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The submitMulti command
To send a single text message to multiple recipients using an SMPP SUBMIT_MULTI PDU, the
Data parameter of a
SendGatewayMessage function or the return variable of the CFC listener
method normally has the following fields:
You can also set optional fields in the structure, such as a field that requests delivery receipts. For
a complete list of fields, see “submitMulti command” in CFML Reference. For detailed
descriptions of these fields, see the documentation for the SUBMIT_MULTI PDU in the SMPP
3.4 specification, which you can download from the SMS Forum at www.smsforum.net/.
Example: Using the submitMulti command in an onIncomingMessage method
The following example onIncomingMessage method sends a response that echoes an incoming
message to the originator address, and sends a copy of the response to a second address. To test
the example, run two instances of the ColdFusion SMS client application. Use the default phone
number of 5551212 for the first, and set the second one to have a phone number of 555-1235.
(Notice that the second phone number requires a hyphen (-).) Send a message from the first
simulator, and the response will appear in both windows.
<cffunction name="onIncomingMessage" output="no">
<cfargument name="CFEvent" type="struct" required="yes">
<!--- Get the message. --->
<cfset data=CFEvent.DATA>
<cfset message="#data.message#">
<!--- Create the return structure. --->
<cfset retValue = structNew()>
<cfset retValue.command = "submitmulti">
<cfset retValue.sourceAddress = arguments.CFEVENT.gatewayid>
<cfset retValue.destAddresses=arraynew(1)>
<!--- One destination is incoming message originator;
get the address from CFEvent originator ID. --->
<cfset retValue.destAddresses[1] = arguments.CFEvent.originatorid>
<cfset retValue.destAddresses[2] = "555-1235">
<cfset retValue.shortMessage = "echo: " & message>
<cfreturn retValue>
</cffunction>
</cffunction>
Field Contents
command Must be
"submitMulti".
shortMessage
or
messagePayload
The message contents. You must specify one of these fields, but not both. The
SMPP specification imposes a maximum size of 254 bytes on the
shortMessage
field, and some carriers might limit its size further. The
messagePayload field can
contain up to 64K bytes; it must start with 0x0424, followed by 2 bytes
specifying the payload length, followed by the message contents.
destAddress A ColdFusion array of destination addresses (required).
You cannot specify individual TON and NPI values for these addresses; all must
conform to a single setting.
sourceAddress The address of this application; you can omit this field if it is specified in the
configuration file.