New Dialing Codes to Create Custom Calling Card Rules (820886)

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Modify the Registry to Adjust the Calling Rules

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
The following Registry entry stores the dialing rules for predefined countries:Where ## represents a country as a numbered entry in this list. The numbers refer to the international country codes (for example USA = 1 and United Kingdom = 44).

For each country there are the following two registry entries. You can adjust the calling rules by editing the following registry values for all the countries:

• InternationalRule
• LongDistanceRule

For Example: To set the USA Long Distance Rule, look for an optional long distance carrier, dial 1 for long distance, dial the area code, and then dial the number.

To modify the registry to adjust the calling rules:

Follow these steps, and then quit Registry Editor:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following key in the registry:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Telephony\Country List\1\LongDistanceRule

3. On the Edit menu, click Modify.
4. Type N1FG, and then press ENTER.

For additional information about creating custom calling card rules, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Codes for Dialing

The following list describes the different dialing codes that you can use when you are setting up custom calling card rules.

Code	Description
0-9	Numbers to be dialed.
ABCD	Characters to be dialed. (Tone dialing only - used for special control on some phone systems.)
E	Dial the country code.
F	Dial the area code (city code).
G	Dial the local phone number.
H	Dial the card number.
*,#	Characters to be dialed (tone dialing only).
T	Subsequent numbers are to be tone dialed.
P	Subsequent numbers are to be pulse dialed.
,	Pause for a fixed time.
!	Flash (1/2 second on-hook, 1/2 second off-hook).
W	Wait for a second dial tone.
@	Wait for quiet answer (ring-back followed by five seconds of silence).
$	Wait for calling card prompt tone.
?	Suspend dialing until user provides input.

You can use the following codes only in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. With these codes, you can include configurable carrier codes as part of the dialed number. This functionality does not exist in earlier versions of Windows.

Code	Description
L	Mandatory long-distance carrier.
M	Mandatory international carrier.
N	Optional long-distance carrier.
S	Optional international carrier.