thanks again for quick reply Chris, I want to built a opensource utility for telemarketers. i.e they have a list of hundreds of numbers they have to dail, for windows there exists a commercial software, but for linux i do not know any, so i want to built it for linux so that linux users could also enjoy it. I did'nt mean to get script from here, i posted here to get initial ideas to be purified and sharpened so problem statement and algo, must become clear..... i.e a way should be seen to do this. Thanks again Adam
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:45:52 -0400 (EDT), Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Adam Saeed wrote: > > > the scenario is: > > operating system: Linux > > phone line is normal phone we use in our homes. > > I have a list of phone numbers in a spredsheet file(e.g *.xls) pick up > > number from there and automatically dial to that number through phone. > > I am new to Perl thats why i posted it here to know how it could be > > done in Perl. > > which module should be use, is there any program similar to this one > > has been built or not. etc. > > Okay, we still need to be more concrete here. > > Do you actually mean an Excel spreadsheet .xls file, or something else? > If the data you need is in an Excel file, you need to use the CPAN > module Spreadsheet::ParseExcel to get the data out: > > <http://search.cpan.org/~kwitknr/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2603/ParseExcel.pm> > > If it's a simple CSV file, you could get away with parsing the file > manually, but Excel is too complicated to bother with manually. > > It looks like Modem::Vgetty may be able to interact with a voice modem, > but the most recent version was 1998, so I'm not sure how well it'll > work. Still, that seems to be about the only option, so you might as > well start there: > > <http://search.cpan.org/~yenya/Modem-Vgetty-0.03/Vgetty.pm> > > Setting aside Perl for a moment, what tools do you have that have > actually gotten you anywhere with this project? Are you able to get your > contact info out of the file it lives in, or do you need help there? Are > you able to get the computer to dial a number, or talk to the modem &/or > phone, or does that need to be sorted out? > > Please describe in some detail what you have so far. Also, be aware that > this list isn't a script writing service -- we can point you towards > good documentation and we can answer concrete questions, but we cannot > help without first knowing what you've tried so far and what did and did > not work the way you were expecting. > > -- > Chris Devers > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > -- Allah Hafiz O! God Thy sea is so great and my boat is so small. Adam -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
