Advanced IVR Tutorial Lesson 1: Update the Windows Batch File

REM delay for 30 seconds
REM use ping command as a workaround since there is no sleep command

ping 127.0.0.1 -n 30 -w 1000 > NUL

REM now launches broadcastbyphone
REM adds -noexit if you want to keep the program up after broadcast

"C:\Program Files\Voicent\BroadcastByPhone\bin\vcast.exe"
     "C:\Call List\mylist.voc"
     -startnow -cleanstatus

Here the call list is hard coded to be C:\Call List\mylist.voc

The New Batch File

REM delay for 30 seconds
REM use ping command as a workaround since there is no sleep command

ping 127.0.0.1 -n 30 -w 1000 > NUL

REM choose the correct call list file

for /L %%a in (0, 1, %1) do shift
set selectedfile=%1

REM now launches broadcastbyphone
REM adds -noexit if you want to keep the program up after broadcast

"C:\Program Files\Voicent\BroadcastByPhone\bin\vcast.exe"
     %selectedfile -startnow -cleanstatus

Here the call list file choice is passed in as the first argument and all the call list files are passed in after that. For example, one might invoke the batch file as:

runvcast.bat 1 "C:\Call List\mylist A.voc" "C:\Call List\mylist B.voc"

That command will launch BroadcastByPhone using mylist B.voc.