[asterisk-users] Re: channel variable

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <6fbb529e0608240138m3204cbf2kae603b0d982cb45 at mail.gmail.com>,
unplug <maillisting at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   I have set some variable in a call.
> Set(testmode=1)
>   For some reason, such as forward the call, the follow command called.
> Dial(Local/1234567)
>   It will go through the dial plan again but the value of variable
> testmode is nothing instead of 1.
> 
> How can I maintain the value of the variable in the above case?

Try using Set(__testmode=1), but still refer to it as ${testmode}.

The __ tells Asterisk to propagate the variable to created channels.

Cheers
Tony
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