[asterisk-users] Question on screening calls / Question about the Dial g option

2008-10-07 Thread Mike
Hi, I have a simple desire to be able to screen people before being onnected to them. I`ve seen plenty of examples on the web and I`ve figured it out. There is only one case in where it doesn’t act as I want it to: if I hang up the phone, I don`t want the caller to be disconnected but (for the

Re: [asterisk-users] Question on screening calls / Question about the Dial g option

2008-10-07 Thread Doug Lytle
Mike wrote: So, I guess my question is: how do I set a variable that ISN`T lost when the call initiated using the Dial g option is hung up ? You can use the internal database for that: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+func+db Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: Those

Re: [asterisk-users] Question on screening calls / Question about the Dial g option

2008-10-07 Thread Mike
Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Question on screening calls / Question about the Dial g option Mike wrote: So, I guess my question is: how do I set a variable that ISN`T lost when the call initiated using the Dial g option is hung up ? You can use

Re: [asterisk-users] Question on screening calls / Question about the Dial g option

2008-10-07 Thread Doug Lytle
Mike wrote: Doug, Thanks for the quick answer. How does that help me though, since this is a per channel variable and not a global variable? Make sure your key in the database is specific to only that call. Time, date, caller-id number or even a combination of all. Can't you save your

Re: [asterisk-users] Question on screening calls / Question about the Dial g option

2008-10-07 Thread Steve Totaro
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a simple desire to be able to screen people before being onnected to them. I`ve seen plenty of examples on the web and I`ve figured it out. There is only one case in where it doesn't act as I want it to: if I hang up