U.M. (Mac OS)

9-6 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Setting dialing preferences
You can store a phone number in your database and set FileMaker Pro
dialing preferences to dial it in different ways.
Note FileMaker Pro uses these preferences when you select the Use
Dialing Preferences option in the Dial Phone script step.
The following example shows dialing preferences for an office. When
dialing another extension in the same office, you might not want to dial
the exchange. And when dialing a number outside the office, you might
need to dial a prefix for a local area code, or several prefixes for a long-
distance call.
FileMaker Pro matches the text in the left column of the Dialing
Preferences dialog box with the phone number in your database. When
it finds the longest matching entry in the left column, it dials the
corresponding entry in the right column. In this example, if the number
in your database is 408 555-3930, FileMaker Pro dials 3930.
For Do this
At location Choose a location from the pop-up menu.
If text begins with Type the digits that you don’t want FileMaker Pro to dial at the
beginning of a phone number.
Replace with Type the digits that you want FileMaker Pro to dial before a
phone number.
Always append Type the digits that you want FileMaker Pro to dial after a
phone number.
With most modems, include a
comma for a two-second delay
Set preferences for different
locations
This is the longest entry
that matches the example
phone number