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Modem:  
·Modem Name. This is where you select the modem you want to use. Most users only have one so the choice is easy. It is very important that you have a voice modem. If you don't know click the button "Will this modem work" and Call Soft will test it. If Call Soft says you don't have a voice modem and you believe you do see troubleshooting.  
·Connect at startup if you want to immediately begin listening for calls when Call Soft is ran. See assigning a modem for more information.  
·Configure Modems. Click this button to open your system modems configuration windows. This is the same window that would appear if you double click the modems icon in Control Panel.  
 
Autostart:  
·Run when you log onto this computer. Select this if you want Call Soft to run only when someone is logged on. Many people have their PC automatically log them on when the computer reboots. In this case selecting this option will cause Call Soft to run upon startup. However if your PC prompts you for a password upon startup Call Soft will not run until you log on.  
·Run as a service. This option will appear only if you are running Windows 2000 or XP and will cause Call Soft to run when Windows is running regardless if anyone is logged on. For more information here.  
·Run Web Server. If you have installed the Call Soft Web server (separate product) this option will be enabled. When checked Call Soft will run the Web server upon starting. This is the ideal method of starting the server because if Call Soft is running as a service it runs using the SYSTEM account. The Web server must be run under the same account otherwise the two cannot communicate. So if Call Soft is running as a service and you start the Web server from your desktop the Web Server will have to start another instance of Call Soft thus two would be running and this, of course, will causes migraines. So in short let Call Soft start the Web server. As of this writing we are working on a fix for the above problem.  
 
History List:  
·The history list is where all incoming callers are put. You can choose to limit the maximum number of callers in this list. The limit is 200.  
·Date/Time format. This allows you to customize how the date/time column displays when someone called. The format used here is the same format you can specify via the regional settings in Control Panel. You can combine date and time values in any order you wish.  
The default value is the short date and time format defined in your systems regional settings.  
See the table below for a list of identifiers.  
 
Miscellaneous:  
·Minimize to system tray. When Call Soft is minimized a little icon will appear in your system tray (the little window at the far right of your task bar). You can right click on this icon for a menu or double click it to restore Call Soft's main window. If this option is not checked Call Soft will minimize to the task bar.  
·Minimize at startup. Move to the system tray if Call Soft is set to start when Windows starts.  
·When closing Call Soft minimize it instead of shutting it down: Check this if you want Call Soft to minimize instead of closing when you click the button in the upper right hand corner of the main window. If not checked Call Soft will close when this button is clicked. To close Call Soft, when this option is checked, do so when it's minimized e.g. right click on the icon in the system tray and select exit or right click on the icon in the task bar and select close.  
·Show hints on main page. Check this to show the function OK buttons on Call Soft's main window.  
·Show grid lines in lists. If you want to show lines separating items in the incoming call and phonebook list check this option.  
·Always On Top. Select this to have Call Soft appear on top of all other windows on your desktop.  
·Enable "What Happened". If enabled Call Soft will log details about every call. Click here for details.  
·Reset Messages. You may have noticed Call Soft will ask you if you want to see a message again. It remembers your selection and automatically emulates it the next time. This can cause trouble see: When I try to delete messages in the incoming call list nothing happens. To reset these messages click this button.  
·Caller ID Format. See Caller ID Format.  
·Yes log my incoming calls: If you want a permanent list of all incoming calls, specify the text file to write the callers to. You specify the details using the message backup and logging window. This text file will contain everything you see in the history list. The columns are delimited using a tab character. This will allow you to read the information into Excel or most other similar programs.  
 
 
The following table identifies characters you can use to create your own date/time format:  
 
d
Display the day as a number without a leading zero (1 – 31).

dd
Display the day as a number with a leading zero (01 – 31).

ddd
Display the day as an abbreviation (Sun – Sat).

dddd
Display the day as a full name (Sunday – Saturday).

ddddd
Display the date as a complete date (including day, month, and year), formatted according to your system's short date format setting. For Microsoft Windows, the default short date format is m/d/yy.

m
Display the month as a number without a leading zero (1 – 12). If m immediately follows h or hh, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

mm
Display the month as a number with a leading zero (01 – 12). If m immediately follows h or hh, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

mmm
Display the month as an abbreviation (Jan – Dec).

mmmm
Display the month as a full month name (January – December).

y
Display the day of the year as a number (1 – 366).

yy
Display the year as a 2-digit number (00 – 99).

yyyy
Display the year as a 4-digit number (100 – 9999).

h
Display the hour as a number without leading zeros (0 – 23).

hh
Display the hour as a number with leading zeros (00 – 23).

s
Display the second as a number without leading zeros (0 – 59).

ss
Display the second as a number with leading zeros (00 – 59).

ttttt
Display a time as a complete time (including hour, minute, and second), formatted using the time separator defined by the time format recognized by your system. A leading zero is displayed if the leading zero option is selected and the time is before 10:00 A.M. or P.M. For Microsoft Windows, the default time format is h:mm:ss.

AM/PM
Use the 12-hour clock and display an uppercase AM with any hour before noon; display an uppercase PM with any hour between noon and 11:59 P.M.

am/pm
Use the 12-hour clock and display a lowercase AM with any hour before noon; display a lowercase PM with any hour between noon and 11:59 P.M.

A/P
Use the 12-hour clock and display an uppercase A with any hour before noon; display an uppercase P with any hour between noon and 11:59 P.M.

a/p
Use the 12-hour clock and display a lowercase A with any hour before noon; display a lowercase P with any hour between noon and 11:59 P.M.

AMPM
Use the 12-hour clock and display the AM string literal as defined by your system with any hour before noon; display the PM string literal as defined by your system with any hour between noon and 11:59 P.M. AMPM can be either uppercase or lowercase, but the case of the string displayed matches the string as defined by your system settings. For Microsoft Windows, the default format is AM/PM.

'xx'/"xx"   
Characters enclosed in single or double quotes are displayed as-is, and do not affect formatting.
/   
Displays the time separator character given by the TimeSeparator global variable.
:   
Displays the time separator character given by the TimeSeparator global variable.
 
 
See Also:  
Dialing  
Speech  
Fax  
Messages  
System  
Distinctive Ring