microsoft.public.win32.programmer.tapi

Re: Future of TAPI

Andreas Marschall [MVP TAPI] <andreas.marsch...@i-b-a-m.de>

"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

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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 Toto® 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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