Intended Audience

This manual is intended for users who want to become familiar with CompuFax, System Managers wishing to install and maintain CompuFax and Programmers wishing to interface other applications with CompuFax.

How To Use This Manual

This manual has been fully revised from earlier issues, with concentration on legibility, usefulness, accuracy, completeness and aesthetics. Chapter One contains installation instructions, Chapters Two through Four are a tutorial on how to use CompuFax. Chapter Five covers Receive to Disk and related topics. Chapter Six explains about the PC Interface. The remaining chapters contain other important information. Appendix A contains the CompuFax Release Notes (refer to text file CF32.RELEASE_NOTES, shipped with CompuFax, for the latest additions.) A glossary and an index have been added to make this manual even more useful.

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Contents

T WO R KI N G D Y N a M I C S C O R P O R a T I O N Copyright Notice January Networking Dynamics Corporation Software License Agreement Warran TY Service CompuFax Version Quick Installation Instructions Page CompuFax Hardware Installation and Configuration Page Preface Overview Intended Audience Table of Contents Other Commands Summary of Commands and Directives Appendix a CompuFax Installation Modem Cabling Hardware InstallationFax Modem Devic e Term inal Port Charac t erist ic s Mult iple Syst em s Software InstallationServer Port Charac t erist ic s Evaluat ion Wit hout Modem Customization Full Devic e Server Set upFull Devic e Server Inst allat ion $ Show System Full Devic e Server St art upRem ot e Fax Server Inst allat ion $ FAX Show Device $ Edit FAX$DIRFAXREMSTART.COM Rem ot e Fax Server Set upRemote Fax Server Startup $ FAX Show Server Getting Started What Is CompuFax?Getting Started As a CompuFax User $ FAX Show Queue $ FAX Sending a FaxChecking If Your Fax Was Sent FAX Exit An Even Sim pler Way t o Send Embedding Fax Numbers Into DocumentsPrinting To The Fax Device $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 Using Com puFax Qualifiers w it h VMS Mail Sending Faxes Using VMS MailEm bedding Num bers in VMS Mail CC Psmith Getting HelpFrom VS4000PSMITH 15-JUN -1994 To FAX% $ FAX HelpPage Sending Different File Types More About Sending FilesSending Multiple Files $ FAX SEN D doc.1, doc.2, doc.3, doc.4, doc.5 / N UMBER= Post Sc ript Files Tex t FilesBit m apped Files $ FAX SEN D FILE.COMPRESSED / FORMAT= T4 / N UM= $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / FON T= Using Different FontsSending Landscaped Files # # FON T Sending Faxes With Coversheets # # Remark This is a coversheet configuration fileSending Files With Overlays $ FAX SEN D BILL.CFG Sending Breakup Files # # EN Dfax # # Breakup# # N Ewfax # # N Umber This results Using The Lookup Feature$ FAX SEN D FILE.A, FILE.B, FILE.C $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.1 / LOOKUP= Fred Smith Personalizing Broadcast Faxes Lookup With WildcardBroadcasting Faxes $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.1 / LOOKUP= F Merging From The Command Line $ FAX SEN D MERGE.TXT / LOOKUP= CITY= Los Angeles $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / AFTER= 12-APR-199621530 Deferred SendingDeleting Entries After Sending $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / Delete CompuFax queue report as of 10-JUN -1995 Setting PrioritiesLogos and Letterheads $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / N Ologo Next we execute it Other CommandsUsing Command Files $ @REPORTSEN D Show Queue Verify CommandFAX @REPORTSEN D.FAXCMD Show Queue $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.1 / LOOKUP= $ FAX Show Queue Delete Command$ FAX Delete / EN TRY= 4 / ALL $ FAX Show Queue Keeping Track Of What You Did FAX Logoutput TEST.LOG Receive to Disk Receiving Faxes Prin TER / N Obestway / Bestway / N Oburst / N Oburst Qualifier Default valuePrinting Faxes Osheetfeed / N Osheetfeed / SIZE= XXX / SIZE= LetterPage Fax Print er Set up Print Com m Viewing FaxesVerifying Print er Opt ions FAX Show Prin TER Using CFRECTOOLS.COM View c om m Qualifiers Converting Fax FilesConvert Com m $ FAX SET Prin TER / Receive / N Odelete / N Otify PCL Ex am plesFAX or T4 Prin TER or Text Here are some conversion examples $ FAX CON Vert in .X / Prin T Personal Computer Interface InstallationIntroduction PostScript Driver Initialization \ Cfin Stal E\ FAX\ Pcif Adding a Print er Driver \ CFTEMP.PS Unknown local port Window s 3.1 Post Sc ript Driver Init ializat ion Using the PC InterfaceAdding a Port Nam e Disc laim er Sending a Fax Feat uresDest inat ion Sc reen Lookup Screen Coversheet Selec t ion Sc reen Edit ing an Ent ryCoversheet Sc reens Coversheet Inform at ion Sc reen Resolut ion When t o SendSet up File List 1Server Pat h Default sCoversheet s Making Things Easier Sam ple Configurat ion File How to Modify a CoversheetFrequent ly Used Files Sam ple File Ex plained Inc lude FilePage CON Vert Summary of Commands DirectivesCommands Format Topmargin OtifyFAX CON Vert in .X / FORMAT= Text OUT.Y / FORMAT= PCL Local DeleteALL Exit SIN CE AfterBefore User Class QuitSEN D Commen T LAN Dscape FON TPostscript or PS FAX or T4 Prin TER or Text Logo Overlay MergeUmber Portrait Resolution = Standard ResolutionResolution = Fine Portrait D Completion SON LY Oreceive / Resolution Speed / SPEED2Disable EN Able Form CopiesFlag Model Queue = Run Length Encoding = N o CompressionOTE Sheetfeed Show Device TrailerSH OW Full Usern AME Shutdown Show Prin TERShow Server Start Down Scale Verify on Verify OFFView Maxpages Startpage DirectivesFile Direc t ives Breakup EN Dfax CH Aractersize# # Charactersize Millimeters 4.0 # # FON T Stdfon T LAN Dscape # # Portrait Mail-Merge Direc t ivesOverlayfile Position Cursor Mergeen D MergedisableMergeen Able Mergestart Directories CompuFax Files And Logical NamesFiles CFREC.H Ascjn L.COMCF31.RELEASEN Otes COMPUFAX.PS, COMPUFAX.T4, COMPUFAX2.PS, COMPUFAX2.T4 FAXDB.DAT Faxcmdsh ARE.EXEFAXCVT.EXE FAXDB.EXE FON Tmap Faxsylogin .COMFAXSYSTARTUP.COM GIRL.PS CompuFax Logical Names FAX$RECDIR FAX$PSDIRFAX$QUEUE FAX$SCRATCH Severit y Levels CompuFax MessagesFac ilit y Codes FAX Alphabetical Listing of Messages Message Rout ing Close DevaccessCallterm Cmdreaderr Devstatfail DevrespfailDevstart Devstop Faxdon E FaxcompleteFaxdevice Faxfail Illserreq Illn UMIllpri Illsqueue Ivmsg Ivdevin DVEN TRY Ivqsize Odbn Umber MemallocfailEwstream Odest Ofaxclass OdeviceOefn Ofile Opriv OmatchOmorefields Ormal PH on Ebusy PriadjustOtin Queue PN Umber Retry QueuefullRemcsi SEN Ddon E Taken Down SH UtdownStats Tooman Yfax User-Written Database Applications Programming InformationWork ing Wit h Com puFax Using The FDB Rout ines Fdbclose streamid Com puFax Dat abase Func t ion Library 10.1.3.1 FdbcloseFdbget Fdbdeletemsg messagePage Type userdefined Access write only Mechanism by reference Fdbgetcon Text streamid, context , maxsize , size Fdbin IT contextsize, savecontext FdbinitArguments Fdbnomatch One. Errors are signaledType userdefined access read only Mechanism by reference Fdbn Omatch streamid Fdbscan scancontext, streamid FdbscanOne Fdbsetfield Type charactercoded text string Access read onlyFdbsenddata Fdbsen Ddata streamid, message Mechanism by descriptorfixed length string descriptor FdbsetmatchFdbsetnumber Fdbsetmatch message, matchkey value Fdbsetstatus message, status code FdbsetstatusFdbstartmsg Fdbstartmsg message Shutdown Look UPClose This sends a shutdown message to the database application Callable Com m ands Faxcmdproc commandlineCompuFax Callable Interface Faxcmdproc Faxcmdsethan DLE handleraddress Faxcmdsetin PUT inputproc, parminputproc Faxcmdsetuser username Faxcmdsetoutput outputprocFaxcmdforceexit Link ing Modules Dbcon DKEY.C DBGETDIR.C Dbmain .C DBN EXTREC.C FAXCMD.CPage Release 3.1.00 Changes Appendix aRelease 3.0.01 Changes See FAX Help Filedirective Position Cursor Known ProblemsSolution # # FON T filename See FAX Help Filedirective FON T Release 2.2.00 Changes Release 2.1.00 ChangesPage Release 1.2.04 Changes Page Ascii GlossaryAXP CSI FAX% Faxdb Help Pending Null stringOverlay Percent sign % Scaleable font RecordRemote server Secondary key VAX TSIVMS Page 446-4511