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activex phone dialer

Want to add a phone dialer to my vb app.Looking to purchase an activex phone dialer, looked at few, but don't need
all the bells and whistles. just want a phone dialer that will
realiably find the users com port the modem is hooked to, check the line statis and then dial the number.

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isnoend2001

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Thanks for example, but users are prompted for a port number and most users do not even know what a port is.

fantasy1001

You can search for modem port by this
'Controls: Timer1 (Timer), MSComm1 (MSComm control)
'Code:
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim s As String
Dim iPort As Integer
Dim n As Single
Dim bModem As Boolean

For iPort = 1 To 4
With MSComm1
.CommPort = iPort
.Settings = "9600,N,8,1"
.InputLen = 0
On Error Resume Next
.PortOpen = True
If Err = 0 Then
.Output = "ATV1Q0" & Chr$(13)
n = Timer
While Timer - n < 1
DoEvents
Wend
s = s & .Input
.PortOpen = False
If InStr(s, "OK" & vbCrLf) <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Modem detected on COM" & iPort
bModem = True
Exit For
End If
End If
End With
Next
If Not bModem Then MsgBox "No modem detected"
End
End Sub

iPort will be the modem port currently hook on to the computer

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