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How to Retrieve and Use Caller ID Information

Caller ID information is provided to the Call Tree in the CallerIDName and CallerIDNumber variables. Refer to these variables in a macro to retrieve Caller ID information that may be present. For more information, refer to the section on Caller ID variables.

Example

Create a Call Tree that retrieves Caller ID information:

From the menu bar, choose File ... New Call Tree and create a new Call Tree.

Click on the Answer_Phone Node (the purple phone icon).

When the Edit Node window appears, check the box marked Don't Ask a Question at this Node.

Click over to the VBScript Macro tab.

Set the macro to the following:

MsgBox "Incoming call from " & _
CallerIDName & " at " & _
CallerIDNumber

Press Click here when finished to close the Edit Node window.

From the menu bar, choose Phone Calls ... Monitor Phone Lines to test the Call Tree.

See Also

Essential How-To's

How to Set the Software to Answer Phone Calls

How to Play Wave Sound Files

How to Record Audio from Callers

How to Perform Conditional Call Processing

How to Accept Different Types of Responses

How to Make Outbound Calls

How to Enable Multiple Lines

How to Build a Reliable, Scalable Telephony System