[Asterisk-Users] Enter Pin followed by Pound key

[Philipp von Klitzing]

Hi!

> Im trying to create a custom application via the AGI.  I want to
> authenticate the users that dial in with a userid and pin.  However, the
> number of digits in the PIN and userid are variable, and therefore I need to
> allow the user to "press enter" by hitting the pound key.  How would I
> accomplish this in the AGI?

Did you look at the appliation Digit()? If you must use AGI then
 
   EXEC Digit ...

might do it for you.

> stream_file doesnt seem to work, since it only allows one digit to be
> pressed.
> get_data seems to only allow a fixed number of digits to be entered.

Why not use either of those repetitively and check in your AGI script if 
# was the digit, then accumlate what you have?

Cheers, Philipp