Re: How to add alternate modem phone numbers programmatically

It would be easier to run procmon while you update the numbers to see where
they are stored.  I thought about suggesting this, but it would be better if
someone knows a supported API.

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Steve Johnson

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Hugh Brown <hughdbrown-/[email protected]> wrote:

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> I expect that configuring the modem to writing a value to the registry. I
> would dump the registry to disk before a change, make a modem number change,
> dump the registry to disk again, and diff the two files. Then I'd make a
> script that produced this registry effect.
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> Alternatively, the change is written to a different persistent store, but
> the method is much the same.
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> --- On *Mon, 5/10/10, Greg <[email protected]>* wrote:
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> From: Greg <[email protected]>
> Subject: [OT] How to add alternate modem phone numbers programmatically
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, May 10, 2010, 10:35 AM
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> I know, strange question.
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> I am trying to automate a process where hardware tech folks, when
> configuring a new machine, have to go to Network Connections, select a modem
> and then add alternate phone numbers. They find the alternate numbers by
> going to a website and keying in an area code. They find the 3 closet and
> then manually enter them. They are doing this hundreds of times a day; so we
> would like to automate this if we can.
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> I have confirmed I can pull the phone numbers down from the site (I am
> hoping for a web service, but worst case I can pull the html down and parse
> the numbers out). See the grids at the bottom of this page, where "VA" is
> the state:
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> http://locator.1dial.com/locator.asp?search=state&state=VA
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> My thought is to pull the phone numbers down as needed and\or pull them
> down periodically and keep a table in a db updated. The next step is to
> automate the process where the tech person has to manually add these numbers
> one by one. I would like the tech to "push" a button and all this happens
> for them; they simply need to confirm the 3 numbers chosen by the "system".
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> My assumption is there is some API I can code against to add these phone
> #'s programmatically, versus requiring the tech to manually enter them.
> Google is not turning up anything with my searches; maybe I am searching on
> the wrong terminology.
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> Suggestions? Can this be done?
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