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TelephonyServerNewCall Event

Fires when there is a new inbound call sent from the Voice Elements Server.

Namespace:  VoiceElements.Client
Assembly:  VoiceElementsClient (in VoiceElementsClient.dll) Version: 8.6.1.1
Syntax
public event NewCall NewCall

Return Value

Type: 
This event comes along with a New Call Argument Object, which contains a reference to the Channel Resource that has been assigned for the duration of the new call. You will use this object along with the Voice Resource for all Plays, Get Responses and other voice functions. To access the Voice Resource, you will find a reference in the Voice Resource Property of the Channel Resource in the NewCallEventArgs.
Remarks
You Must Register DNIS's to Receive Calls

Before the Voice Elements Server that handles telephony resources will send new calls to your application and fire this event, you must Register DNIS(s) with the Voice Elements Server. If this is not done, the server will not raise New Call Events. For more information about DNIS, see What's a DNIS?

Threading and Best Practices

Voice Elements handles creation of a thread behind the scenes before calling this event. You can spend the entire length of the call in this event, therefore there is no need to quickly exit. The simplest approach to designing a simple inbound application is to create a inbound script class and call that class from this event.

Define your New Call Event in your Start Up Code

Put something like this in your startup code: s_TelephonyServer.NewCall += new VoiceElements.Client.NewCall(s_TelephonyServer_NewCall); Determine the entry point of your application and decide where you would like to begin receiving these events. You may make this before or after you Register DNIS(s), since the server will not even try to raise events until the registration is done.

Subscribe to Disconnected Events

You should always subscribe to Disconnect Events (aka Hang Ups) immediately upon getting a New Call event. Always do this unless you explicitly have a reason not to do so. The following code line will do this subscription (C#): e.ChannelResource.Disconnected += new Disconnected(ChannelResource_Disconnected); Determine the entry point of your application and decide where you would like to begin receiving these events. You may make this before or after you Register DNIS(s), since the server will not even try to raise events until the registration is done.

Examples
The example below shows a chunk of code that executes when the event arrives. Notice that the sample immediately begins gathering information from the ChannelResource object reference passed in the NewCallEventArgs object "e". The code then Answers the call, creates and instance of an IVR application class and executes an RunScript method. These are created by you and this model is recommended as the simplest way to encapsulate your IVR script.
static void s_TelephonyServer_NewCall(object sender, VoiceElements.Client.NewCallEventArgs e)
{
try
{
Log.Write("NewCall Arrival! DNIS: {0}  ANI: {1}  Caller ID Name: {2}", e.ChannelResource.Dnis, e.ChannelResource.Ani, e.ChannelResource.CallerIdName);

// Immediately subscribe to disconnects (hang ups), unles you have a specific reason to not see these events.
e.ChannelResource.Disconnected += new Disconnected(ChannelResource_Disconnected);

Log.Write("Answering...");
// Use the channel resource passed in with the event args to answer the call.
e.ChannelResource.Answer();

Log.Write("Calling My IVR Application");
// Call a class you have created which contains all the scripting and features of the voice interface for the call.
// You will find that this class will nee references to the Telephony Server, Channel Resource and Log.  You may add more depending on your application.
MyIVRApplication ivrApp = new MyIVRApplication(s_TelephonyServer, e.ChannelResource, Log);
// Call a method in your main telephony IVR class to execute your scripts
ivrApp1.RunScript();
}
catch (HangupException)
{
Log.Write("The Caller Hung Up.");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.WriteException(ex, "IvrApplication::NewCall");
}
finally
{
try
{
// Unsubscribe the disconnected event.
try { e.ChannelResource.Disconnected -= new Disconnected(ChannelResource_Disconnected); }
catch { }
// Force a Hangup for a safety net
try { e.ChannelResource.Disconnect(); }
catch { }
// Always Dispose of the channel resource object you got along with the initial event for safety.
try { e.ChannelResource.Dispose(); }
catch { }
Log.Write("Call complete.");
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Log.WriteException(ex, "Error in finally block");
}
}
}
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