asterisk users - Mar 2008 - What replaces Macro() now? And how do you do the equivalent?

I've been working on getting the sample configuration of extensions.conf 
to be more usable, i.e. to make the examples be more flexible or cover 
more territory...  I thought it might be handy to show people how to use 
more contexts for virtual hosting, for example.

Problem is I was using the existing stdexten macro from 1.2.  See:

http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11969

If Macro()/MacroExit() is deprecated, how does one go about achieving 
the same functionality with Gosub()/Return()?

Not having named parameters is a bit of a hassle.

I was thinking about setting up variables, and using a template, but 
that's clumsy also.

So... if we're giving up Macro(), what functionality do we get instead?

Thanks,

-Philip

On Sunday 09 March 2008 09:59:32 pm Philip Prindeville
wrote:
> http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11969
>
> If Macro()/MacroExit() is deprecated, how does one go about achieving
> the same functionality with Gosub()/Return()?
i agree--an excellent question.  Since Macro is depreciated and I am using 
1.4, planning on upgrading to 1.6, I started to mess around a bit with this.

Currently, I use:
[incoming]
; Calls from outside
exten => 2202,1,Dial(${F1000G},30,kKotTwW)
exten => 2202,n,Goto(vm-external,${EXTEN},1)

[internal-extens]
; Calls from inside
exten => 2202,1,Dial(${F1000G},30,kKotTwW)
exten => 2202,n,Goto(vm-internal,${EXTEN},1)

And the Goto directs you to this context:
[vm](!)
exten => _X.,1,Answer(500)
exten => _X.,n,Exec(${IF($["${DIALSTATUS}" 
= "BUSY"]?VoiceMail(${EXTEN},b):VoiceMail(${EXTEN},u))})
exten => _X.,n,Playback(vm-goodbye)
exten => _X.,n,Hangup()

[vm-internal](vm)

[vm-external](vm)

I use two separate, but equal contexts so that in voicemail, i could 
distinguish between whether a call was "from-extension" or
"from-phonenumber"

I didn't need to use Gosub since I don't need a return.

I'm sure there are plenty of ways that are simpler, etc.  They have not yet 
arrived at my brain's doorstep.
-- 
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Hello,

I believe that using "GoSub" combined with "Set" replaces
"macro"
perfectly. There is even a "Return" application.

PLL.