Dial Modem without TAPI

I am using Paradox7 on Win98 and I am trying to dial a phone number for a voice call without the Dialer application launching and all the unnecessary dialog boxes.

Has anyone figured out how to access the modem via kernel32 and CreateFile / WriteFile?

I have a VB example that works perfectly however I cannot get the ObjectPal version working on my test form in Paradox.

I used to enjoy the smooth dialing of OpenComm and WriteComm from User in the Paradox7-16 days...

Try:

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

Sorry, I missed the part about not wanting to use windows dialer. I don't remember whether that code bypasses the dialogs or not... Give it a try.

Mac

Mac

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

Tony,

The 7 Digit dialing works great but there seems to be a problem with the 10 digit dialing and I actually need an 11 digit dialer as well for long distance. 1ARCNXX1234

Thanks,

Tom

Ahh... the pleasure of smooth single key dialing (I use tilde on my forms to dial the phone number)!

Thanks Tony.

I misread your code and thought it was choosing the library based on length of the phone number. When I looked closely I saw the error of my ways.

Back in the high life again!

Tom

How about posting an example of what you are using.

I am fairly well versed in using Paradox with VB conversions. Perhaps I could help.

One issue - if there are structures (and what little I just read hints at the 2nd or 3rd parameter being a structure (record)) you will have a bit of work ahead of you.

If structures is a part of it, check out Pascal Hutton's site (http://paradoxtips.free.fr/eng/) for a paper on using structures in Paradox.

Alternately, you can download the libraries and .ssl for dialing:


Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.thedbaddons.com/files/jsDialer.zip]Jedstar Dialer Libraries[/URL]


This library simply allows you to dial and hang up the modem. Dial, then pick up the phone and disconnect the Paradox connection to talk, or just disconnect the Paradox connection to hang up the connection.

Place the .dll in the WindowsSystem directory. Inspect the script to see the functions.

I doubt you can send alpha characters.

Or was that just representative?

I believe i've used it for long distance dialing as well.

For *73, etc., try commas to separate them....

*73,,,1800########