[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0010989]: Add fractional timeouts and default timeout variable values to Read

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A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=10989 
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Reported By:                michael-fig
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   10989
Category:                   Applications/app_read
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Asterisk Version:           1.4.12.1  
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A  
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Disclaimer on File?:        N/A 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             10-15-2007 20:47 CDT
Last Modified:              10-16-2007 13:11 CDT
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Summary:                    Add fractional timeouts and default timeout variable
values to Read
Description: 
The Read application currently has no way to distinguish between when the
user pressed '#' (the variable is set to a zero-length string), or if the
Read application times out.

The attached patch adds a new option 'd' to Read that allows the dial plan
to set the variable, and leave its value unchanged on timeout.

The fractional read timeout is used to allow playing a single message
while polling for a key, then immediately advancing to a second message. 
This is useful when the messages are built out of fragments instead of one
big message that can be provided as the second argument to Read.
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 Corydon76 - 10-16-07 13:11  
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Sample code as for what jsmith is proposing:

exten => 100,n,ExecIf($["${READSTATUS}" =
"TIMEOUT"],Read,VAR,my-message2,1,,,0.001)
exten => 100,n,ExecIf($["${READSTATUS}" =
"TIMEOUT"],Read,VAR,my-message3,1,,,86400)
exten => 100,n,GotoIf($["${VAR}" = ""]?PoundKeyPressed) 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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10-16-07 13:11  Corydon76      Note Added: 0072101                          
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