[Asterisk-Users] Inheriting variables

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Jonathan Hobbs wrote:
> What you want is SetGlobalVar, which sets a variable that is available to
> any channel.

No, I only want the variable available to the original channel and all 
connected channels. I don't want it available to any channel.

For example, I want to store the zap channel number into SourceChannel 
on the incoming call, and make it available to the called agent channel.

Thanks anyway.

Julian.

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> Jonathan
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>>I'm trying to set a channel variable and make it available to another
>>channel:
>>
>>I thought that if I SetVar(_SomeVariable=SomeValue) or
>>SetVar(__SomeVariable=SomeValue) then SomeVariable would be available in
>>the destination channel.
>>
>>However __SomeVariable, _SomeVariable and SomeVariable are all blank.
>>
>>The scenario:
>>
>>Agents logon to the queue using callbacklogin. From what I can gather
>>the following happens:
>>
>>1) Incomming Call -> answered, plays welcome message added to Q
>>2) Local channel calls the agent, plays announcement
>>3) incomming call connected to agent
>>
>>where would I be able to retreive the inherited variables ?
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