SendMessage Method
This method will send a message to the specified user.
Syntax
[VB.NET] Public Function SendMessage(ByVal JabberId As String) As String
[C#] public string SendMessage(string jabberId);
Remarks
JabberId is the intended recipient of the message. It is of the form user@domain/resource. If a resource is not supplied, all logged-in instances of the user's account will receive the message.
The component associates several properties with messages it receives and sends. When it receives a message, the component will parse out the corresponding values and set these properties before firing a MessageIn event. After the event returns control to the component, the properties will be cleared (ie, they will be set to the empty string, "").
Before sending a message, the application should set the appropriate properties to be associated with the message. The component will send only properties with non-empty string values (""), and will clear all properties after a successful send.
The associated properties are the following:
| MessageType | the type of the message to be sent |
| MessageSubject | for "headline" type messages, this is the subject |
| MessageThread | for "chat" type messages, this is the thread on which the current message is a follow-up |
| MessageText | the plain text of the message |
| MessageHTML | the HTML version of the message |
| MessageOtherData | any extra data associated with the message but not required by the protocol. |
If the parameter passed to SendMessage is prefixed with "@" the component will interpret the value as a domain when constructing the message. This allows for sending directly to sub-domains.
Note: the XMPP component will generate and return a unique identifier for each message sent. This identifier can be used to track messages in conjunction with various Jabber Extension Protocols.