>Hi,
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>I have a customer who are installing a phone system software onto their network. This software will when receiving a call, interrogate the Customer Database and display the customer's details on the screen.
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>The Local Telephone Company are enquiring if the Database Engine is TAPI compliant?

The real question should be is the phone system TAPI compliant. VFP is capable of accessing TAPI via both the Windows API and (preferably) via third-party ActiveX products such as Exceletel, so that a VFP app could interface with TAPI devices via programming. You can store TAPI-supplied data in a VFP table; if the TAPI hardware were to pass the inbound phone #, you could then use that to locate the customer, assuming that they are present in the database associated with that phone #. The phone # association is important; many company PBX systems will select whatever line is free to place an outgoing call, so that a customer may have dozens of possible numbers associated with their business in the case of a moderate-sized customer, and some do not identify themselves, so TAPI won't be able to tell you who placed the call.