Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Ekiga address book searching by URI

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 10/11/10 14:09, Grigory A. Mozhaev wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I'm trying to implement one feature which possible would be useful for ekiga users and at the moment is neccesary for
> me.
>
> When being called the incoming call should be matched with the Ekiga address book. If there is a similar record in the
> address book of ekiga available, it should be shown in the incoming call popup window. In other words if SIP caller
> matches one entry in the address book, then it's name should be displayed using this entry.
>
> I've checked the sources and found the point where it should be matched, it's the
> function "ekiga_main_window_incoming_call_notify" in src/gui/main.cpp.
> I think it's a good point to start.

Exactly.  Note that you need to modify two functions:
#ifdef HAVE_NOTIFY
    ekiga_main_window_incoming_call_notify (mw, call);
#else
    ekiga_main_window_incoming_call_dialog_show (mw, call);
#endif

> I proceeded checking the sources, but found nothing to help me to search contacts in address book using URI. How can I
> do this? Is there any way to obtain contacts list using "remote URI address" from ekiga address book?
>
> Also, it looks strange, but base "Contact" class has only two useful functions "get_name" and "get_groups", so what
> about other important contact properties like "URI". Since it's a softphone, then any contact must have an URI? or Am I
> wrong? Please help me to find the right way!

Julien, any idea?

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Eugen