[Asterisk-Users] Multiple announcements in a queue ??

[Richard Lyman]

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> 
> I like the idea that I can just pick up the phone, dial an extension, record
> an announcement, and be sure that announcement will play during extended
> hold times.
> 
> Thanks for the ideas, Richard!
> 
> It just came to me, about using timeouts on the queues, play an announcment,
> update the caller's priority, and then putting them back in the queue.
> Maybe?
> 
> Pseudo-code.  Syntax and structure maybe incorrect.
> 
> Exten => 1111,1,Queue(techsupport||||120)
> Exten => 1111,n, Play(announcment-1)
> Exten => 1111,n, setVar(QUEUE_PRIO+1)
> Exten => 1111,n,Queue(techsupport||||120)
> .........
> 
> Basically, the priority was increased by one, so when I placed them back in
> the queue, even though the caller lost their place, their priority should be
> high enough to still receive the call.
> 
> The only problem with that is, if my announcement-1 is 30 seconds long,
> another caller could have been answered while this caller was listening to
> the playback.
> 
> Sigh....nothing is ever easy.  ((grin))
> 
> Thanks for the discussion and replies, Richard!
> 
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> 
well the thing to watch for is that if you have a 't' extension, 
because you are waiting for a 120 timeout it will jump there.

but you could use that just as well, to set the priority there, 
and toss back into the queue, or a diff queue for that matter.