eXeSMS install to Ubuntu 12.04

I recently installed eXeSMS (other sys) onto a user login of Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop. The eXeSMS zip file was unpacked in the Downloads folder of the Admin directory (Home/"Admin name"). From the user login I then used Gnome Panel to create a link to the eXeSMS.jar file in the Admin Downloads folder. This provided a Launch Panel icon that works(one click)and a Desktop icon that works (double click). Well, except for one little glitch. First activation of either icon produces an error panel to display with a reference to "unable to access database file". Subsequent activation eXeSMS works. [COLOR=#ff8000]Q1: Can anyone explain why this happens and is there a fix?[/COLOR]

Also reading that some time ago a complaint to the ISP (Exetel) was made about double billing occurring for some messages that were not exceeding the 160 char limit. I think I have experienced this (14c instead of 7c) but I cannot check the length of the sent message. [COLOR=#ff8000]Q2: Is double charging an outstanding problem?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff8000]Q3: Are sent messages stored somewhere for retrieval?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff8000][COLOR=Black]Thanks[/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Double billing SOLVED, Subsequent to my earlier post I found the location of my stored SMS messages and did a char count on the particular message and it exceeded 160 chars. My apology to Exetel, my ISP, :oops:

Further to my post, eXeSMS is a free 3rd Party Java application supplied by my ISP. Where should an application such as this be located. Could I create a "My Apps" directory in /usr/bin to locate such apps and scripts.

Very nice, what does exesms do?

The script enables SMS to be sent from a PC. It is provided by EXETEL (ISP) for their clients. Single or group SMS can be sent from a pop up panel on your Desktop. It works but I dont think I have installed it properly, I think it should have been installed in usr/local/bin. I have been unable to drag the app and associated files from its installed location, "Admin"/Downloads. I intend to download the zip file again but this time I will configure Firefox to target usr/local/bin Dir. then extract it and change the command path in the Users Desktop icon to the usr/local/bin Dir. which is one of the environment paths.