Lookup Caller using the Internet
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If you want to lookup a caller's name and address using their number, right click on the caller in the incoming call list and select Lookup. You can use 1 of several Internet sites to do this. By default Call Soft will use Switchboard (www.switchboard.com) but several others are available and you can even define your own site.  
 
Right click on a name in the incoming call list and select Lookup.  
 
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Setting the lookup Web site:  
 
To setup the lookup site right click anywhere in the incoming call list and select Lookup then Setup.  
 
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By default Call Soft uses Switchboard. The actual URL required to access the site is shown under the label "The formatted URL".  
If you want to use one of the other pre-defined sites simply click on one of the button then click the OFF button. Now when you lookup a name that site will be used.  
 
If you want add your own lookup site you will need to modify a text file called lookup.ini found in the Call Soft folder (c:\program files\call soft). You can open this file with any text editor. We will make this procedure easier in a future release.  
The content of the lookup.ini has two sections [Names] and [URLS]. name1 refers to url1, name2 refers to url2 etc. You can have up to 6 names/URLS. To modify or add simply change one of the nameX= to any name you want then change the associated URL. After modifying the file  
 
Contents of lookup.ini file.  
 
[Names]  
name1=Switchboard  
name2=Whitepages  
name3=AnyWho  
name4=Info Space Yellow  
name5=Info Space White  
[URLS]  
url1="http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgirlookup.dll?SR=&MEM=1&LNK=32%3A36&at=<areacode>&e=<prefix>&n=<number>&type=BOTH&Search.x=35&Search.y=8"  
url2="http://www.whitepages.com/find_person_results.pl?fid=p&ac=<areacode>&p=<prefix><number>"  
url3="http://www.anywho.com/qry/wp_rl?npa=<areacode>&telephone=<prefix><number>&btnsubmit.x=31&btnsubmit.y=11"  
url4="http://ypng.infospace.com/info/ypv3/list.htm?&kcfg=ypus&ypinsp=0&searchtype=all&fromform=revphone&qp=<areacode><prefix><number>&qpa=<areacode>&qpx=<prefix>&qpp=<number>"  
url5="http://kevdb.infospace.com/info/wp/results/kevdb?OTMPL=/wp/results.htm&QFM=p&QK=5&KCFG=US&QP=<areacode><prefix><number>&qcat=reverse"