If you are not doing conditions on variables you just set the line above then NO you don't need inline and yes the variables are on the session during all transfers.
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On Dec 7, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Madovsky wrote:
If I do this :
<action application="tone_detect" data="fax 1100 r +5000 transfer 'newext XML features' 1" />
are the channel variables transferred automatically or must I set every vars with inline="true" ?