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Chapter 4 - Call Appearances / Call Appearance Reference

Constants

Call Types

The callType field of the call appearance structure contains one of the values listed in this section. The field indicates the way in which the call reached or left the local terminal. Your application can determine the current call type at any time by calling the TELGetCAInfo function (page 4-54) to update the call appearance structure.

enum {
   telVoiceMailAccessOut   = (-7),
   telPageOut              = (-6),
   telIntercomOut          = (-5),
   telCallbackOut          = (-4),
   telPickup               = (-3),
   telParkRetrieve         = (-2),
   telNormalOut            = (-1),
   telUnknownCallType      = 0,
   telNormalIn             = 1,
   telForwardedImmediate   = 2,
   telForwardedBusy        = 3,
   telForwardedNoAnswer    = 4,
   telTransfer             = 5,
   telDeflected            = 6,
   telIntercepted          = 7,
   telDeflectRecall        = 8,
   telParkRecall           = 9,
   telTransferredRecall    = 10,
   telIntercomIn           = 11,
   telCallbackIn           = 12
};

Constant descriptions

telVoiceMailAccessOut

An outgoing call placed to a voicemail system.

telPageOut

An outgoing call placed to a paging system.

telIntercomOut

An outgoing call placed over an intercom line; that is, a direct connection for which dialing is unnecessary.

telCallbackOut

An outgoing call placed in response to a callback request.

telPickup

An incoming call answered at the local terminal although it was alerting at a different terminal.

telParkRetrieve

A parked call that has been retrieved.

telNormalOut

A simple outgoing call.

telUnknownCallType

No information is available about the call type.

telNormalIn

A simple incoming call.

telForwardedImmediate

An incoming call that was immediately forwarded.

telForwardedBusy

An incoming call that was forwarded due to a busy signal.

telForwardedNoAnswer

An incoming call that was forwarded due to no answer.

telTransfer

An incoming call that was transferred.

telDeflected

An incoming call that was deflected.

telIntercepted

An incoming call that was intercepted, such as by an operator.

telDeflectRecall

An incoming call that was deflected, then recalled.

telParkRecall

An incoming call that was parked, then recalled.

telTransferredRecall

An incoming call that was transferred, then recalled.

telIntercomIn

An incoming call that arrived over an intercom line; that is, a direct connection for which dialing is unnecessary.

telCallbackIn

An incoming call that was initiated in response to a callback request.