Change outgoing phone call number on the fly (add a prefix)

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Roberto

Hi all,
I'm looking for a way to edit on the fly the number for a phone call, eg.
the user calls the number 123456 and my application, in background, actually
put a prefix to that number, eg 555, so that the real number called is
555123456.

Is there any way to do this?
 
In my country there are phone operators that allow you to save money if you
call a number with a particular prefix, but this means that you should edit
all the address book.
I was trying to look for another way: intercept the outgoing call, and edit
the number on the fly, avoiding in this way to edit the address book.

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In my country there are phone operators that allow you to save money if
you call a number with a particular prefix, but this means that you
should edit all the address book.
I was trying to look for another way: intercept the outgoing call, and
edit the number on the fly, avoiding in this way to edit the address
book.
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It would be far easier to write an app to modify the contact database.
 
Seems like that's something that should be built-in, but I can't find it.
Here's some software that will do it, if you just want this for one device:

http://magicall.mobiion-software.qarchive.org/

I think it's very unlikely that you will be able to do this from managed
code. I'll see if I can find anything else...

Paul T.
 
Hi!

Neil said:
It would be far easier to write an app to modify the contact database.
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In some cases this is not desirable. I remember my first Ericsson GH 172 (oh my god, that was 1992!) mobile phone having a handy functionality to automatically add a prefix to the dialed number if it didn't start with zero.

Robert
 
I can't find any way to do this from managed code. I think you'd have to
plug into TAPI to do it and I don't know enough to direct you further.

Paul T.

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