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SMS_DATA_ENCODING

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This enumeration specifies the data encoding that is primarily used for outgoing text message types in SmsSendMessage calls. Refer to GSM specification 03.40 "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Technical realization of the Short Message Service (SMS)" for details.

Syntax

enum SMS_DATA_ENCODING {
SMSDE_OPTIMAL=0,
SMSDE_GSM,
SMSDE_UCS2,
};

Enumerators

  • SMSDE_OPTIMAL
    Chooses the data encoding that fully represents all of the characters in the least amount of space.
  • SMSDE_GSM
    Use the default GSM 7-bit encoding specified in GSM specification 03.38 "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Alphabets and language-specific information." Characters that cannot be represented by this encoding will not be transmitted correctly.
  • SMSDE_UCS2
    Use the Unicode UCS2 encoding.

Remarks

This character encoding should be supported for CDMA2000 Short Message Service (SMS) . If the Unicode and GSM characters are not supported by the network, the characters will be remapped to ASCII if feasible to maintain compatibility.

Because the 7-bit ASCII character set is not a superset of the 7-bit GSM encoding, you will not be able to remap some characters. In those cases, insert filler characters. For example, if the application inserts the non-7-bit ASCII character (∆) or (ǜ), that character will be replaced by ASCII character 21 (§).

Requirements

Header sms.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and later
Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2002 and later, Smartphone 2002 and later

See Also

Reference

Short Message Service Enumerations
SmsSendMessage