HOWTO automatically dial a number stored in a database by just clicking?

[mjvnotch]

Hi! i'm using access 97 and I have a field under customer-info table that contains a telephone number. What API function can I call to automatically dial the telephone number on a given customer?

[Chris]

You need to search for the TAPI or you can open a COMM Port with the MSComm control and just send the following string to the modem and it will dial for you. But make sure you have a modem conncted to the respective Comm port.


MSComm1.Output = "ATDT12345678" & vbCr


Assume 12345678 is the telephone number.