Microsoft KB Archive/172274

= How To Use NM to Place a Computer-to-Phone Call from a Web Page =

Article ID: 172274

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft NetMeeting 2.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit 2.1

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This article was previously published under Q172274



SUMMARY
How do I place a computer-to-phone call from a Web page using NetMeeting?

The Callto tag enables you to call another computer running NetMeeting from a Web page. The Callto tag does not allow you to use NetMeeting to call a telephone from a Web page.

If you want to place a NetMeeting call to a regular telephone from a Web page, you must create a SpeedDial (.cnf) file and add a link to it on the Web page. This article shows you how to create a .cnf file.



MORE INFORMATION
To enable placing NetMeeting calls to a telephone from a Web page, first create a SpeedDial (.cnf) file and add a link to it on a Web page. When you click the link, the .cnf file is downloaded and a computer-to-telephone call is initiated from NetMeeting.

NOTE: Typically, .cnf files are generated when you create a speed dial entry from within NetMeeting. NetMeeting does not have the functionality to generate .cnf files to initiate computer-to-telephone calls. However, if created manually, you can use .cnf files to initiate such calls.

Steps to Create .cnf File
 Using a text editor (such as Notepad), create a file with the following lines:

[ConferenceShortcut]

ConfName=

Address=/

CallFlags=2

Transport=8

NOTE: is the conference you want to join (this value is not required),  is the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to your gateway, and is the number you want to call.

For example, create a file with the following lines:

[ConferenceShortcut]

ConfName=Test

Address=111.11.1.11/3334456

CallFlags=2

Transport=8

 Save the file using a .cnf extension (for example, Mygatewaycall.cnf).

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