For example, If I sent the following: pager_id$="8260590^6666666^8260590" msg$="One,One^Two,Two^Three,Three" and assuming 6666666 was not valid in the paging terminal, I would get the following return: 01 Invalid Pager ID's - Bad List: 02 . The 02 refers to which message failed. 25 The PowerPage function is not supported in the unregistered version. 26 You passed a zero length message. 27 You passed a zero block limit. 28 Returning with init error - The PowerPage DLL is busy EXAMPLE calls ------------- The setup and call from your favorite language would be similar to how you would make a call to a Windows API (SDK) function. Some specific examples follow: --------------------------------------------------------------------- send_alpha_page() function examples --------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerBuilder Examples --------------------- Declare a Global External function as follows: FUNCTION int send_alpha_page(ref string port, ref string baud, & ref string modem_init_str, ref string modem_dial_str, & ref string access_number, ref string pager_id, & ref string max_chars_per_blk, ref string msg, & ref string debug_file, ref char retmsg[100]) & LIBRARY "POWERPG.DLL" A sample script to setup and send a page: int rc char retmsg[100] string port,baud,modem_init_str,modem_dial_str string access_number,pager_id,max_chars_per_blk,msg,debug_file port="COM1" baud="300" modem_init_str="" modem_dial_str="" access_number="799-0055" pager_id="8260590" max_chars_per_blk="80" msg="Hello, This is a test page." debug_file="" rc=send_alpha_page(port,baud,modem_init_str,modem_dial_str, & access_number,pager_id,max_chars_per_blk,msg,debug_file,retmsg) MessageBox("Power Page Results",retmsg) VISUAL BASIC or Microsoft Access Example ---------------------------------------- In the declarations area add the following line (put on one line): Declare Function send_alpha_page Lib "POWERPG.DLL" (ByVal port$, ByVal baud$, ByVal modem_init_str$, ByVal modem_dial_str$, ByVal access_number$, ByVal pager_id$, ByVal max_chars_per_blk$, ByVal msg$, ByVal debug_file$, ByVal retmsg$) As Integer A Sample script to setup and send a page: port$ = "COM1" baud$ = "300" modem_init_str$ = "" modem_dial_str$ = "" access_number$ = "7990055" pager_id$ = "8260590" max_chars_per_blk$ = "80" msg$ = "Howdy partner." debug_file$ = "" retmsg$ = String$(100, 0) Rem -- Put the following on one line: ret% = send_alpha_page(port$, baud$, modem_init_str$, modem_dial_str$, access_number$, pager_id$, max_chars_per_blk$, msg$, debug_file$, retmsg$) MsgBox retmsg$ C or C++ Example (Tested using Visual C++ 1.5) ---------------- int sample_function(void) { char retmsg[100]; HINSTANCE lh; int ret; BOOL (FAR pascal *lpfn) (char far *,char far *,char far *,char far *, char far *,char far *,char far *,char far *, char far *, char far *); lh=LoadLibrary("POWERPG.DLL"); if(lh <= HINSTANCE_ERROR) { MessageBox(0,"Could Not Load library","Return Status",MB_OK); return(0); } lpfn=(BOOL (FAR pascal *) (char far *,char far *,char far *,char far *, char far *, char far *,char far *,char far *,char far *, char far *)) (GetProcAddress(lh,"send_alpha_page")); if(lpfn == 0) { MessageBox(0,"Could Not Load address","Return Status",MB_OK); return(0); } ret=(*lpfn)("COM1","300","","","7990055","8260590","80", "Hello, Test Page","",retmsg); FreeLibrary(lh); MessageBox(0,retmsg,"Return Status",MB_OK); return(0); } FoxPro for Windows Example -------------------------- FoxPro does not allow the 10 required parameters to be passed to a DLL. Therefore, an alternative function has been provided in the DLL to combine 9 of the parameters into one separated by the verticle bar (|). The function is called PowerPageCombined(char *parms, char *retmsg) The following example may explain: * For testing purposes, make sure you don't reload FOXTOOLS a million times. SET LIBRARY TO * Now load it back in. SET LIBRARY TO d:\vfp\fOXTOOLS.FLL * Register the PowerPage function via FOXTOOLS RN = RegFn("PowerPageCombined","@C@C","I","POWERPG.DLL") * Initialize the variables retmsg=SPACE(100) parms="COM1|300|AT&F~||7990055|8260590|80|Sample Page|test.txt|" *port|baud|initstring|dialstring|accessnumber|pagerId|maxchars|msg|debugfile result = CallFn(RN,@parms, @retmsg) ?retmsg Borland Delphi Example ---------------------- unit Pp; interface uses SysUtils, WinTypes, WinProcs, Messages, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, StdCtrls; type TForm1 = class(TForm) Button1: TButton; procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject); private { Private declarations } public { Public declarations } end; var Form1: TForm1; implementation {$R *.DFM} function Send_Alpha_Page(Port: Pchar; Baud: pchar; ModemInitStr: pchar; ModemDialStr: pchar; AccessNumber: pchar; PagerID: pchar; MaxCharsPerBlk: pchar; Msg: pchar; DebugFile: pchar; RetMsg: pchar): Smallint; far; external 'POWERPG.DLL'; procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var ret: smallint; s: string; Port: pchar; Baud: pchar; ModemInitStr: pchar; ModemDialStr: pchar; AccessNumber: pchar; PagerID: pchar; MaxCharsPerBlk: pchar; Msg: pchar; DebugFile: pchar; RetMsg: pchar; begin Port := 'COM2'; Baud := '300'; ModemInitStr := ''; ModemDialStr := ''; AccessNumber := '4857948^000000'; PagerID := '9880006^9880006^9880006'; MaxCharsPerBlk := '80'; Msg := 'message1^message2^message3'; DebugFile := ''; RetMsg := StrAlloc(100); ret:= Send_Alpha_Page(Port,Baud,ModemInitStr,ModemDialStr,AccessNumber, PagerID,MaxCharsPerBlk,Msg,DebugFile,RetMsg); s := StrPas(RetMsg); MessageDlg(s, mtInformation,[mbOk], 0); StrDispose(RetMsg); end; end. Paradox for Windows Example --------------------------- Declare the following in the Uses() method of the form object and place the following code in it: Uses POWERPG send_alpha_page(CPTR port, CPTR baud, CPTR modem_init_str, CPTR modem_dial_str, CPTR access_number, CPTR pager_id, CPTR max_chars_per_blk, CPTR msg CPTR debug_file, CPTR retmsg) CWORD EndUses var port String baud String modem_init_str String modem_dial_str String access_number String pager_id String max_chars_per_blk String msg String debug_file String retmsg String retVal SmallInt endvar port = "COM1" baud = "300" modem_init_str = "" modem_dial_str = "" access_number = "7990055" pager_id = "8260590" max_chars_per_blk = "80" msg = "Howdy partner." debug_file = "" retmsg = Space(100) retval=send_alpha_page(port, baud, modem_init_str, modem_dial_str, access_number,pager_id, max_chars_per_blk, msg, debug_file, retmsg) MsgInfo("Results",retmsg) Objectview Example ------------------ DECLARE FUNCTION send_alpha_page%(@port$,@baud$,@modem_init_str$, @modem_dial_str$,@access_number$,@pager_id$, @max_chars_per_blk$,@msg$,@debug_file$, @retmsg$) LIB "POWERPG.DLL send_alpha_page" port$ = "COM1" baud$ = "300" modem_init_str$ = "" modem_dial_str$ = "" access_number$ = "7990055" pager_id$ = "8260590" max_chars_per_blk$ = "80" msg$ = "Howdy partner." debug_file$ = "" FOR I% = 1 to 100 retmsg$=retmsg$ + " " NEXT I ret% = send_alpha_page(port$, baud$, modem_init_str$, modem_dial_str$, access_number$, pager_id$, max_chars_per_blk$, msg$, debug_file$, retmsg$) MESSAGEBOX(retmsg$,"Result",MB_OK) Dbase for Windows Example ------------------------- EXTERN CINT send_alpha_page(CPTR *,CPTR *,CPTR *,CPTR *,CPTR *, CPTR *,CPTR *,CPTR *,CPTR *,CPTR *) * Initialize variables port="COM1" baud="300" modem_init_str="" modem_dial_str="" access_number="7990055" pager_id="8260590" max_chars_per_blk="80" msg="Howdy partner." debug_file="" retmsg=SPACE(100) retval=send_alpha_page(port, baud, modem_init_str, modem_dial_str, access_number,pager_id, max_chars_per_blk, msg, debug_file, retmsg) ?retmsg --------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerPage() function examples --------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerBuilder Examples --------------------- Declare a Global External function as follows: FUNCTION int PowerPage(ref string port, ref string baud, & ref string modem_init_str, ref string modem_dial_str, & ref string access_number, ref string pager_id, & ref string max_chars_per_blk, ref string msg, & ref string debug_file, ref char retmsg[100], & ref string line1, ref string line2, ref string line3, & ref string minimize) & LIBRARY "POWERPG.DLL" A sample script to setup and send a page: int rc char retmsg[100] string port,baud,modem_init_str,modem_dial_str string access_number,pager_id,max_chars_per_blk,msg,debug_file string line1,line2,line3,minimize port="COM1" baud="300" modem_init_str="" modem_dial_str="" access_number="799-0055" pager_id="8260590^8265555" max_chars_per_blk="80" msg="Hello, This is a test page.^This is a second message" debug_file="" line1="" line2=" SuperQuick Software" line3=" " minimize="Y" rc=PowerPage(port,baud,modem_init_str,modem_dial_str, & access_number,pager_id,max_chars_per_blk,msg,debug_file,retmsg, & line1,line2,line3,minimize) MessageBox("Power Page Results",retmsg) VISUAL BASIC or Microsoft Access Example ---------------------------------------- In the declarations area add the following line (put on one line): Declare Function PowerPage Lib "POWERPG.DLL" (ByVal port$, ByVal baud$, ByVal modem_init_str$, ByVal modem_dial_str$, ByVal access_number$, ByVal pager_id$, ByVal max_chars_per_blk$, ByVal msg$, ByVal debug_file$, ByVal retmsg$, ByVal line1$, ByVal line2$, ByVal line3$, ByVal minimize$ ) As Integer A Sample script to setup and send a page: port$ = "COM1" baud$ = "300" modem_init_str$ = "" modem_dial_str$ = "" access_number$ = "7990055" pager_id$ = "8260590^8261234" max_chars_per_blk$ = "80" msg$ = "Howdy partner.^This is a second message" debug_file$ = "" retmsg$ = String$(100, 0) line1$="" line2$=" SuperQuick Software" line3$=" " minimize$="Y" Rem -- Put the following on one line: ret% = PowerPage(port$, baud$, modem_init_str$, modem_dial_str$, access_number$, pager_id$, max_chars_per_blk$, msg$, debug_file$, retmsg$, line1$,line2$,line3$,minimize$) MsgBox retmsg$ FoxPro for Windows Examples --------------------------- FoxPro does not allow the 14 required parameters to be passed to a DLL. Therefore, an alternative function has been provided in the DLL to combine 13 of the parameters into one separated by the verticle bar (|). The function is called PowerPageCombined(char *parms, char *retmsg) Note: The PowerPageCombined() function supports both the shorter send_alpha_page() parameters and the long PowerPage() parameters. The following example may explain: * For testing purposes, make sure you don't reload FOXTOOLS a million times. SET LIBRARY TO * Now load it back in. SET LIBRARY TO d:\vfp\fOXTOOLS.FLL * Register the PowerPage function via FOXTOOLS RN = RegFn("PowerPageCombined","@C@C","I","POWERPG.DLL") * Initialize the variables retmsg=SPACE(100) parms="COM1|300|AT&F~||7990055|8260590|80|Sample Page|test.txt| My Program|SuperRad Inc.| |Y|" *port|baud|initstring|dialstring|accessnumber|pagerId|maxchars|msg|debugfile| *line1|line2|line3|minimize result = CallFn(RN,@parms, @retmsg) ?retmsg LEGAL MATTERS ------------- Of course the usual disclaimers still apply. 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This was corrected. 1.08 - 20 Apr 1995 When sending multiple messages in a single call, and one of the messages contained a bad pager ID (customer cancelled his service), the remaining messages would not be sent. I changed the way this worked. All the messages are attempted and a list is returned on which ones failed - if any. (See return codes above for more information) 1.09 - 8 May 1995 Sometimes you want to send the same message to a group. Before this version you had to send the list of pagers in page_id (i.e. 8254444^8254445^9234444) and you also had to repeat the message the same number of times (i.e. Test Page^Test Page^Test page). The msg$ string now supports the use of ^^ which indicates to Power page to send the same string to every pager in the list. (i.e. Test Page^^) Power Page replaces the ^ with Nulls as it works with it. In prior versions this would modify the actual string passed by the application so when the function returned, the string wasn't the same as before. This caused some confusion - especially for someone who wanted to re-submit the same string again. Power Page now allocates its own work space for the msg$ and pager_id$ strings. 1.10 - 10 May 1995 Added the DIRECT connect capability. This is done by putting the string "DIRECT" into the access_number$ variable. Added Version to the resource file. This can be read by using the file manager and ALT-ENTER which shows DLL properties. This is also used by the Setup command to verify program/dll version collisions. Added Error message 28 - DLL is busy. This was done as the DLL is not protected fro re-entrancy and would blow up if the DLL function was called again prior to completing the call. Code was added within the DLL to set and clear the status. The CloseComm error checking was removed. If more than one com port was opened from another application, the CloseComm() Windows SDK would return an error. Therefore, error checking was removed. Also, fixed the access_number$ password option so that if you put a ^ at the end of the string and then no password, it will eliminate the sending of the 000000 after the PG1. 1.11 - 23 May 1995 Changed the run minimized function to run more in the background rather than getting the focus. Changed the setmodem function to be multitasking and not hold the machine while waiting for pauses. Merged DOS build into one source module to make it easier to maintain.