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Glossary

access method

A way to get to and use CompuFax.

Alpha-AXP

A computer type, built by Digital Equipment Corporation, on which CompuFax is designed to run. See also VAX.

ASCII

An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A method for representing letters, numerals and other symbols with unique numerical values in a computer.

A text file which only contains text, but no graphics or formatting characters and only minimal control characters, such as carriage returns and line feeds.

AXP

See Alpha-AXP.

bit

A contraction of the words binary digit, the smallest unit of information in a computer. A bit can be either on or off and its state can represent a number (one or zero,) a dot (black or white,) or any other two-valued condition.

bitmap

The representation of an image in black and white (or colored) dots.

bitmapped file

A type of file, which represent images in terms of black and white dots. See also bit.

breakup

A method of breaking a single text document into multiple sections, each of which is treated as a separate document. See also concatenate.

broadcasting

Sending messages or documents to multiple locations.

cell size

The size of an imaginary rectangle drawn around a printed text character, that indicates the space it occupies.

command file

An ASCII file that contains instructions for execution by CompuFax or by the operating system.

command processor

A program that accepts commands one at a time and processes them. In the case of CompuFax, this refers to a program which allows documents to be sent and allows the system status to be queried and controlled. This is the program that is invoked by the FAX command.

compressed bitmapped file

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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 January Copyright Notice Networking Dynamics Corporation Software License Agreement Warran TY Service CompuFax Version Quick Installation Instructions Page CompuFax Hardware Installation and Configuration Page Overview Preface Intended Audience Table of Contents Other Commands Summary of Commands and Directives Appendix a CompuFax Installation Fax Modem Devic e Hardware InstallationModem Cabling Term inal Port Charac t erist ic s Server Port Charac t erist ic s Software InstallationMult iple Syst em s Evaluat ion Wit hout Modem Full Devic e Server Inst allat ion Full Devic e Server Set upCustomization Rem ot e Fax Server Inst allat ion Full Devic e Server St art up$ Show System $ FAX Show Device Remote Fax Server Startup Rem ot e Fax Server Set up$ Edit FAX$DIRFAXREMSTART.COM $ FAX Show Server Getting Started As a CompuFax User What Is CompuFax?Getting Started $ FAX Show Queue Checking If Your Fax Was Sent Sending a Fax$ FAX FAX Exit Printing To The Fax Device Embedding Fax Numbers Into DocumentsAn Even Sim pler Way t o Send $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 Em bedding Num bers in VMS Mail Sending Faxes Using VMS MailUsing Com puFax Qualifiers w it h VMS Mail From VS4000PSMITH 15-JUN -1994 To FAX% Getting HelpCC Psmith $ FAX HelpPage Sending Multiple Files More About Sending FilesSending Different File Types $ FAX SEN D doc.1, doc.2, doc.3, doc.4, doc.5 / N UMBER= Bit m apped Files Tex t FilesPost Sc ript Files $ FAX SEN D FILE.COMPRESSED / FORMAT= T4 / N UM= Sending Landscaped Files Using Different Fonts$ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / FON T= # # FON T Sending Files With Overlays # # Remark This is a coversheet configuration fileSending Faxes With Coversheets $ FAX SEN D BILL.CFG Sending Breakup Files # # N Ewfax # # Breakup# # EN Dfax # # N Umber $ FAX SEN D FILE.A, FILE.B, FILE.C Using The Lookup FeatureThis results $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.1 / LOOKUP= Fred Smith Broadcasting Faxes Lookup With WildcardPersonalizing Broadcast Faxes $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.1 / LOOKUP= F $ FAX SEN D MERGE.TXT / LOOKUP= CITY= Los Angeles Merging From The Command Line Deleting Entries After Sending Deferred Sending$ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / AFTER= 12-APR-199621530 $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / Delete Logos and Letterheads Setting PrioritiesCompuFax queue report as of 10-JUN -1995 $ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.2 / N Ologo Using Command Files Other CommandsNext we execute it $ @REPORTSEN D FAX @REPORTSEN D.FAXCMD Show Queue Verify CommandShow Queue $ FAX Delete / EN TRY= 4 / ALL $ FAX Show Queue Delete Command$ FAX SEN D TESTFAX.1 / LOOKUP= $ FAX Show Queue FAX Logoutput TEST.LOG Keeping Track Of What You Did Receiving Faxes Receive to Disk Printing Faxes Qualifier Default valuePrin TER / N Obestway / Bestway / N Oburst / N Oburst Osheetfeed / N Osheetfeed / SIZE= XXX / SIZE= LetterPage Fax Print er Set up Verifying Print er Opt ions Viewing FaxesPrint Com m FAX Show Prin TER View c om m Using CFRECTOOLS.COM Convert Com m Converting Fax FilesQualifiers $ FAX SET Prin TER / Receive / N Odelete / N Otify FAX or T4 Prin TER or Text Ex am plesPCL Here are some conversion examples $ FAX CON Vert in .X / Prin T Introduction InstallationPersonal Computer Interface \ Cfin Stal E\ FAX\ Pcif PostScript Driver Initialization \ CFTEMP.PS Unknown local port Adding a Print er Driver Adding a Port Nam e Using the PC InterfaceWindow s 3.1 Post Sc ript Driver Init ializat ion Disc laim er Dest inat ion Sc reen Feat uresSending a Fax Lookup Screen Coversheet Sc reens Edit ing an Ent ryCoversheet Selec t ion Sc reen Coversheet Inform at ion Sc reen Set up When t o SendResolut ion File List Coversheet s Default s1Server Pat h Making Things Easier Frequent ly Used Files How to Modify a CoversheetSam ple Configurat ion File Inc lude File Sam ple File Ex plainedPage Commands Summary of Commands DirectivesCON Vert Format FAX CON Vert in .X / FORMAT= Text OUT.Y / FORMAT= PCL OtifyTopmargin ALL DeleteLocal Exit Before AfterSIN CE User SEN D QuitClass Commen T Postscript or PS FAX or T4 Prin TER or Text FON TLAN Dscape Logo Umber MergeOverlay Portrait Resolution = Fine ResolutionResolution = Standard Portrait D Disable Oreceive / Resolution Speed / SPEED2Completion SON LY EN Able Flag CopiesForm Model OTE = Run Length Encoding = N o CompressionQueue Sheetfeed SH OW TrailerShow Device Full Usern AME Show Server Show Prin TERShutdown Start View Verify on Verify OFFDown Scale Maxpages File Direc t ives DirectivesStartpage Breakup # # Charactersize Millimeters 4.0 CH AractersizeEN Dfax # # FON T Stdfon T LAN Dscape Overlayfile Mail-Merge Direc t ives# # Portrait Position Cursor Mergeen Able MergedisableMergeen D Mergestart Files CompuFax Files And Logical NamesDirectories CF31.RELEASEN Otes Ascjn L.COMCFREC.H COMPUFAX.PS, COMPUFAX.T4, COMPUFAX2.PS, COMPUFAX2.T4 FAXCVT.EXE Faxcmdsh ARE.EXEFAXDB.DAT FAXDB.EXE FAXSYSTARTUP.COM Faxsylogin .COMFON Tmap GIRL.PS CompuFax Logical Names FAX$QUEUE FAX$PSDIRFAX$RECDIR FAX$SCRATCH Fac ilit y Codes CompuFax MessagesSeverit y Levels FAX Message Rout ing Alphabetical Listing of Messages Callterm DevaccessClose Cmdreaderr Devstart DevrespfailDevstatfail Devstop Faxdevice FaxcompleteFaxdon E Faxfail Illpri Illn UMIllserreq Illsqueue VEN TRY Ivdevin DIvmsg Ivqsize Ewstream MemallocfailOdbn Umber Odest Oefn OdeviceOfaxclass Ofile Omorefields OmatchOpriv Ormal Otin Queue PriadjustPH on Ebusy PN Umber Remcsi QueuefullRetry SEN Ddon E Stats SH UtdownTaken Down Tooman Yfax Work ing Wit h Com puFax Programming InformationUser-Written Database Applications Using The FDB Rout ines Fdbget Com puFax Dat abase Func t ion Library 10.1.3.1 FdbcloseFdbclose streamid Fdbdeletemsg messagePage Fdbgetcon Text streamid, context , maxsize , size Type userdefined Access write only Mechanism by reference Arguments FdbinitFdbin IT contextsize, savecontext Type userdefined access read only Mechanism by reference One. Errors are signaledFdbnomatch Fdbn Omatch streamid One FdbscanFdbscan scancontext, streamid Fdbsenddata Type charactercoded text string Access read onlyFdbsetfield Fdbsen Ddata streamid, message Fdbsetnumber FdbsetmatchMechanism by descriptorfixed length string descriptor Fdbsetmatch message, matchkey value Fdbstartmsg FdbsetstatusFdbsetstatus message, status code Fdbstartmsg message Close Look UPShutdown This sends a shutdown message to the database application CompuFax Callable Interface Faxcmdproc commandlineCallable Com m ands Faxcmdproc Faxcmdsetin PUT inputproc, parminputproc Faxcmdsethan DLE handleraddress Faxcmdforceexit Faxcmdsetoutput outputprocFaxcmdsetuser username Dbcon DKEY.C DBGETDIR.C Dbmain .C DBN EXTREC.C FAXCMD.C Link ing ModulesPage Release 3.0.01 Changes Appendix aRelease 3.1.00 Changes Solution Known ProblemsSee FAX Help Filedirective Position Cursor # # FON T filename See FAX Help Filedirective FON T Release 2.1.00 Changes Release 2.2.00 ChangesPage Release 1.2.04 Changes Page AXP GlossaryAscii CSI Faxdb FAX% Help Overlay Null stringPending Percent sign % Remote server RecordScaleable font Secondary key VMS TSIVAX Page 446-4511