--- apps/app_dial.c.cvs	2005-02-14 00:31:13.316216160 -0500
+++ apps/app_dial.c	2005-02-14 00:34:34.843579344 -0500
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 "             ${EXITCONTEXT} or the current context.\n"
 "      't' -- allow the called user to transfer the calling user by hitting #.\n"
 "      'T' -- allow the calling user to transfer the call by hitting #.\n"
+"      'c(x) -- set the context on the outbound channel to 'x'.\n"
 "      'w' -- allow the called user to write the conversation to disk via app_monitor\n"
 "      'W' -- allow the calling user to write the conversation to disk via app_monitor\n"
 "      'f' -- Forces callerid to be set as the extension of the line \n"
@@ -630,6 +631,8 @@
 	int digit = 0, result = 0;
 	time_t start_time, answer_time, end_time;
 	struct ast_app *app = NULL;
+	int hascontext = 0;
+	char forcecontext[256] = "";
 	
 	if (!data) {
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Dial requires an argument (technology1/number1&technology2/number2...|optional timeout|options)\n");
@@ -833,6 +836,28 @@
 				mohclass=NULL;
 			}
 		}
+
+		/* Check if we should set a context on the outbound call */
+		if ((s = strstr(transfer, "c("))) {
+			hascontext = 1;
+			strncpy(forcecontext, s + 2, sizeof(forcecontext) - 1);
+			while (*s && (*s != ')'))
+				*(s++) = 'X';
+			if (*s)
+				*s = 'X';
+			else {
+			ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "Setting a context\n");
+				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Could not find context to set on outbound call.\n");
+				hascontext = 0;
+			}
+			s = strchr(forcecontext, ')');
+			if (s)
+				*s = '\0';
+			else {
+				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Macro flag set without trailing ')'\n");
+				hascontext = 0;
+			}
+		}
 		/* Extract privacy info from transfer */
 		if ((s = strstr(transfer, "P("))) {
 			privacy = 1;
@@ -1013,6 +1038,9 @@
 		if (outbound_group)
 			ast_app_group_set_channel(tmp->chan, outbound_group);
 
+		/* Set the requested context on the new outbound channel */
+		if (hascontext) strcpy(tmp->chan->context, forcecontext);
+
 		/* Place the call, but don't wait on the answer */
 		res = ast_call(tmp->chan, numsubst, 0);