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Chapter 5

Function Summary

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Managing Conferences and Resources
5.3 Retrieving Information About Conferences, Resources, and Members
5.4 Retrieving and Modifying Conference and Member Attributes
5.5 Playing a Tone

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This chapter summarizes the NaturalConference functions. The functions are grouped by the typical tasks you can perform using NaturalConference:

For a detailed description of the NaturalConference functions, refer to Chapter 6.

5.2 Managing Conferences and Resources
Function

S/A1

 Description

cnfOpenResource

A2

 Opens a conferencing resource.

cnfCreateConference

 S

 Creates a new conference on a conferencing resource.

cnfJoinConference

S

 Adds a member to a conference.

cnfLeaveConference

 S

 Removes a member from a conference .

cnfCloseConference

 S

 Closes (destroys) a conference.

cnfCloseResource

 A3

 Closes a conferencing resource.

1 Synchronous or Asynchronous

2 Wait for CNFEVN_OPEN_RESOURCE_DONE before performing any other calls to the NaturalConference API.

3 Wait for CNFEVN_CLOSE_RESOURCE_DONE before performing any other calls to the NaturalConference API.

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5.3 Retrieving Information About Conferences, Resources, and Members
Function

S/A1

 Retrieves...

cnfGetResourceList

 S

 The list of resources defined in the system.

cnfGetResourceInfo

S

 Information about a conferencing resource.

cnfGetConferenceList

 S

 The list of existing conferences on a resource.

cnfGetConferenceInfo

 S

 Information about a conference.

cnfGetActiveTalkersList

 S

 The list of active talkers in a conference.

cnfGetMemberList

 S

 The list of existing members in a conference.

cnfGetMemberInfo

S

 Information about a member.

1 Synchronous or Asynchronous

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5.4 Retrieving and Modifying Conference and Member Attributes
Function

S/A1

 Description

cnfResizeConference

S

 Changes the number of members allocated to a conference.

cnfGetConferenceAttribute

 S

 Retrieves a conference attribute.

cnfSetConferenceAttribute

 S

 Modifies a conference attribute.

cnfGetMemberAttribute

 S

 Retrieves a member attribute.

cnfSetMemberAttribute

 S

 Modifies a member attribute.

cnfGetMemberAttributeList

 S

 Retrieves several member attributes at the same time.

cnfSetMemberAttributeList

 S

 Modifies several member attributes at the same time.

1 Synchronous or Asynchronous

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5.5 Playing a Tone
Function

S/A1

 Description

cnfStartTone

 S

 Starts playing a tone to every member of the conference.

cnfStopTone

 S

 Stops playing the tone started by cnfStartTone.

1 Synchronous or Asynchronous

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