Easy easy question.

My_PI_Nick

Ok, basically i have this commandline program (o2SMS for those of you who care), and i want to make it easier to use for myself.

So, instead of having to open up a dos prompt, and typing "o2sms.exe -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD name-of-person-i'm-texting" i thought i'd write a simple C program to do that for me! Username and password would be hardcoded in.

Basically, i thought this program would read in a name (char NAME;) and then run the program with a commandline something like this:
("o2sms.exe -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD %c", NAME)

But i can't do this, and i can't seem to find help on the web. I've tried using exec() and fopen(), but i can't seem to get it to work. Any ideas on where i can read up on the right command? Or how to solve my problem

EDIT: ARGH, used the wrong nick... ah well.

OfflerCrocGod

My_PI_Nick wrote:

EDIT: ARGH, used the wrong nick... ah well.

HAhaha I saw the PI and I thought WTF?, on the wrong board mate!

elivsvonchiaing

Think you want the "shell" method from one of the system API classes - in work I could help you, 'course I would then be fired

My_PI_Nick

the best i've been able to come up with is:

execl("o2sms.exe", "o2sms.exe", "-u USERNAME -p PASSWORD Bob", NULL);

At the moment i'm just trying a hardcoded name (bob ) trying to get it to work. Basically, this launches the exe, but doesn't pass on that parameters, and afaik it should!

(i'm gonna continue posting under this nick, as i want to "protect" my real nick from people i know )

elivsvonchiaing

No Source code in front of me here, just memory (stuff I'd prefer to forget!)...

Own experience: forget ANSI sh!t - talk to Microsoft API - I'm aware this sucks think it's the truth

Tenshot

Why not use a more appropriate language, in this case the Windows batch environment. Create a file called c:\windows\sendsms.cmd containing:

  @echo off
  o2sms.exe -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

and it should do what you want (which is presumably to be able to open the Run box from your Start menu and type SENDSMS [whoever]).

If you really want to do it from a C program, here's a simple example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define USERNAME	"myusername"
#define PASSWORD	"mypassword"

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	char buf[500];

	if (argc < 2)
	{
		printf("Error: missing phone number or name.\n");
		exit(10);
	}

	sprintf(buf, "o2sms -u " USERNAME " -p " PASSWORD " %s", argv[1]);
	return system(buf);
}

My_PI_Nick

In the end i settled for the batch method, and it works grand. It just sounded like a nice easy task to set myself. Read in a name, and then run a program. It all sounded so easy :rolleyes: But, such is life.

The batch file is perfect for this. I just have to do the following to send a free text from o2.ie now...

1) Start>Run: "sms *enter name here*." Then hit enter
2) Type in message in new box
3) Send.

I can send a free text in less than 10 seconds now. Which is dead handy when o2.ie decides to go uber slow. Heh heh heh. Muchos gracios amigos!

fragile

You can just put your username and passsword in the o2smsrc file using the following syntax:

username whatever
password whatever

Syth

fragile is right, just use the .o2sms file to store you settings. You can also give aliases to your friends, so you can type something like 'o2sms Jim' and it'll take care of everything.