MESSAGEmanager supports a number of field proven Application Programming Interfaces to fax, SMS and e-mail services including .NET API, COM API, Web Service and Applications Connector. Message results, i.e. success or failure of a destination, can also be obtained via the APIs or e-mail.
The Applications Connector supports applications where the destination instructions can be included in an XML, ASCII, PCL or Postscript file (although under some circumstances can also be stored in PDF files), but attachments can be in any Windows format.
File Pickup allows address, file reference, priority, notification and attachment details to be submitted in a file to a directory polled by MESSAGEmanager. Fax and e-mail messages can include attachments in Windows, PCL or Postscript format. SMS messages must be in ASCII format or include ASCII attachments.
The Network Print Queue Interface enables a Windows print queue to act as the transport from any mini, mainframe or network client application to MESSAGEmanager File API for fax and e-mail destinations. Commands embedded in the document control the fax or e-mail address, billing code, optional notification delivery details and other options.
The .NET API is a .NET 2.0 interface that allows third party client applications written in any language of the .NET family to send, receive, update and query outbound or inbound fax, SMS and e-mail messages.
The Web Service is a W3C-compliant Web Service interface to MESSAGEmanager services that enables third party client applications to send, receive, update and query outbound or inbound fax, SMS and e-mail messages via a web service.
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