TSPI_lineGenerateTone

The TSPI_lineGenerateTone function generates the specified tone inband over the specified call. Invoking this function with a zero for dwToneMode aborts any tone generation currently in progress on the specified call. Invoking TSPI_lineGenerateTone or TSPI_lineGenerateDigits while tone generation is in progress aborts the current tone generation or digit generation in progress and initiates the generation of the newly specified tone or digits.

LONG TSPI_lineGenerateTone(
  HDRVCALL hdCall,                  
  DWORD dwEndToEndID,               
  DWORD dwToneMode,                 
  DWORD dwDuration,                 
  DWORD dwNumTones,                 
  LPLINEGENERATETONE const lpTones  
);
 

Parameters

hdCall

The service provider's handle to the call on which tone generation is to be performed. The call state of hdCall can be any state except idle.

dwEndToEndID

A unique, uninterpreted identifier of the request for its entire lifetime, that is, until the matching LINE_GENERATE message is sent. The service provider includes this identifier as one of the parameters in the message.

dwToneMode

Defines the tone to be generated. Tones can be either standard or custom. A custom tone is composed of a set of arbitrary frequencies. A small number of standard tones are predefined. The duration of the tone is specified by dwDuration for both standard and custom tones. If dwToneMode is set to zero, any digit or tone generation in progress is canceled. This parameter uses the following LINETONEMODE_ constants. Only one flag value can be set at a time:

LINETONEMODE_CUSTOM

The tone is a custom tone, defined by the specified frequencies.

LINETONEMODE_RINGBACK

The tone to be generated is a ring tone. The exact ringback tone is service provider defined.

LINETONEMODE_BUSY

The tone is a standard (station) busy tone. The exact busy tone is service provider defined.

LINETONEMODE_BEEP

The tone is a beep, as used to announce the beginning of a recording. The exact beep tone is service provider defined.

LINETONEMODE_BILLING

The tone is a billing information tone such as a credit card prompt tone. The exact billing tone is service provider defined.

dwDuration

The duration in milliseconds during which the tone is sustained. A value of 0 for dwDuration uses a default duration for the specified tone. Default values are:

CUSTOM: infinite

RINGBACK: infinite

BUSY: infinite

BEEP: infinite

BILLING: fixed (single cycle)

This parameter is not validated by TAPI when this function is called.

dwNumTones

The number of entries in the lpTones array. This parameter is ignored if dwToneMode is not equal to LINETONEMODE_CUSTOM.

lpTones

A pointer to a LINEGENERATETONE array that specifies the tone's components. This parameter is ignored for noncustom tones. If lpTones is a multifrequency tone, the various tones are played simultaneously.

Return Values

Returns zero if the function succeeds or an error number if an error occurs. Possible return values are as follows:

LINEERR_INVALCALLHANDLE, LINEERR_NOMEM, LINEERR_INVALCALLSTATE, LINEERR_OPERATIONUNAVAIL, LINEERR_INVALTONEMODE, LINEERR_OPERATIONFAILED, LINEERR_INVALTONE, LINEERR_RESOURCEUNAVAIL, LINEERR_RESOURCEUNAVAIL.

Remarks

TSPI_lineGenerateTone returns zero (success) when the tone generation is successfully initiated; not when the generation of the tone is finished. The function allows the inband generation of several predefined tones, such as ringback, busy tones, and beep. It also allows for the fabrication of custom tones by specifying their component frequencies, cadence and volume, if this is supported by the service provider. Because these tones are generated as inband tones, the call would typically have to be in the connected state for tone generation to be effective. When tone generation is complete, or when tone generation is canceled, a LINE_GENERATE message is sent to TAPI.

Note Only one inband generation request (tone generation or digit generation) is allowed to be in progress per call. This implies that if tone generation is currently in progress on a call, invoking either TSPI_lineGenerateDigits or TSPI_lineGenerateTone cancels the tone generation. The service provider must terminate any tone generation in progress when a subsequent TSPI_lineGenerateDigits or TSPI_lineGenerateTone function is invoked.

The corresponding function at the TAPI level does not include the formal parameter dwEndToEndID. At that level, there is no end-to-end marking. TAPI uses end-to-end marking at the TSPI level to distinguish one TSPI_lineGenerateTone request from another.

See Also

LINE_GENERATE, LINEGENERATETONE, LINETONEMODE_ Constants, TSPI_lineGenerateDigits