IVR Tutorial Lesson 4: Overview

The last step of the basic sample is listed here.

6. Start Voicent BroadcastByPhone with the recorded message and a fixed call list file

In this lesson shows how to invoke an external program from IVR Studio.

BroadcastByPhone Command Line

BroadcastByPhone program can be invoked from the command line. For more information, please see BroadcastByPhone Command Line Interface.

vcast.exe <call list file>

• [-startnow]
• [-confirmcode <code>]
• [-wavfile <wave file name>]
• [-numbers <call list>]
• [-import <import csv file>]
• [-cleanstatus]

Where:

• -startnow: starts a broadcast immediately
  
• -wavfile : specify the wave file path name
  
• -confirmcode: call-till-confirm code
  
• -numbers: import a list of phone numbers
  
• -import: import a CSV file
  
• -cleanstatus: clean status column before broadcast

Example: vcast.exe "C:\mygroup\list.voc" -startnow -cleanstatus -wavfile "C:\mygroup\hello.wav"

You can invoke BroadcastByPhone with a call list such as C:\mygroup\list.voc and start broadcasting using a .wav file like C:\mygroup\hello.wav

This lesson covers the following topics:

• Create a run program action
• Create a variable for the voice message
• Use variable as program argument
• Test Lesson 4
• Use Windows Batch File
• Edit run program action
• Test Lesson 4 Again