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Public Class Message
Dim postURL As String = “http://gateway.2sms.us/xml/xml.jsp”

Dim username As String
Dim password As StringSub Message()
End Sub

Sub Message(ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String)
    Me.username = username
    Me.password = password
End Sub

Function sendMessage(ByVal destination As String, ByVal messageText As String)
    Dim xmlDoc As String = formXml(Me.username, Me.password, destination, messageText)
    Return sendXml(xmlDoc)
End Function

Function sendMessage(ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal destination As String, ByVal messageText As String) As String
    Dim xmlDoc As String = formXml(username, password, destination, messageText)
    Return sendXml(xmlDoc)
End Function
Function formXml(ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal destination As String, ByVal messageText As String) As String
    ‘ create xml string
    Dim xmlString As String = “<?xml version=” & Chr(34) & “1.0” & Chr(34) & ” encoding=” & Chr(34) &
“UTF-8″ & Chr(34) & ” ?>” & _
        “<Request xmlns:xsi=” & Chr(34) & “http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” & Chr(34) & ” xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=” & Chr(34) & “http://schema.2sms.us/1.0/0410_RequestSendMessage.xsd” &
Chr(34) & ” Version=” & Chr(34) & “1.0” & Chr(34) & “>” & _
    “<Identification>” & _
        “<UserID>” & username & “</UserID>” & _
        “<Password>” & password & “</Password>” & _
    “</Identification>” & _
    “<Service>” & _
    “<ServiceName>SendMessage</ServiceName>” & _
    “<ServiceDetail>” & _
        “<SingleMessage>” & _
            “<Destination>” + destination + “</Destination>” & _
            “<Text>” + messageText + “</Text>” & _
        “</SingleMessage>” & _
    “</ServiceDetail>” & _
    “</Service>” & _
  “</Request>”

 Return xmlString
End Function

Function sendXml(ByVal xmlDoc As String) As String
    Dim resultText As String
    Dim request As HttpWebRequest
    request = CType(HttpWebRequest.Create(postURL), HttpWebRequest)
    request.Method = “POST”
    Dim writer As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream())
    writer.Write(xmlDoc)
    writer.Flush()
    writer.Close()
    Try
    Dim reader As XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
    Do While (reader.Read())
    If (reader.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element) Then
        If (reader.Name = “Error”) Then
        Dim errorCode As String
        Dim errorReason As String
        Do While (Not (reader.Name = “Error” And reader.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element))
               reader.Read()
               If (reader.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element) Then
                    If (reader.Name = “ErrorCode”) Then
                         reader.Read()
                         errorCode = reader.Value
                    ElseIf (reader.Name = “ErrorReason”) Then
                         reader.Read()
                         errorReason = reader.Value
                    End If
               End If
           Loop
           If (Not errorCode = “00”) Then
               resultText = reader.Value
           End If
           ElseIf (reader.Name = “Result”) Then
                  reader.Read()
                  resultText = reader.Value
           End If
      End If
      Loop
      Catch
       resultText = “An error occurred”
    End Try

Return resultText
End Function

Sub setUsername(ByVal username As String)

    Me.username = username
End Sub

Sub setPassword(ByVal password As String)

    Me.password = password
End Sub
End Class