About This Code
Brief Description:
Skype-enable your databases
Contributor:
Andreas Gruen
Notes Version:
R6.x, R8.x, R7.x
Last Modified:
15 Feb 2008
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Code / Description
During development of a Sametime-Skype plugin, I found a simple way to integrate Skype-out phone calling into any Notes database.
There are two technical ways: using the skype-url-mechanism or a special skype commandline argument. I prefer the latter one, because it launches Skype in case it is not running.
The Notes fieldname for the phone number as well as the replacements of non numeric characters must be customised. Sykpe expects international number format: "+ countrycode areacode number" without spaces.
So here is the code - put it in an agent, a button an action, whatever you like:
REM {URL-type launch};
REM {===========================};
o := @ReplaceSubstring(OfficePhoneNumber;" ";"");
o := @ReplaceSubstring(o;"-";"");
@Command([Execute];"skype:"+o+"?call")
REM {direct launch};
REM {===========================};
x:= @RegQueryValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE";"SOFTWARE\\Skype\\Phone";"SkypePath");
o := @ReplaceSubstring(OfficePhoneNumber;" ";"");
o := @ReplaceSubstring(o;"-";"");
@Command([Execute];x;"\"/uri:"+o+"\"")
Usage / Example