[Asterisk-Users] Exit the Directory Application?

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Friday 12 December 2003 22:04, Ulexus wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 November, 2003 11:34, Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 November 2003 07:31, Marcus Adolfsson wrote:
> > > How does a user exit the directory application?
> > >
> > > Say he can't find the person that he is looking for and wants to
> > > return the main menu, how would I configure 0 to act this way?
> >
> > Just enter a new extension.  For example, if you want # to exit the
> > Directory application, program the # extension.
> >
> > exten => #,1,Goto(s,5)
> 
> The directory is generated from the voicemail.conf, so I imagine you
> would also have to an entry for extension '#' to voicemail.conf as
> well.

Don't imagine.  Try it.

> This seems like a really cheap (if effective and expedient) way of
> doing it. Just a note (and I really should add this to
> bugs.digium.com, I suppose), both the Directory and the Voicemail2
> apps have very myopic view of the rest of the dial-plan or even their
> current context.  Namely, the lack of an escape condition for the
> Directory and lack of most any dial-out conditions (i.e., '0' or
> another extension number) in Voicemail2.

Directory does not need an escape condition.  If you fail to enter
anything within the allotted time (see ResponseTimeout), you jump
to the t extension.

> In a production environment, it is far better to take them as a
> proof-of-concept/development base and customize them to your overall
> setup than to use them out of the box.

We use Voicemail() out of the box in multiple production environments.

-Tilghman