Shortcuts to Phone, Email, Web and Skype
Open Contacts can interact with Windows' telephony program, Emailer and Web browsers etc. Field data will pass to these programs according to the type or the action of predefined fields.
The Action button is a magic button that will change its appearance and associated commands when a predefined data field is highlighted in an Edit Contact window, or when a contact list window is activated.
Actions supported:
Open Contacts also supports custom actions which are implemented using Web URL query, EXE program, Windows scripts or DLL programs.
Telephony
When you click on a phone field, the Action button will change for telephony. Clicking on the Phone button will result in launching Windows' telephony program (Phone Dialer ) with the phone number.
Emailing
When you click on any data field of Email address, the Action button will change for Emailing. Clicking on the Email button will create a new Email window with the email address.
If the Email program to be used by Open Contacts is Microsoft Outlook, you will have more options of adding Email addresses to Microsoft Outlook. For example, the Email address could pass to the CC field of current Email item of Outlook.
You may also create Email to multiple contacts selected in a Contacts List window.
Web Browsing
When you click on any field of Web address, the Action button will change for Web browsing. Click on the Web button will launch Windows' default Web browser (MS Internet Explorer, Netscape or Mozilla Firefox) with the URL.
Skype
When a Skype field is selected, the Action button will allow you to start a call or start a chat with the Skype name. Please make sure you have logon to Skype.
Note: As the Skype functions were introduced since Version 2.8.1, if you are an existing user of Open Contacts and want to keep existing database files, you will need to create a predefined field named "Skype" or whatever name you want, and associate this field with skype type and skype action.
