How can i Dial a number within Access using TAPI?

[mashedfish]

heya,

i was wondering if someone could provide some help?

basically my work phone is connected to a server and on my PC is connected to the same server. on my PC i have some software that connects it to my phone. this software can detect the "dial:" tag in HTML and can automatically start dialing that number.

so i was wondering if there was a way to have a similar feature in access, so that i just need to click a number (or button) and it would start my phone dialing the number i want.

i am pretty new to access so a little hand holding would be greatly appreciated

 

[SOS]

Perhaps this will help.

 

[mashedfish]

Thanks for the link, was appreciated however most of that did go over my head :S

i was hoping there was an easier way that i would understand maybe i need to do alot more learning first though

yet again though your help was definatly appreciated

 

[SOS]

Nope, no easier method. Doing stuff like that is advanced stuff. But, you might search around for a sample database that might be able to be used in such a way that you can get it to work for you without having to know what it is doing.

 

[ajetrumpet]

fish,

i would recommend not even learning stuff like this. I made access dial phone numbers out of a table many years ago and I still don't understand the code that they used. better use of your time just using what they put out there for free and not worrying how it's done. who cares !