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Special Chars in Launch URL "tel:?????"

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:24 am
by doobox
Hi there,

Is there a workaround to having Astrix, and hash for example in a number you want the dialer to launch on ios..?

Using
launch url "tel:*#101#"
or
launch url "tel:" & numToChar(32) & numToChar(35) & "100" & numToChar(35)

Neither work.

Re: Special Chars in Launch URL "tel:?????"

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:40 am
by jmburnod
Hi doobox,

Maybe with urlencode ?

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get urlencode("tel:*#101#")
launch url it
best regards
Jean-Marc

Re: Special Chars in Launch URL "tel:?????"

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:49 am
by doobox
Thank's but that does not work either.

Re: Special Chars in Launch URL "tel:?????"

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:28 pm
by jacque
Maybe put the number into a variable first?

get "#101#"
launch url "tel:" & it

If that doesn't work, note that numToChar(32) is a space, so if it wasn't a typo, maybe your concatenation example just needs a different ascii code. Ascii 42 is an asterisk.

Re: Special Chars in Launch URL "tel:?????"

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:22 pm
by LCNeil
Dear doobox,

Using special chars in a launch url is not posible. This is a restriction put in place by Apple to prevent users from maliciously redirecting phone calls or changing the behavior of a phone or account.

Neil Roger
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