Dial Phone
Purpose 
Dials a phone from within a script.
Format 
Dial Phone [No dialog; <phone number>]
Options 
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Perform without dialog prevents the Dial Phone dialog box from displaying when the script step executes.
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Click Specify to display the “Dial Phone” Options dialog box where you can set the following options.
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Phone Number lets you enter a phone number to dial.
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Specify lets you create a calculation to generate the phone number.
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Use Dialing Preferences (if NDISWAN TAPI is not installed) tells FileMaker Pro to use the current phone dialing preferences, based on your location. These preferences remove, insert, and append digits to phone numbers, as when a dialing prefix is required in a business setting. This option can apply to phone numbers provided from a field value or to a number that the user enters. (If TAPI is installed, modem and dialing preferences are set in the Phone Dialer accessory application.)
Compatibility 
 
Where the script step runs 
Supported 
FileMaker Pro 
Yes 
FileMaker Server scheduled script 
No 
FileMaker Go 
Yes 
Custom Web Publishing 
No 
FileMaker WebDirect 
No 
Runtime solution 
Yes 
Originated in 
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description 
You can enter a phone number or specify a calculation to create a phone number. You can specify number, text, calculation, or global fields. Letters within the phone number are translated to numbers (except for q and z). You can also choose whether to use the current phone preferences based on your current location.
Tip  To place an international call in FileMaker Go, filter the phone number for numerical digits and the "+" symbol. Select Use Dialing Preferences to allow the iPhone to automatically detect the correct country formatting.
Important  The Dial Phone script step is not supported in OS X, but you can create scripts that include the Dial Phone script step to use in FileMaker Go.
Example 1 
Dials the phone number contained in the script.
Dial Phone ["5550987654"]
Example 2 
Dials the phone number contained in the Work Phone field in the current record.
Go to Layout ["Customer Details"]
If [not IsEmpty ( Customers::Work Phone )]
Dial Phone [No dialog; Customers::Work Phone]
End If
Example 3 
Filters the contents of the Work Phone field for appropriate characters and dials the filtered number.
Go to Layout ["Customer Details"]
If [not IsEmpty ( Customers::Work Phone )]
Dial Phone [No Dialog; Filter ( Customers::Work Phone ; "1234567890+" )]
End If
Related topics 
Filter function
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
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