AbacusSky Integration

If you use the Fonality phone system, you can have buttons in the Abacus Name window dial the phone for you. To enable Fonality support, when installing the HUD you must select to install the TAPI driver. If it was not installed you can go to Options/Installed Components to install it.

Open Microsoft Notepad and edit the C:\Windows\lawwin.ini file.

(Go to the start menu in Windows, click run, type lawwin.ini, hit enter)

Go to the very bottom and add:

[TAPI]

UseTapiDialer=F:\Abacus\v20\Data01

(Replace the F: file path with the correct path from your network.)

Open

In Windows control Panel go to Phones/Modems and enter a local area code.

(Click the start menu in Windows, click control panel, open Phone and Modem, enter your area code, also enter the number to dial out IF you use one)

Customize your name screen. If using the standard Original screen

(Go to File/Setup/User Defined Screens/Name and clone the

ORIGINAL screen. Enter an ID of CUSTOM in the upper left.)

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3. Edit the field properties for the phone number field you wish to be

able to dial by right clicking it and then change the Listbox to Use Field to:

DIALNUMBER( “1”+ STRIPIT(OGET:VARGET(), .F., .T.))

Now when you are in a contact, you will be able to dial them by clicking on the phone icon to the right of the phone number.