IVR Tutorial Lesson 4: Overview

The last step of the basic sample is listed here.

  1. 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.

Video: Run an External Program From IVR Application

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: