Re: xpl_phone & sending osd message

[Graham Howe]

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"rleong1" <rleong1@y...> wrote:
> i am trying to set up a script for xplphone to send caller id to
> pcosd, including my slimp3s. i am trying to write the number to
the
> 2nd line of the osd (which would display big text for the slimp3)
>
> i tried this &amp; it didn't work:
> mymsg = "command=write" &amp; chr(10) &amp;
"delay=60" &amp; chr(10) &amp;
> "text=" &amp; chr(10) &amp; callerName
> call
xpl.SendMsg("","","osd.basic",mymsg)
>
> the command never shows up in the xplhal log. if i replace the
> chr(10) with chr(13) i get this command in the log:
>
> command=writedelay=60text=12345678
>
> where  is some funny character
>
> what am i doing wrong?

Try using "\n" for the new line character

"text=\n" &amp; callerName.....

Graham

(answering his first ever xPL related question so it may well be
wrong ;-)