asterisk users - Jul 2006 - how to ask for number to dial and then dial it?

I want to create an extension say "8000" that prompts the user to  
enter a number and then dial that entered number according to a set  
of rules.  The rules for dialing out are in different context (dial- 
out-rules).

[mymenu]

exten => 8000,1,Answer()
????


[dial-out-rules]

; toll-free numbers out pots line
exten => _1800XXXXXXX,1,Dial(${ANALOG_POTS}/${EXTEN})
exten => _1800XXXXXXX,n,Hangup()

; long-distance out voip line
exten => _NXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@myprovider.com,30)
exten => _NXXXXXXXXX,n,Hangup()


etc...


How do I do it?

You could do this:

 [mymenu]

 exten => 8000,1,Answer()
 exten => 8000,n,GoTo(dial-out-rules,s,1)


 [dial-out-rules]
; you'll have to record a prompt, or find an appropriate one in the
distribution
 exten => s,1,Playback(dial_number_after_the_beep)
 exten => s,n,Playback(beep)
 exten => s,n,WaitExten(5)

 ; toll-free numbers out pots line
 exten => _1800XXXXXXX,1,Dial(${ANALOG_POTS}/${EXTEN})
 exten => _1800XXXXXXX,n,Hangup()

 ; long-distance out voip line
 exten => _NXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@myprovider.com,30)
 exten => _NXXXXXXXXX,n,Hangup()



On 7/2/06, Robert La Ferla <robertlaferla@comcast.net>
wrote:
> I want to create an extension say "8000" that prompts the user to
> enter a number and then dial that entered number according to a set
> of rules.  The rules for dialing out are in different context (dial-
> out-rules).
>
>
>
> etc...
>
>
> How do I do it?
>
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Robert La Ferla wrote:
> I want to create an extension say "8000" that prompts the user to
enter
> a number and then dial that entered number according to a set  of 
> rules.  The rules for dialing out are in different context (dial- 
> out-rules).
> 
[some-context]
exten => 8000,1,Playback(please-enter-the-number)

; toll-free numbers out pots line
exten => _1800XXXXXXX,1,Dial(${ANALOG_POTS}/${EXTEN})
exten => _1800XXXXXXX,n,Hangup()

; long-distance out voip line
exten => _NXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@myprovider.com,30)
exten => _NXXXXXXXXX,n,Hangup()

exten => i,1,Playback(that-number-is-invalid-ha-ha)
exten => i,2,Congestion

And point the related extensions to [some-context].

Flynn