Send SMS by using custom character sets
If you need access to raw message protocol data units (PDU) to achieve scenarios that are not supported by the text-mode interface, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 enable PDU-mode sending and reading received SMS messages.
You might need to use the PDU-mode SMS interface in the following cases:
To send or read received SMS by using a National Language Single Shift Table or National Language Locking Shift Table as defined in 3GPP TS 23.038.
To send multi-part SMS using different character sets for each segment.
JavaScript code example to send SMS messages by using the PDU-mode interface
function smsDevicePDUSend()
{
if (smsDevice !== null)
{
// Defines a binary message
var smsMessage = new Windows.Devices.Sms.SmsBinaryMessage();
var messsagePdu = “0011000B914152828377F90000AA0CC8F71D14969741F977FD07”;
var messagePduByteArray = hexToByteArray(messsagePdu);
smsMessage.setData(messagePduByteArray);
if (smsDevice.cellularClass === Windows.Devices.Sms.CellularClass.gsm)
{
smsMessage.format = Windows.Devices.Sms.SmsDataFormat.gsmSubmit;
}
else
{
smsMessage.format = Windows.Devices.Sms.SmsDataFormat.cdmaSubmit;
}
var sendSmsMessageOperation = smsDevice.sendMessageAsync(smsMessage);
sendSmsMessageOperation.done(function (reply) {
WinJS.log("Sent message in PDU format", "sample", "status");
}, errorCallback);
}
// Used to convert hex PDU to byte array for sending SMS using PDU //mode
function hexToByteArray(hexString)
{
var result = [];
var hexByte = "";
var decByte = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < hexString.length; i = i + 2) {
hexByte = hexString.substring(i, i + 2);
decByte = parseInt(hexByte, 16);
result.push(decByte);
}
return result;
}
JavaScript code example to read received SMS messages by using the PDU-mode interface
function smsDeviceRead()
{
try
{
if (smsDevice !== null)
{
var messageStore = smsDevice.messageStore;
var messageID = “1” // select a Message Id to read
// Check for a valid ID number
if (isNaN(messageID) || messageID < 1 || messageID > messageStore.maxMessages)
{
WinJS.log("Invalid ID number", "sample", "error");
return;
}
var getSmsMessageOperation = messageStore.getMessageAsync(messageID);
// Display message when get is completed
getSmsMessageOperation.done(smsMessageReadSuccess, errorCallback);
}
}
catch (err) {
// handle error
}
}
function smsMessageReadSuccess(smsMessage)
{
try
{
if (smsMessage instanceof SmsBinaryMessage) {
var format = smsMessage.format;
var pduData = smsMessage.getData(); // byte array
}
catch (err)
{
WinJS.log("SMS did not set up: " + err, "sample", "error");
}
}