Script Steps Reference

Chapter 13
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Miscellaneous script steps 141
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Dials a phone from within a script. You can enter a phone number or specify a calculation
to create a phone number. You can also choose whether to use the current phone
preferences based on your current location. You can specify number, text, calculation, or
global fields, and letters within the phone number are translated to numbers (except for q
and z).
Important The Dial Phone script step is not supported in Mac OS X.
Examples
The following script repeatedly dials the phone number in the PhoneNumber field, up to
ten times.
Set Field [Contacts::gCount; 0]
Loop
Dial Phone [No dialog; Contacts::PhoneNumber]
Set Field [Contacts::gCount; Contacts::gCount + 1]
Exit Loop If [Contacts::gCount > 10]
End Loop
This script dials local directory assistance.
Dial Phone [No dialog; 411]
Install Menu Set
Format
Install Menu Set [specified menu set name]
Options
• Use As File Default overrides the file’s default menu set specified in the Define
Custom Menus dialog box with the menu set specified in this script step. Once you
close the file, the default menu set reverts to the one specified in the Define Custom
Menus dialog box. Select the menu set that you want the script step to install from the
list.
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Changes the menu set based on conditions established in the script.