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Old April 9th 04, 05:17 AM
Mark Dormer
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Default Telephone Dialer?

It is definitely there.
I think you have hide systems files turned on.

Regards
Mark Dormer

" MS" wrote in message
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David, which version of Windows are you using?

Are you aware that all three newsgroups that this thread is in are Windows
XP newsgroups? Your shortcuts do not work in Windows XP.

First of all, there is no file anywhere in Windows XP called command.com.

I
did a search for it, it exists nowhere on the drive. The command for

getting
the command prompt in Windows XP is \Windows\system32\cmd.exe. This is a

DOS
emulator, as Windows XP, like NT, is not based on DOS any more, unlike Win
3.1, 95, 98, and ME.

So, I tried your shortcut with the substitution above, instead of your
\Windows\command.com. Still didn't work. I then opened a command prompt,
typed in ATDT, pressed Enter, and got the error message "no such command".
Modem strings are obviously not recognized as commands at the Windows XP
command prompt.


"David Candy" wrote in message
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Most people call a some numbers quite frequently. These are usually quite
few, a best friend from home or a partner from work. A Windows shortcut

can
dial a phone. This tip lists two ways of easily dialing frequent numbers.

Windows includes a phone dialer but it's a few mouse clicks to use (6 to
start and click the number, 1 to talk, 1 to exit). This allows two mouse
clicks if it's on the desktop, three if on the Start Menu.

Before going on you'll need to know what com port your modem is connected
to. Open Control Panel and choose Modems. Select your modem and click
Properties. Your Comm Port is listed under Port.


Method 1- Using Shortcuts
a.. Right click the desktop and choose New then Shortcut.
b.. Rename (F2 renames a selected item) the Shortcut Dial Mum (or

whoever
it is)
c.. Right click the shortcut and choose Properties
d.. On the Program tab enter Dialing Mum in the top textbox and
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /c echo ATDT 99999999 com2 into the Cmd Line
textbox, replacing 99999999 with the phone number you're dialing and com2
with the com port you're modem is conected to. Make sure the Close on Exit
checkbox is checked.
e.. On the Screen tab make sure that Window is selected.
f.. Repeat the above steps and call the second shortcut Answer and use
this Cmd Line - D:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /c echo ATH com2.
g.. Either leave the two shortcuts where they are, or Shift + Drag onto
the Start Menu.
h.. To ring, Double Click the Dial Mum shortcut (or select it on the

Start
Menu) and when the other party answers pick up the phone and Double Click
the Answer shortcut.
Method 2 - Using a Batch File
a.. Right click the desktop and choose New then Text Document.
b.. Rename (F2 renames a selected item) the Text Document Dial Mum.bat

(or
whoever it is)
c.. Right click the MS-Dos Batch File and choose Edit
d.. Add the following lines changing the phone number, name and comm

port
to suit.
@echo off
echo Dialing Mum
echo ATDT 99999999 com2
Echo.
Echo Press any key when Mum answers or you want to hang up.
pause
echo ATH com2
a.. Save the file and exit Notepad. Move the file into C:\windows\command
folder. Right click the file and choose Properties. Make sure Close on

Exit
and Window is checked (see Method 1). A new shortcut file will have been
created with the same name. Move this file onto the Desktop or Start Menu.
Click the batch file to dial and press any key when it answers.
Notes on Phone Numbers
a.. The modem command string listed above ATDT means dial using tone
dialing. Use ATDP if you have a pulse phone.
b.. If you need a pause while dialing use a comma. E.g, 9,99999999.

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" MS" wrote in message
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Using Windows XP Professional, SP1, all the latest updates on Windows
Update.

What is the Telephone Dialer app used for?

I thought it could come in handy for something, but couldn't get it to

work
right for that purpose. That is, when one tries to dial a number on the
telephone, and it is constantly busy. If one keeps trying to get through
with a telephone, one gets the busy signal, press the "off" button (on a
cordless phone) to hang up the line, wait a few seconds, press the "on"
button again, press "redial". If it's still busy, one has to go through

that
process again. If it's busy for a long time, that could be a tedious
process.

I thought that perhaps with the telephone dialer, the computer could

keep
dialing the number over and over (redialing when it gets a busy signal).
When it finally connects, I would hear the other party's voice on the
computer speaker, perhaps some kind of connect tone from the app, then I
could pick up my telephone to speak.

But I couldn't get it to work that way. When the other line is busy, I

would
get an error message (I don't even think an indication that the line is
busy, perhaps just "no answer".) Just like with the phone, I would have

to
manually click "Redial" to try again. Isn't there a way to set it to

redial
automatically, until it connects?

Is there a way to fix this in the settings?

I tried the "Terminal" app for this purpose as well. It does have a

setting
for "automatic redial", but I couldn't get it to work for my purpose

either.

Is it possible to get any Windows app to work for the purpose I

specified?
If not, how about a third party app one can download? Anyone know of a
dialer app that will do this?






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