dial

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

write to driver, maybe?

On Aug 27, 2004, at 5:33 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> There could be a lot of reasons the dial command isn't supported in 
> Revolution. I have not tried to use the alternative approaches, but 
> what looks potentially promising for what you want to do is the write 
> to file command with modem as the file identifier. This is documented 
> and may do what you want.
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2004, at 1:54 PM, doupsy at wanadoo.fr wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> With Hypercard, it was very very simple to dial a phone number ( dial 
>> "05 02 00 00 00 for ex" with modem ).
>> Only you click  with one hand on a button to dial and with other hand 
>> you take your téléphone to your ear.
>>
>> Why it is impossible to dial with Revolution ?
>> (I am under OS X)
>>
>> I try :
>>
>> close driver "/dev/cu.modem"
>> open driver "/dev/cu.modem"
>> write "ATDT"&PhoneNumber&CR to  driver "/dev/cu.modem"
>> read from driver "/dev/cu.modem" until eof
>> (write "ATH"&cr to driver "/dev/cu.modem"
>> read from driver "/dev/cu.modem" until eof)
>>
>> With Revolution you must think when you must click on the button to 
>> dial, when you must lift the receiver, when you must hang up, etc....
>> And most often, the application crash.
>>
>> Could you help me, or not ?
>>
>> I am not an informatician.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Edouard
>>
>>
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>>
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