Text Message Library

Send text messages to a mobile communications device using a gateway service.

Reference

Library Information

File Name CSTXTV11.DLL

Version 11.0.2235.1894

LibID E082680A-65EA-4332-B071-DF4611D727AF

Import Library CSTXTV11.LIB

Dependencies None

Overview

Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service used by mobile communication devices to exchange brief text messages. Most service providers also provide gateway servers that can be used to send messages to a wireless device on their network using standard email protocols. The Text Message API provides functions that can be used to determine the provider associated with a specific telephone number and send a text message to the device using the provider's mail gateway.

This library has been designed to assist developers in sending text message notifications as part of their application. For example, it can be used to enable your software to automatically send notifications when a specific event occurs, such as an error condition. This library is not designed to be used with software that will send out a large number of text messages to many users, and there are limitations on the number of messages that may be sent to different phone numbers over a short period of time. Because many recipients must pay a fee for each text message they receive, text messages should only be sent to those who explicitly request them.

Applications should use an alternate method for sending text messages. Most mobile carriers have shut down their email-to-SMS gateways, making this method of sending text messages unreliable or unavailable. It is recommended that you transition to dedicated SMS service providers, which deliver messages over HTTPS-based APIs instead of email.

Requirements

The SocketTools Library Edition libraries are compatible with any programming language which supports calling functions exported from a standard dynamic link library (DLL). If you are using Visual C++ 6.0 it is required that you have Service Pack 6 (SP6) installed. You should install all updates for your development tools and have the current Windows SDK installed. The minimum recommended version of Visual Studio is Visual Studio 2010.

This library is supported on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later versions of the desktop and server platforms. If you are using Windows 7, you must have Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed as a minimum requirement. It is recommended that you install the current service pack and all critical updates available for your version of the operating system.

This product includes both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries. Native 64-bit CPU support requires the 64-bit version of Windows 7 or later versions of the Windows operating system.

Distribution

When you distribute your application that uses this library, it is recommended that you install the file in the same folder as your application executable. If you install the library into a shared location on the system, it is important that you distribute the correct version for the target platform and it should be registered as a shared DLL. This is a standard Windows dynamic link library, not an ActiveX component, and does not require COM registration.