Auto Dial soft phone X-Lite

[Mats]

I use Mac making my database. For auto dialing a telephone number I use a AppleScript going through the program Dialectic which dials X-Lite for me. Working fast and good.

But now I have to make it work for Windows too. So I hope I am in the right thread and can get some good advice

Thanks!

[aholtzapfel]

Depending on what you need it to do. It may be as easy as (in the filemaker script) checking the system platform and either running your apple script or preforming the "Dial Phone" script step. ("dial Phone" will use the windows default dialer to place a call to the number you specify. In your case this should be your X-Lite Dialer. This is NOT compatible with Mac OS X.)

The dial phone script step does not do anything but dial. So, if you need to have your solution Hang Up, Check the Status of a call that was placed, or anything else, you my need to look into using VBS or some other scripting to do this.

[Mats]

Aha great and thanks for the reply. You would not happen to have the platform checking script?

It also looks like I can not make the "Windows Dial script" on a Mac, but have to be done on a PC / Windows :

[aholtzapfel]

If ( Abs(Get(SystemPlatform))= 2)

# Windows

Else if ( Abs(Get(SystemPlatform))= 1)

# Mac

End IF

Check out the "Get(SystemPlatform)" function in FM's Help.

All the best.

Allen

[Mats]

Super thanks!

Do I put this script before each scripts for dialing or only before the applescript?

[Fenton]

If ( Abs(Get(SystemPlatform))= 2)

    Dial Phone [ phone # ]

Else if ( Abs(Get(SystemPlatform))= 1)

    Perform AppleScript [ your AppleScript ]

End IF

[Mats]

Great, two scripts : But where shall I implement it?

[Fenton]

It's not 2 scripts. I just filled in what the actual Window and Mac script steps would be. It's 1 script. You'd likely attach it to a button that looked like a telephone ;-]

[P.S. AppleScript can be fussy about seeing the data in fields. The easiest way to be sure is to have the phone# field on the current layout.]

Edited October 24, 2008 by Guest

[Mats]

Ok I got it. But where would I insert this script?

In "Perform Script" or "Dial Phone"? Thats my problem as the same "Phone button" is suposed to work both on Mac and PC.

Edited October 24, 2008 by Guest

[Fenton]

So have it run the script. Attach it to the button; it will fork accordingly.

[Mats]

Gah!

I have never worked with Windows and when I used the "Dial up" from Filemaker, Windows has it's own dialer. So I have to find out how to specify to Dial with X-Lite from FM.

Any body know this in windows I would truly appreciate the help!

[aholtzapfel]

"dial Phone" will use the windows default dialer to place a call to the number you specify

The windows dialer will work (as long as it is set-up to use your phone system). Otherwise, set the dialer you want to use as the windows default.

[Mats]

I have got that information now, but I have not found out how to configure Windows to use X-Lite? Done a lot of googling, but no luck.

[Mats]

I got it to work in Windows environment now using open URL and code:

"sip:" & Filter(mediahelp::WorkPhone;"0123456789")

I would think that the same code would work in Mac OS X 10.5 too, but it seems like it do not handle sip the same way.

So I am half way now, and just need help with the Mac OS X script.

[Mats]

I did still not find a solution. If some body did please share.