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Re: Future of TAPI

Brent <notha...@noemail.com>

Andreas, thanks for the reply. Seems like unless you are dealing with one
manufacturer and phone system, it can get a little hairy. I will keep
digging and see if it's a viable project.

By the way, most of the links on your site that link to Microsoft have
changed. If I do a search, I can find the referenced pages, but the links
are broken.

Thanks again.
Brent

"Andreas Marschall [MVP TAPI]" <Andreas.Marsch...@I-B-A-M.de> wrote in
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> "Brent" <notha...@noemail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:eKekwUWzIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I am looking into TAPI-enabling our software application that we develop
>> and
>> sell. I am a little hesitant to jump into this since it appears that TAPI
>> hasn't moved forward in awhile. Is Microsoft going to move TAPI to .NET
>> or
>> continue its development at all? I would hate to start a major project
>> like
>> this to have it end up dead.

> Brent, in addition to Angus' reply
> from the telephgony feature aspect TAPI2 seems to be pretty complete.
> TAPI3 has some TAPI2 features missing, on the other side it has an
> additional
> meadia access concept.
> See my TAPI and TSPI FAQ:

> Q: Is there a TAPI 2.x to TAPI 3.x Cross-Reference ?
> http://www.i-b-a-m.de/Andreas_Marschall's_TAPI_and_TSPI_FAQ.htm#_Q:_I...

> Q: Has TAPI3 any advantages over TAPI2 ?
> http://www.i-b-a-m.de/Andreas_Marschall's_TAPI_and_TSPI_FAQ.htm#_Q:_H...

> Q: Has TAPI3 any disadvantages over TAPI2 ?
> http://www.i-b-a-m.de/Andreas_Marschall's_TAPI_and_TSPI_FAQ.htm#_Q:_H...

> AFAIK MS won't do any new feature development but only maintainence (bugs,
> security).
> But TAPI is still available in all Windows versions from Win 3.11 to Vista
> /
> Windows Server 2008,
> and I expect at least TAPI2 being available in future OS.

> Regarding TAPI and .NET see KB article "841712 - Telephony Application
> Programming Interface (TAPI) functionality is not supported from managed
> code".
> See my TAPI and TSPI FAQ:
> Q: Are there any .NET wrappers for TAPI2 available ?
> http://www.i-b-a-m.de/Andreas_Marschall's_TAPI_and_TSPI_FAQ.htm#_Q:_A...

> You may want to take a look at JulMar's
> ITAPI3 - TAPI 3.0 wrapper for .NET 2.0
> and
> TAPI2 ATAPI.NET - TAPI Application class library for .NET 2.0:
> http://www.julmar.com/tapi/
> http://www.julmar.com/blog/mark/CategoryView,category,Tapi.aspx

> --
> Best Regards
> Andreas Marschall
> Microsoft MVP for TAPI / Windows SDK
> TAPI / TSP Developer and Tester
> My TAPI and TSPI FAQ:
> http://www.I-B-A-M.de/Andreas_Marschall's_TAPI_and_TSPI_FAQ.htm
> My TotoŽ Tools (a collection of free, mostly TAPI related tools):
> http://www.i-b-a-m.de/Andreas_Marschall's_Toto_Tools.htm
> TAPI development around the world (Frappr! map):
> http://www.frappr.com/TAPIaroundTheWorld
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