Communications Programming for Windows 95 (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

~ Charles Mirho (Author), Andre Terrisse (Author)

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Product Description

A key component in the vision of the "information superhighway" is the idea of the personal computer as a visual digital communications hub. As such, programmers must begin building software that interfaces with telephone, fax, voice, video, and other mainstream messaging services. Here is a definitive guide for programmers writing applications that will be the "on-ramp" to the information superhighway. This eagerly awaited sourcebook focuses on the two most important communications components in Windows; the open-standard Messaging Interface (MAPI), and the Telephony Interface (TAPI). COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMMING FOR WINDOWS 95 also contains practical advice for adding communications capabilities to existing software applications. The disk contains useful example programs, sample code, and valuable programming tools.

Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; Pap/Dis edition (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556156685
• ISBN-13: 978-1556156687
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,981,883 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tapi Explained???, December 28, 1998

By A Customer

I bought this book hoping to learn all that I needed to know to create some "killer" TAPI applications. The results of reading this book, however, are mixed.

First off, the author does a wonderful job of giving the details for handling the various anatomy of telphony: calls, addresses, lines, etc. There are detailed explainations of what the data structures involved and the necessary API calls for gettting/setting these properties. In fact, it seemed that the details went on and on...but this could be just because of the depth of the subject. Nevertheless, the treatment of this material as good and all the information is there.

As for writing "killer apps" after reading this book, I do not feel this is a reality (at least in a decent amount of time). The book does not give a very good presentation on how "it all fits together." The sample application showed how to simply take the phone off the hook and dial a phone number. Wow... I would have much rather preferred some more treatment on how to transfer data across a line once a connection is established.

Finally, the section on MAPI was only 21 pages long! (the book was 400 pages) If you want to get serious about MAPI, I would suggest looking elsewhere.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Present and helpless book, June 22, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book to study how to use TAPI to handle data communication task. But this book is poorly designed. You cannot understand the TAPI clearly with this book. Poor example and lacking enought information on TAPI....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Looking for TAPI? This book is not the answer., October 27, 1998

By A Customer

I bought this book to learn about TAPI. It does not provide much more than MSDN on this topic. The sample code is also not explained very well.