Using the Caller Applications Editor

The Caller Applications Editor is the primary tool used to create and deploy (install) caller applications on your system.

Starting the Caller Applications Editor

To start the Caller Applications Editor, click Start > Programs > Avaya Modular Messaging > Caller Applications.

The systems displays the Modular Messaging Caller Applications window (see figure below).

Caller applications are represented in a hierarchical tree structure in the left (Tree) pane of the window. The system displays objects in this pane at the following levels:

Modular Messaging Caller Apps level

The top level of the tree is the Modular Messaging Caller Apps node. All caller applications form branches off this node.

This is the level at which you can make settings that affect all caller applications you create (see Configuring preferences and general caller application properties).

Caller application level

Just beneath the Modular Messaging Caller Apps node are the nodes for the caller applications that you have created or opened. Each caller application has its own node.

Application (action) node level

Beneath the caller applications are the application action nodes, which typically represent the menu items and other caller options in a caller application. A caller application can have many action nodes. If submenus are required, it may have several levels of action nodes.

Understanding and using the Action menu

The Action menu is context-sensitive. That is, the contents of this menu vary according to the node level selected in Caller Application Editor.

Action menu options - Modular Messaging Caller Apps level
Action menu option	Action
Open Application	Displays the standard Windows Open dialog box listing all the caller applications that are available for editing.
New - Caller Application	Creates a new caller application node below the Modular Messaging Caller Apps node.
Properties	Displays the Modular Messaging Software Caller Apps Properties dialog box. Use this dialog box to set preferences for all caller applications you create (see Configuring preferences and general caller application properties).

Action menu items - Caller application level
Action menu option	Result
Save Application	Saves the caller application with the same application name and embedded ID, and also increments its revision number.
Save Application as	Saves the caller application with a new application name and embedded ID. On the next deployment, this caller application will be treated as a new application by the MASs in the voice mail domain.
Close Application	Closes the caller application. The system prompts you to save any changes made since the last save.
New - Application Node	Creates a new application action node below the selected caller application node.
Properties	Displays the Properties dialog box for the selected caller application. Use this dialog box to set properties that apply to the caller application (see Configuring the caller application properties).

Action menu items - Application action node level
Action menu option	Result
Change access key	Displays the Change Key dialog box, which allows you to change the key press the caller must use to access that application action node.
New - Application Node	Creates a new application action node below the currently selected application action node as a sub-level to it.
Delete	Deletes the selected application action node. If the selected action node is referenced by other nodes, the system displays a dialog box with information on the referenced nodes.
Properties	Displays the Properties for the selected application action node. Use this dialog box to set properties that apply to the selected action node (see Configuring application (action) node properties).

Understanding the toolbar icons

The icons displayed in the Caller Applications Editor toolbar vary according whatever is selected in the Tree pane, both in which icons are displayed and whether icons are displayed as active or inactive. Many of these icons duplicate actions available from the Action menu.


Icon	Action
	Moves back to the previous display in the history.
	Moves forward to the next display in the history.
	Moves the display up one level (available only at caller application node level).
	Displays/Hides the hierarchical Tree pane.
	Displays the Properties dialog box for the active level. At the Modular Messaging Software Caller Apps level, use this dialog box to set preferences for all caller applications you create (see Configuring preferences and general caller application properties). At the caller application level, use this dialog box to set properties that apply to the caller application (see Configuring the caller application properties). At the caller application node level, use this dialog box to set properties that apply to the selected action node (see Configuring application (action) node properties).
	Exports the contents of the Name field to a text file, using the Windows Save As dialog box.
	Refreshes the display.
	Accesses the online help for the Caller Applications Editor.
	(Available only at the Modular Messaging Software Caller Apps node level) Creates a new caller application.
	(Available only at caller application node level) Creates a new application action node.
	(Available only at the Modular Messaging Software Caller Apps node level) Opens an existing caller application.
	(Available only at the Associations level, under Modular Messaging Software Caller Apps > Deployed Applications > [MAS]) Opens the Add Association dialog box, which allows you to create a caller application association.