Internal modem communitation

[Jhd.Honza]

I need to retrieve a modem events, such as AA,CD,TxD,RxD,DTR,DSR... etc. How can I do it?


When I use OPEN "COM3:" FOR... and try to read something, the VB will freeze. I think there is a better method to communicate with modem, isn't?



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Thanks,
John, 14 years old

[Glenn]

You might want to try and use the mscomm control supplied with VB it has methods for opening, closing and writing to com ports.

[Jhd.Honza]

How can I retrieve the phone number of an incomming call?

[Glenn]

I'm not a telephone expert (not even close) but the caller ID function that your looking maybe included in TAPI. TAPI is a telephone API. I'm not sure where to find it, but I'm sure you could search the web for it. I'd start on Microsofts web site.

[Lyla]

This link might be helpful:
http://www.cloud9.u-net.com/apsa/cal...i_faq.htm#Q_29

Good Luck.

[Jhd.Honza]

Thanks for your post!

For caller ID, I have found great ActiveX control 'ModemCID' on a www.netpoint.co.uk

And for my first question: can anybody show me a simple example, how to retriev e.g. AA status from my modem?



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Thanks,
John, 14 years old