[asterisk-users] Call Return

[A J Stiles]

On Wednesday 08 Jul 2015, Andrew Colin wrote:
> Hi Guys
> 
> 
> 
> I am trying to write a macro for a call return so for example
> 
> Anyone in the company transfers a call to another extension and it is not
> answered etc it must return to the person who did the transfer
> 
> I have got it working but if the call originates externally for example
> someone calls in to the switchboard and they transfer it then it tries to
> return to the outside caller.
> 
> As doing a return to ${EXTEN}) wont work as that is the external party.
> 
> How do I declare a variable from the extension dialed?
> So for example when 200 dials 201 I can capture the calling party(in this
> case 200) and declare it as a variable?

You need to set a variable quite early in your extension logic, using a Set 
command;

Set(dialled=${EXTEN})

and then later you can retrieve it as ${dialled} .  This variable will persist 
across context jumps, even although ${EXTEN} may have changed.

-- 
AJS

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