>>>Ok, now that I have succeeded in dialing a phone number, I need to be able to have the modem to stay connected as long as the voice mail message is over so a message will be left. Here is the code I have so far. Anyone know how to achieve that?
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>>>PUBLIC oPhone
>>>oPhone=CREATEOBJECT('Form')
>>>oPhone.AddObject('Phone','Olecontrol','MSCOMMLib.MSComm')
>>>oPhone.Phone.Settings='9600,N,8,1'
>>>WAIT WINDOW 'Setting up modem' TIMEOUT 1
>>>oPhone.Phone.CommPort=1
>>>WAIT WINDOW 'Setting up comm port' TIMEOUT 1
>>>oPhone.Phone.PortOpen=.T.
>>>WAIT WINDOW 'Opening port' TIMEOUT 1
>>>oPhone.Phone.Output='ATDT923-1406'+CHR(13)
>>>WAIT WINDOW 'Dialing' TIMEOUT 1
>>>

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>>I'm not sure how to do what you want, but would this package suit your needs (I haven't tried it).
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>>http://www.voicemailspecial.com/
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>Well, when I dial, I hear it rings. Then, the voice mail starts (which means the call gets answered) but there is no event which is fired in onComm(). This is what I don't understand.


a) What would normally happen is that you have a modem at the other end, which then negotiate a connection speed & then come back & tell you at what speed you've connected. If there's no modem, normally you get back a message saying not connected & the originating modem drops the line.

b) To get the OnComm to fire, you need to set the CommEvent & Rthreshold values.

c) I'm not totally sure of what you're trying to achieve, but if I'm right, I think you need a modem with voice capability & suitable sound driver. I think you need to access the sound driver to determine when there is silence & then send the voice mail via the sound driver.

I could be totally wrong & things could be much easier now, it was several years ago I looked at doing something similar (if I understand you needs correctly) & we decided to use a different method because of the complexity & time factor. I'm pushing my memory to the limit now, so sorry if I'm being sketchy.