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Integration
Partners
NotePage's Integration Partners are software developers that have
complimentary product lines.
Integration
Options
PageGate
has been designed to integrate as easily as possible with existing
application. Here are some ways to use PageGate's modules to integrate
with other applications:
EMail Interface - More and more modern applications are building
in the ability to send email. If your application supports email,
it can easily be integrated with PageGate by using PageGate's email
interface. The GetMail interface can be used to enable PageGate
to be integrated with applications running on different platforms
(Unix, Mac, etc.). Please refer to the GetMail section of this manual
for more details.
Web Interface
- Webpage developers can use the GetWeb interface to send messages
to PageGate from their webpages (HTML, JavaScript, Java, etc.).
A small CGI program (webgate.exe) is used to accomplish this. The
webgate CGI can be used with either a POST or GET method. The POST
method can be used by creating a form on your webpage and pointing
to the webgate.exe program in the FORM ACTION statement. The GET
method is more popular with scripting languages such as JavaScript
and Java. It allows the webgate CGI to be called with a command
similar to one that could be entered into a browser's URL field.
The GetWeb interface can be used to enable WebGate to be integrated
with applications running on different platforms (Unix, Mac, etc.).
Please
refer to the GetWeb section of this manual for more details.
Direct database
access with developers in mind, WebGate's database is stored in
a Microsoft Access 2000 compatible database format. This database
format is very popular and can be accessed from many programming
languages, MS Access, MS Word, and MS Excel. Developers can easily
insert new messages directly into PageGate's message table. PageGate
will queue the messages and deliver them as if they were accepted
from any of its regular interfaces. Message delivery status and
other information can be read real-time from the PageGate database
too. For more details about using PageGate's database directly,
please contact NotePage's tech support department.
Commandline
/ ASCII Interface - This is the interface most frequently used
for Integration. This interface allows for the scanning of a predetermined
file for text messages or for commandline paging (paging from within
existing applications).
Serial
Interface - This interface allows for the scanning of a serial
port for messages. The GetSerial interface enables PageGate to monitor
a serial connection for data. This interface is often used to accept
text that would normally be sent to a printer, and extract out message
information from that data.
TAP-in
Interface - The TAP-in interface
is used to accept incoming messages via the TAP protocol. The GetTap
interface accepts these messages over a serial connection that is
usually connected to a modem. The TAP protocol is the most widely
used text messaging protocol for serial and dialup connections.
The GetTap interface enables PageGate to accept in text mesages
from many sources, and then re-dispatch the messages back out (possibly
to different recipients or groups).
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