Click to call from my application

[jfolland]

I am looking to see if there is a way that I can initiate a call from within a custom developed application. The idea is simple: if the user is looking at a contact, I would have a button that would dial the number on their behalf using the magic jack.

I believe this has to be doable. There is some kind of outlook plug in that probably does this from within outlook. So it is more of a technical question of how. Any ideas?

Thank you,

Jonathan

[Darkman90808]

Not sure if this helps, but Stewart wrote a nifty little perl script to dial a number through Grand Central to ring back to the MJ. With Grand Central, you can click on a number to dial and select which device you want it connected to but there is no way to just put in a number that hasn't been saved in your contacts. His script solves that issue.

I suspect when MJ reaches a critical mass, there will be any number of after market solutions written. Already there are different skins, Magic Block, and the Caller ID Spoofer. Also, I seem to remember someone on the forum who used an autodialer with MJ and an Excel spreadsheet.

Like I said, I doubt if any of these offer the specific solution you're looking for but they may point you in the right direction.

[HendersonMike]

If you are looking at your contact list on the soft-phone, just click on the contact you want to call and it will call it.

[laserjobs]

Have you looked at the tools on Jaduka?

http://labs.jaduka.com/dukaLink
http://labs.jaduka.com/dukabar/?pg1=dukabar

[Darkman90808]

laserjobs.... thanks for your last post!!! Just what the doctor ordered. I've wanted something like that for my emails. Haven't tried it yet, but it looks like it's just the ticket.

[jfolland]

I am still looking for the exact solution, but if I am not able to find it; both the perl script to grand central and the jaduka dukaBar may indeed fill the need. SO thank you to laser and darkman.

Jonathan

[JohnnyFreightTRAIN]

For more info about Jaduka Labs, click here.

[gbeck1970]

Jonathan, I use a contact manager called Maximizer and wrote a simple script in AutoHotKey that dials the phone number for me using the MajicJack. It works great! Not sure if you're familiar with AutoHotKey but you might want to check it out...

Greg

I am looking to see if there is a way that I can initiate a call from within a custom developed application. The idea is simple: if the user is looking at a contact, I would have a button that would dial the number on their behalf using the magic jack.

I believe this has to be doable. There is some kind of outlook plug in that probably does this from within outlook. So it is more of a technical question of how. Any ideas?

Thank you,

Jonathan