Changes to the PABX.INI file created by EdUser 3.0

This topic applies to MonTel Client Version 2.3 beta onwards.

Eduser32.exe is a cut down version of a forthcoming tool to make life easy when editing the PABX.INI file. No more struggling with NOTEPAD.EXE!

Most features remain the same. In addition, both the 16 bit version and 32 bit versions of MonTel can operate with out these changes. However, older versions of Show Extensions 2, will be unable to view extended user information, instead showing on the the User Name and Extension and "FullUserDetails" information has been moved. (You can update to the latest version of both the 16 and 32bit version from the Netwiz Web site.

The details in the [Program] section remains unchanged, except for EditIniVersion which is automatically added when the file is saved from EdUser32.exe. You need to add this entry and set it to 3.0 to allow the new versions of Show Extensions 2 to be able to use the new PABX.INI format.

A [Departments] section has been added. The [Departments] are listed in the same way as the Servers, and like the servers each department can have a more detailed name. The list of the Departments corresponds to a list of department codes, that when referred to by other parts of MONTEL programs will substitute the DEPT.name when the full department name is required. And option to DisplayDepartmentName is included for Extension List (Ext32) . A DefaultDepartmentCode, is substituted for any users that does not expressly include a (DEPT) entry.

[Departments]

Departments = "AUDIT", "TAX", "INS", "IT", "CCG", "CONSULTANT"

DisplayDepartmentName = 0

DefaultDepartmentCode = ACCOUNTS - SUPPLIERS

AUDIT.Name = "Audit"

TAX.Name = "Taxation"

INS.Name = "Insolvency"

IT.Name = "6"

CCG.Name = "CCG"

CONSULTANT.Name = "CONSULTANT"

The [Servers] section remains unchanged except that each server now has a ServerDefaultDepartment which will over ride the DefaultDepartmentCode from the [Departments] section in supplying a default for each user - where each user has a specified server.

The [Users] section is where most of the changes have taken place. ShowExtensionHeader, is used by Ext32 (Extension List) to display more information about each user, or to change the description or title of the column header. Each entry is separated by a coma, and includes a Key (in brackets), and the header name. For example: ShowExtensionHeader = (User)Login Name, (Ext)Extension, (Dept)Department, (Full)Full Name

You can add more keys (and header names) to the standard settings, which can be displayed in Telephone Extension List (Ext32) . For example: (MOB)mobile phones.

User Entries

Previously each user had to be specified in the USERx = UserName section, and then repeated below with UserName = ..., and looked like this:

USER1 = John, 99, AdministratorOn, ReceptionOn

USER2 = Administrator, 260,(dir)Admini~1, AdministratorOn, ReceptionOn

USER3 = Local, 101, Users Directory, AdministratorOff, ReceptionOn,

(DEPT)ReceptUSER4 = ALICE, 242, (DEPT)Admin

USER5 = BOB, 243

USER6 = David, 99, AdministratorOn, ReceptionOn, (DEPT)DEVELOPMENT,

John = 99, "Linklater, John", "Monitor Business Machines", "Installer"

NAMEMORETHAN8 = 227, "NameMoreThan8, DOS Server", "MonTel Server", "Supervisor"

LOCAL = 101, "USER3, Local", "Demo Company Pty Ltd", "unknown"

ALICE = 242, "Smith, Alice", "Demo Company Pty Ltd", "Senior"

BOB = 243, "Smith, Bob", "Demo Company Pty Ltd", "Senior"

The information from this second section has now been moved to the USERx line using the same format as (DIR)Directory, for the directory of a long users name (because the DOS MONTEL server does not support long file names).

So this information would now look like this

USER1 = John, 99, "(DEPT)Monitor Business Machines", "(FULL)Linklater, John", "(DES)Installer", AdministratorOn, ReceptionOn

USER2 = Administrator, 260, "(DIR)Admini~1", AdministratorOn, ReceptionOn

USER3 = Local, 101, "(DEPT)Admin", "(FULL)USER3, Local", "(DES)unknown", ReceptionOn

USER5 = BOB, 243, "(DEPT)Demo Company Pty Ltd", "(FULL)Smith, Bob", "(DES)Senior"

USER6 = David, 99, "(DEPT)DEVELOPMENT", AdministratorOn, ReceptionOn

Format of the Each User slot

Each of the entries USER1 ... users are call LICENSED USER SLOTS, and follow the format of: USER# = Logon name, Extension plus a number of options all separated by a comma between options.

The options are of three types:

Firstly a Key in brackets followed by an entry. The standard key and entries are:

(dir) Users Home Directory, which is used by the MonTel Server and client if the User name is longer than 8 characters, or the home directories is different from the user name, or has illegal characters (like spaces) that DOS can recognise. It should be the same as DOS will see a long directory, but should not be included if it is the same as Logon name. e.g. USER = LONGUSERNAME, 99, (DIR)LONGUS~1
"(Dept) Users Department", used by ServerAutoExport, the MonTel Client, and Telephone Extension List (Ext32) . This over rides other department settings for this user. Max 31 characters. The Quotes are not required for ONE word Department codes, but if they are present must wrap both the KEY and the entry.
(CODE) Users Employee, Payroll or ID code. This is to be the key for the Employee database.
"(FULL) Full Users name". The full users name to auto add into the Employee database. You must put quotes around the name (since it won't be one word) and must wrap both the KEY and the entry.
(PIN) Monitor Pin Number for this user, Not recommended as this file is visible to ALL users. If this is consider a negligible security risk then it is useful to allow the Auto addition of the Monitor Pin number in systems that use Monex.
(Any) Any Entry. This option is to allow you to specify other keys to the shown in Telephone Extension List (Ext32) . For example mobile phones. This might be (MOB)0410xxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the mobile telephone number of that user.

Secondly Server options:

One only Server or volume code, that must exit in the Servers list in the [Servers] section above.

Thirdly security options

AdministratorOn, Give the user Client Database Admin rights
ReceptionOn, Gives the user the MonTel ability to see all calls. (Remember that they will need to have Network security rights as well to be able to see all calls.)
SaveDataOff (Don't save the call data in private users directory - user for non Login users such as FAX, BOARD, SPARE and so on.

A sample list of entries changed by by EdUser32 (as a subset of a PABX.INI file

[Program]

AllowOnlyAdminToUseMontel = 0

MonTelExitMessage = "Test message"

EdIniVersion= 3.0

[Servers]

Servers = LOCAL, FS1

ServerDefault = LOCAL

LOCAL.ServerDefaultDepartment = "AUDIT"

LOCAL.UsersHomePath = "C:\MONTEL\DEMO\USERS"

LOCAL.UserAddsUserNameToPath = "1"

LOCAL.UserHomeDirTruncatedTo = "0"

LOCAL.NetworkOperatingSystem = "Windows NT"

LOCAL.MainDataPath = "C:\MONTEL\DEMO\MAIN"

LOCAL.CreateNewUserDirectoryIfNeeded = "1"

LOCAL.OutputUsersPath = "C:\MONTEL\DEMO\USERS"

FS1.ServerDefaultDepartment = ""

FS1.UsersHomePath = "C:\MONTEL\DEMO\USERS"

FS1.UserAddsUserNameToPath = "1"

FS1.UserHomeDirTruncatedTo = "0"

FS1.NetworkOperatingSystem = "Netware 3.12"

FS1.MainDataPath = "C:\MONTEL\DEMO\MAIN"

FS1.CreateNewUserDirectoryIfNeeded = "0"

FS1.OutputUsersPath = "C:\MONTEL\DEMO\USERS"

[Departments]

Departments = "AUDIT", "TAX", "INS", "IT", "CCG", "CONSULTANT"

DisplayDepartmentName = 0

DefaultDepartmentCode = ACCOUNTS - SUPPLIERS

AUDIT.Name = "Audit"

TAX.Name = "Taxation"

INS.Name = "Insolvency"

IT.Name = "6"

CCG.Name = "CCG"

CONSULTANT.Name = "CONSULTANT"

[Users]

ShowExtHeader = "(DEPT)Department", "(FULL)Full Name", "(DES)Description", "(MOB)Mobile Phone", "(COY)Company", "(EMAIL)Email Address", "(DIR)Directory"

AutoSetupEmployeeDetails = 0

FullUserDetails = 1

ShowPrimaryExtensionsOnly = 0

IgnoreTheseUsers = "FAX"

USER1 = David, 733, "(DEPT)IT", "(CODE)TEST12456789", "(FULL)Morris, Mr David", AdministratorOn, ReceptionOn