CNF file format

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CNF files are text editable files. From what I have been able to determine they can be the following formats:

Call to an ip:

[ConferenceShortcut]
ConfName=a.b.c.d
Address=a.b.c.d
CallFlags=65543
Transport=1

where a.b.c.d is the IP to call.

Call to a computer name:

[ConferenceShortcut]
ConfName=computer.domain.com
Address=computer.domain.com
CallFlags=65543
Transport=1

where computer.domain.com is the computer name to call.

Call to a person registered as name@domain.com on Microsoft's ILSx server:

[ConferenceShortcut]
ConfName=ilsx.microsoft.com/name@domain.com
Address=ilsx.microsoft.com/name@domain.com
CallFlags=65543
Transport=5

where ilsx.microsoft.com is the name of computer running the ILS server and name@domain.com is the email address that the person has registered with on the ILS.

Call to a H.323 gateway (out to a real POTS number):

[ConferenceShortcut]
ConfName=
Address=www.xxx.yyy.zzz/number
CallFlags=2
Transport=8

where number is the outgoing phone number to be dialed but must not contain characters other than "0123456789#*". I haven't found a real H.323 gateway to call yet so I this last one is speculation (but Microsoft indicates that this is correct).

Call to a T.120 conference server to a named conference on a conference server (sample using Databeam):

[ConferenceShortcut]
ConfName=192.101.204.5
Address=192.101.204.5
RemoteConfName=test
CallFlags=196615
Transport=1

[ExtendTheFile]
a=This file must be a minimum size for some
b=browsers to have enough time to calculate 
c=download times. The browser could hang 
d=if the file istoo small.

This is a call to the Databeam conference to a conference named "test". The stuff about extending the file is from Databeam. I don't know which browsers belong to the list "some browsers".

Other call formats? The exact meaning and limitations of the ConfName,Address, CallFlags and Transport parameters, I have not been able to discern.

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Changed:Thursday January 12, 2006 11:27 -0500