Assisted dialing using the PC speakers

I hadn't been able to "1 click" dial a phone number since paradox 7 - 16 bit. Since then, I went cable modem (no more modem anyway) and in the last week developed a quick "dialer" of sorts (if focus is on a record with a valid phone number, a "Dial" pushbutton appears).

It works - but it's pretty ugly. My big problem is that for each tone (pair) to be played, OLE launches the media player - "plays" 1 number, exits, then must launch again to play the second number, etc.

My question then: Does anyone know how to or if its even possible to launch the media player once - then pass the tones to it (wav files) with appropriate waits in between? (-And when done - then close the media player-)

Thanks.

Have you tried writing the WAVs to a playlist, then loading the playlist into the media play. Seems like it could be done, though I haven't researched it. I assume the Windows phone dialer is not an option.

Mac

Mac

[i]"A king will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom."[/i] - Gandalf

In case the Windows Dialer IS an option, this code 'should' work.

Uses Tapi32
 tapiRequestMakeCall(stNumber CPTR, stDummy1 CPTR, stDummy2 CPTR, stDummy3
CPTR) cLong
endUses

if tapiRequestMakeCall("613-728-7180","","Corel","") <> 0 then
  msgStop("ERROR!","Could not dial phone!")
endIf

Mac

Mac

[i]"A king will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom."[/i] - Gandalf

Langley, 1st, thanks for putting me onto the "playlist" path. There are definitely some advantages to it and one (suprising) disadvantage - speed. Launching the wav player via OLE and playing successive 60 mSec tunes is much faster! The playlist files themselves are very easy to work with and I do intend to continue playing with them.

Also, thanks for the syntax on the tapi code. I immediately put a copy in my "Hints" table.

Thanks again.