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# ACC2: How to Start the AutoDialer Without the Toolbar Button

Article ID: 114218

Article Last Modified on 7/8/2002

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q114218
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

## SUMMARY

This article describes how to invoke the AutoDialer without choosing the AutoDialer button on the toolbar.

## MORE INFORMATION

You can add the AutoDialer button to a toolbar to automatically dial a telephone number using your computer's modem. To invoke the AutoDialer without using the AutoDialer button, call the wlib_AutoDial() function, supplying the function with the telephone number as an argument.
For a form with a field called Phone that holds a telephone number, you could call the wlib_AutoDial() function from a command button by setting the button's OnClick property to:

       =wlib_AutoDial([Phone])

You can also call the wlib_AutoDial() function in any module's Immediate window. For example, to dial the phone number 555-1212, type the following in the Immediate window:
`? wlib_AutoDial("555-1212")`

## REFERENCES

For more information about the AutoDialer, search for "AutoDialer," and then "AutoDialer" using the Microsoft Access Help menu.

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