[asterisk-users] OutCall for Outlook only shows Name from CLID and not Number - hence not pulling contact

[Bruce B]

Thanks for feedback. I am looking mainly for pop-up of Outlook and don't
need outgoing call at all but it would be nice to have.

Regards,

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Stefan Schmidt <sst at sil.at> wrote:

> Am 28.12.10 07:26, schrieb Bruce B:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I am using OutCall 1.6 (latest) with Asterisk 1.6 and Windows Vista. I
> can
> > originate calls see the program login nicely but when a call comes in it
> > only shows the Name portion of the CLID and not the number hence it pulls
> up
> > a new contact on Outlook. The new contact only show name and last name
> and
> > no CLID Number again. So, this repeats every-time I call even if I
> manually
> > enter a number and save the contact or save it without a number.
> >
> > Seems to me that Outcall is not harvesting the CLID number as it should
> or
> > maybe it's not passing it to outlook so that the old contact which
> already
> > exists for that number to be pulled. I am wondering if anyone else has
> > experienced this or if you guys think OutCall is really not reliable and
> I
> > should look for an alternative.
> >
> > Please let me know if there is a solid alternative out there.
> >
> > Thanks
> Hello,
>
> I dont know outcall but i can show you an alternative which really works
> nice for my needs.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/siptapi/
>
> this small program use the windows TAPI interface and dials out via sip.
> But it only works for outgoing calls in the freeware version. For
> inbound you have to buy it.
>
> best regards
>
> Stefan
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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