How to Send a Message through Named Pipe

This sample demonstrates how to send a message using the named pipe of the Info service.

File SendMessage.vbs used in this sample is located in the folder:

    C:\Program Files\CodeSegment\SMS Studio\Samples\InfoService

This script opens a named pipe instance and sends a messages that will be placed in the SMS Studio Outbox and sent accordingly.

How to run this sample

1. Click the New button on the main toolbar and select the Info service option in the New Service dialog.
2. Click the Setup button on the main toolbar to display the Info Setup dialog.
3. In the Advanced tab enter the name of the pipe:
   Pipe name: SendPipe
4. Click the OK button to close the Info Setup dialog.
5. Open Windows Explorer and locate the SendMessage.vbs file. Double-click on this file to run the script.
6. Check the Outbox window to see that the test message is being sent.

Source code

The contents of the SendMessage.vbs file:

'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' This script demonstrates how to send a text message using Info Service Named Pipe.
' After this script is executed a message will appear in the Outbox window.
' WARNING: Error checking omitted for clarity.
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PipeName = "SendPipe"                                 ' Name of the pipe
                                                      ' This value must be specified in the Info Setup dialog

set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set pipe = fso.CreateTextFile("\\.\pipe\" & PipeName) ' Open the pipe instance

pipe.WriteLine("To: +1122334455")                     ' Recipient
pipe.WriteLine("From: 5555")                          ' Sender

pipe.WriteLine("AccountID: Emulator #1")              ' Account for sending
                                                      ' Account ID should be taken from the Edit Connection dialog
                                                      ' If the account and address (from) are not specified the message
                                                      ' will be sent using the default values from the Info Setup dialog

pipe.WriteLine("Body: Test message.")                 ' Text of the message
pipe.WriteLine("NewLine: This is a new line.")        ' Optionally add a new line of text

pipe.WriteLine("Priority: High")                      ' Optionally set sending priority

pipe.WriteLine("<Send>")                              ' Send the message

pipe.Close                                            ' Close the pipe instance

WScript.Quit(0)                                       ' Exit

'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Copyright (c) 2002-2009 CodeSegment. All rights reserved.                                          http://www.codesegment.com/
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Named Pipe