You can send SMS text messages using the following code snippet.
The code uses a web service that can send an SMS text message to 90% of all mobile phones.
If you go to the URL http://www.salcentral.com/help/msgservice.com then you can download a .zip file that contains code for the whole ASP.NET project.
This .zip file is very interesting. It demonstrates how pay to use web services can be used within anyones ASP.NET project.
The code snippet to access the web service is as follows
'Before using the below code you must link the web service
'http://sal006.salnetwork.com:83/lucin/SMSMessaging/Process.xml
'Information available on www.salcentral.com
Private Sub SendMessage(ByVal p_sPhoneNumber As String, ByVal p_sMessage
As String, ByVal p_sUsername As String, ByVal p_sPasskey As String)
Dim smsService As New SMSService.SMSMessagingprocessService()
Dim sCountryCodes As String
Try
If smsService.ValidPhoneNumber(p_sPhoneNumber) Then
Dim result As Boolean = smsService.SendMessage(p_sPhoneNumber,
p_sMessage, p_sUsername, p_sPasskey)
If result = True Then
MsgBox("The message was sent",
MsgBoxStyle.Information, "SMS Messaging")
Else
MsgBox("The message could not be sent",
MsgBoxStyle.Information, "SMS Messaging")
End If
End If
Catch ex As SoapException
MsgBox("An exception occured. " & ex.Detail.InnerText,
MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "SMS Messaging")
End Try
End Sub
