>>>So a modem cannot detect "Busy", "No answer", etc?
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>>Busy is a tough one since the "busy" tone is meant for humans and isn't a precise signal for a computer to recognize. Even "no answer" is tough too. The makes of these boards must have some tricks up their sleeves though.
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>The modem documentation ( and a few smart @$$'s around here ) assure me that a modem can indeed detect a busy, no answer, no dial tone, etc. So, now I really need an example of dialing a phone number using the MS Comm Control ActiveX control. The activex example shows how to open the port and get the "OK" response, but now I need to dial the darn number!

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