[asterisk-gui] How to call custom Macros with Astersk GUI 2.0 ?
David Kerr
David at Kerr.net
Sun Oct 5 14:44:40 CDT 2008
I'm not very interested in creating a custom GUI just for myself. I would
rather see bugs fixed so that I could use the GUI. Take the example cited
above... adding "context=xxxx" into queues.conf
There are a couple of approaches to fixing this.
1) Modify the GUI to add the ability to specify a context for a queue. This
would be a fairly easy fix, but very specific to context=.... it would not
address any other statements that might be added through the file editor.
2) Or, you could get to the heart of the problem and fix the GUI so that it
doesn't blast away user edits. The route of the problem is this sequence of
calls in queues.html
var x = new listOfActions('queues.conf');
x.new_action('delcat', cat, '', '');
x.new_action('newcat', cat, '', ''); // create new context
x.new_action('append', cat, 'fullname',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_label));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'strategy',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_strategy));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'timeout',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_timeout));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'wrapuptime',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_wrapuptime));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'autofill',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_autofill));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'autopause',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_autopause));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'joinempty',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_joinempty));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'leavewhenempty',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_leavewhenempty));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'reportholdtime',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_reportholdtime));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'maxlen',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_maxlen));
x.new_action('append', cat, 'musicclass',
ASTGUI.getFieldValue(DOM_edit_musicclass));
See how it starts with 'delcat'... that deletes everything in the category,
then it creates a new one then appends all the settings entered in the GUI.
Now I have not tested anything, but it would seam possible to check whether
the "cat" already exists. If not then create it, else don't. Then use the
'update' parameter on new_action rather than 'append'.
In either case, It would be better implemented in the master source. I
suppose I could take a stab at coding a fix (but I'm not a javascript
programmer, but fast learner) and then give it to you for consideration.
Regards
David
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:41 PM, bkruse <bkruse at digium.com> wrote:
>
> All you have to do is either A) Feature Request (preferably with a patch,
> if you really want it
> done, you will do it the _right_ way) or B) Just Experiment! Look at the
> other lines that the GUI
> writes and write one the same way to do what you want. It is not that hard.
>
> We are not even storing in a database or an uneditable space, you just have
> to be smart when
> making changes. Besides, if you can tell em _exactly_ what you changed to
> break it in a few lines,
> I can see where it is breaking, reproduce it, and fix the issue. This makes
> the GUI more usable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -bk
>
> David Kerr wrote:
>
>> That is exactly what we are doing... but in many cases if you later go
>> back to the GUI page that affects the area of the .conf file that you
>> manualy edited, your changes are blown away. Case in point, use the file
>> editor to add "context=xxxx" to a queue, and later go to the queue page and
>> change something, anything, then the context= statement is erased.
>>
>> A solution may be to have "advanced" turn on an edit box in each page of
>> the GUI, so that rather than go into the file editor I could add custom
>> featured in the Queue (or any other) page for that block of the .conf
>> file(s). Then the GUI would have to know about the custom stuff I added.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Jason Ede <J.Ede at birchenallhowden.co.uk<mailto:
>> J.Ede at birchenallhowden.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Umm, why not in the GUI turn the advanced options on and use the
>> file editor to add custom dialplans etc?
>>
>> Jason
>> ________________________________________
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>> [asterisk-gui-bounces at lists.digium.com
>> <mailto:asterisk-gui-bounces at lists.digium.com>] On Behalf Of
>> Christoph Adomeit [Christoph.Adomeit at gatworks.de
>> <mailto:Christoph.Adomeit at gatworks.de>]
>> Sent: 01 October 2008 16:09
>> To: david at Kerr.net; Asterisk GUI project discussion
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-gui] How to call custom Macros with Astersk
>> GUI 2.0 ?
>>
>> So the End of the Story is: Gui 2.0 looks beautiful but you cannot
>> really use it if you need at least 1 advanced feature of asterisk that
>> is not reflected in the GUI ????
>>
>> No quick-hack for "custom dialplan editing" in plan ?
>>
>> So I have to keep going on with voiceone.it <http://voiceone.it>
>>
>> which is a lot more
>> flexible (but has a hell of a lot of other disadvantages).
>>
>> Greetings
>> Christoph
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 04:19:25PM -0400, David Kerr wrote:
>> > No you can't... that's the problem.
>> >
>> > Maybe things have changed since the SVN version that I am using,
>> but the
>> > version I have
>> >
>> > You cannot add "Ringing" as a action in a voice menu.
>> >
>> > You cannot add a muti-line response to a tone, for example...
>> > exten=i,1,Playback(pbx-invalid)
>> > exten=i,n,Goto(s,2)
>> >
>> > Nor add a DISA as a voice menu option.
>> >
>> > I cannot add a Context to a queue.
>> >
>> > I cannot specify an "application=" to music-on-hold
>> >
>> > I cannot specify "dtmfmode=" in a trunk, or "canreinvite", or
>> "insecure=" or
>> > "qualify="
>> >
>> > And there are probably more. If the GUI were complete then this
>> wouldn't be
>> > a problem, but while it is I need to be able to make additions
>> to the .conf
>> > files and not have them blown away if I ever (mistakenly) go
>> through the gui
>> > again.
>> >
>> > David
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:18 PM, bkruse <bkruse at digium.com
>> <mailto:bkruse at digium.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I would suggest that when editing a voice menu, make _sure_
>> that they are
>> > > numbered.
>> > >
>> > > Besides, most things you can edit in a voice menu, you can add
>> from the GUI
>> > >
>> > > -bk
>> > >
>> > > David Kerr wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I also ran into this problem. In fact it is worse than Christoph
>> > >> suggests... if you go in and manually edit the
>> extensions.conf file then
>> > >> none of the [custom] changes are reflected in the GUI and in
>> fact can be
>> > >> *erased* by the gui. I opened a bug report related to this...
>> > >> http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13530
>> > >>
>> > >> David
>> > >>
>> > >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Christoph Adomeit <
>> > >> Christoph.Adomeit at gatworks.de
>> <mailto:Christoph.Adomeit at gatworks.de>
>> <mailto:Christoph.Adomeit at gatworks.de
>> <mailto:Christoph.Adomeit at gatworks.de>>>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Hi Brandon,
>> > >>
>> > >> I did not completely get the picture yet. What I want to
>> call is not
>> > >> an IVR, it's arbitrary "applications" like maybe a "phrase
>> recording"
>> > >> menu.
>> > >>
>> > >> How would you "abuse" the gui to do things like that ?
>> Should I define
>> > >> "IVR"s for these needs and do custom steps within the IVR
>> definition ?
>> > >>
>> > >> Are there better/other alternatives in Gui 2.0 ?
>> > >>
>> > >> Greetings
>> > >> Christoph
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 04:21:18PM -0500, bkruse wrote:
>> > >> > Hmm,
>> > >> >
>> > >> > There comes a time in which you have to do things
>> through the
>> > >> GUI for
>> > >> > convention.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Of course, I think in your situation, if you _have_ to,
>> and not
>> > >> redo the
>> > >> > macros via some
>> > >> > IVR in the GUI, then inside your main IVR (or wherever
>> you want
>> > >> to call
>> > >> > the macro), add
>> > >> > a 'custom' step, in which you could put the
>> macro(macro-name, args)
>> > >> > statement.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > -Brandon
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Christoph Adomeit wrote:
>> > >> > > Hi,
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > I just installed asterisk gui 2.0 and it looks great !
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > Now I want to add my own macros to the dialplan and
>> make the
>> > >> > > macros useable by the GUI.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > For example I want to route calls to -4711 to a macro that
>> > >> > > opens door a and -4712 to open door b. *73 should add
>> the callerid
>> > >> > > to the astdb and so on. The macros are custom macros I
>> once wrote.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > I am used to voiceone and there all this can be
>> achieved by
>> > >> calling
>> > >> > > "applications" and "macros" using incoming rules.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > Is there something similar in Asterisk GUI 2.0 ?
>> > >> > > All I can choose for incoming calls is:
>> > >> > > User Extension, Voice Menu, Operator, Hangup,
>> Congestion and
>> > >> > > "Local Extension by DID".
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > What is the way of configuring my demands with
>> Asterisk GUI 2.0 ?
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > Thanks
>> > >> > > Christoph
>> > >> > >
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