Quick follow up: I found a reference to what looks like a great little function. Is it really this easy?

switch_channel_set_variable(channel,”my_var”,”my_val”);

Thanks,

From: freeswitch-dev-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-dev-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Michael Collins
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:57 PM
To: freeswitch-dev@lists.freeswitch.org
Subject: [Freeswitch-dev] INFO: wait_for_silence wikified;set chan var w/ result?

FYI,

I started the documentation here: http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Misc._Dialplan_Tools_wait_for_silence

I also added it to the list of apps on the mod_dptools wiki page.

Question: how easy/difficult would it be to add a channel variable that would get populated with the result of the wait_for_silence call? It could be something like ${waitstatus} with a value of “silence” or “timeout”. Bonus question: if I wanted to dig in there myself and see if I could add that feature, where might I start looking for information on what is required when adding a custom channel variable inside an app or api? I’d want to make sure to follow proper protocol when creating this variable.

Thanks,