Network Programming in .NET

One of my first forrays into using the Palm Ares online IDE for the Palm  pre, is to create an app that can send SMS. So, I created a basic interface, to / from / Message, and Send button.

Attaching an event to the send button is easy, just select the button, go to the events tab, then select onTap. I also named all the labels and text fields properly.

The WebOS code then is as follows (much of it is auto-generated, except for the onTap event)

function MainAssistant(argFromPusher) {}

MainAssistant.prototype = {
setup: function() {
Ares.setupSceneAssistant(this);
},
cleanup: function() {
Ares.cleanupSceneAssistant(this);
},
mainTap: function(inSender, event) {

},
button1Tap: function(inSender, event) {

},
btnSendTap: function(inSender, event) {
// Make an Ajax call to FreebieSMS.co.uk
this.$.lblMessage.setLabel(“btnSendTap invoked”);
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
{
this.$.lblMessage.setLabel(xmlhttp.responseText);
}
}

var strUrl = “http://www.freebiesms.co.uk/sendsms.asmx/SendSms?”;
strUrl += “FromName=” + this.$.tfFromName.getValue();
strUrl += “&FromNumber=” + this.$.tfFrom.getValue();
strUrl += “&ToNumber=” + this.$.tfTo.getValue();
strUrl += “&Message=Hello+From+ARES”;
strUrl += “&locale=en-GB”;
this.$.lblMessage.setLabel(“strUrl created”);
xmlhttp.open(“GET”,strUrl,true);
xmlhttp.send();
this.$.lblMessage.setLabel(“AJAX called”);
}
};

The full project, as it stands can be downloaded from

https://sites.google.com/site/freesmsuk/Home/palm-ares-sms

Once it’s more complete, then I’ll post it on my SMS blog