NDC comm CompuFax user manual Sending Files With Overlays, Sending Faxes With Coversheets

3.5 Sending Files With Overlays

An overlay, in terms of CompuFax, is an image that is superimposed on another image. An example of this is a form overlay, such as an invoice, which is overlaid on (merged with) the text that is to be printed on the form. An overlay file must always be in T4 format. Overlay files are specified with a / OVERLAY qualifier in the SEND command 4 .

Here is an example:

$ FAX SEN D MEMO.TXT / OVERLAY= (FILE: DRAW.T4, REPEAT) / N UM= 123-4567

In the above example, MEMO.TXT is the text file to be overlaid. The / OVERLAY qualifier tells CompuFax that we have one overlay file, called DRAW.T4 and that this overlay is to be repeated for every page of the fax. See Chapter 7 for more information on overlays.

3.6 Sending Faxes With Coversheets

A coversheet is a page that precedes the actual text being sent and which usually contains the name of the person to whom the fax is addressed, the name of that person's company, the sender's name and company name, the total number of pages being sent, and other similar information. (There are no fixed rules about what goes into a coversheet, but the above are pretty common.) Coversheets are often overlaid with some kind of image, such as a box around the text, or some interesting picture to draw attention. Frequently, a coversheet will also have the sending company's letterhead, with its address, voice phone number and fax phone number. Creating coversheets can be a little complicated, because the text and its overlay 4 need to be lined up properly. The necessary information can be tied together into a special file, called a coversheet configuration file.

Overlays require the Overlay/ Landscape license option.

Below is a simple example 5 of how to send a fax with coversheet:

$ FAX SEN D BILL.CFG

Here are the contents of file BILL.CFG, which will be analyzed in the section immediately following:

## REMARK This is a coversheet configuration file.

## OVERLAY_FILE FAX$DIR:STDCOVER.T4

## POSITION _CURSOR IN CH 0.5 3.1

## CHARACTER_SIZE IN CH 0.52

## N UMBER 1-555-123-4567

## REMARK Fill in the following between the lines of asterisks:

## REMARK To:

## REMARK Company:

## REMARK Sender:

## REMARK Subject:

## REMARK Total Pages:

## REMARK **********************************************************************

William Bailey Sweet Homes, Inc. Mary Bailey

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