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Phone.cmd is A REXX program which provides a Phone Dialer from
OS/2's PM.
To use it you must have VREXX2 installed and a copy of VREXX2
is included in the Phone ZIP file. VREXX2 is of more value then
the Phone.cmd, and I wrote Phone simply to try out VREXX2. Glad I
did and tip my hat to the author of VREXX2.
Phone.cmd is placed in the public domaine. You may do whatever
wish with it, but I accept no responsibility for anything it may
do to you, your computer, or any other program. It works on
my machine, and I hope it works on yours, but you use it at your
own risk.
If you make some improvements in Phone please upload the improved
version on the IBM Board, or CRS so I may use it too.
To intall Phone simply copy Phone.cmd and Phone#.doc to any
convenient directory on your hard disk, then invoke it from the
command line by typing Phone. You may also create an immage
of the Phone Icon on the PM, then invoke it by double clicking
the icon.
When you invoke Phone a SELECT PHONE ACTION Box appears giving
the following choices.
Dial a Number
Add a Number
Edit a Phone List
Sort a Phone List
Quit this Program
Select a choice and click OK.
DIAL A NUMBER invokes a box containing the Phone List. Select the
number you wish to dial then click OK or press return. Provided
you modem is connected and on the number will be dialed, and
another box pops up indicating the number being dialed, and
telling you to hang up the modem after the phone rings once.
The command is set up for a Hayes compatable modem on COM2.
If your modem is not on COM2. then you will need to change
COM2 in line 4 of the PHONE.CMD to COM1 or whatever COM your
modem is on. If your Modem is not Hayes compatible then you
will have to change the Dial and Hang up strings in lines 6 and
7 of the PHONE.CMD to strings your Modem accepts.
ADD A NUMBER provides a box to allow you to add a number to
your phone list. Just erase the example shown and enter the
the new number then click OK. The entry must be made as follows:
Two words i.e. two characters or lists of characters separated by
a space such as a persons first and last names, then a space, then
the phone number without spaces between the segemnts of the phone
number, then another space, then any comment about the number you
wish to record. The first entry 000 000 000 must be left as is. To
escape the Select a Number box without dialing a number select
the 000 000 000 entry and click OK; this returns you to Select
a Phone Action Box.
EDIT A PHONE LIST simply invokes EPM with the phone list loaded
and you may edit it as you would any other text file, but keep
the word order and spaces as given above.
SORT A PHONE LIST sorts the phone list in alphabetical order.
QUIT ends the program.