NDC comm user manual CompuFax Messages, Fac ilit y Codes, Severit y Levels, Fdb

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CompuFax Messages

9.1 Introduction

CompuFax provides error messages, which can help you sort out the cause of various problems you may encounter. This section describes these messages. Here is an example of two CompuFax messages from a FAX.LOG file:

4-JUN -1995 11:40:38.15:

%FAX-F-N EEDKEY, please get a license key from N DC

4-JUN -1995 11:40:38.40:

%FAX-S-SERON LIN E, CompuFax server on line.

CompuFax messages consist of the following parts:

A percent sign (%)

A facility code (FAX in the above example)

A severity level indicator (F and S in the above examples)

A message descriptor (N EEDKEY and SERON LIN E in the above example) The message itself.

9.1.1 Fac ilit y Codes

The facility code describes the type of message:

FAX:	General CompuFax messages
FDB:	Database-related messages that indicate some problem with using FAX_DB.EXE or your own
database application
SQ:	Messages about problems with the CompuFax Scheduler, related to queuing

9.1.2 Severit y Levels

Each message has a severity level associated with it. They are:

IInformational Provides information about an action the user or CompuFax has taken

S Success Indicates that an action succeeded

W Warning A minor failure has occurred in attempting to perform an action. This was not serious, but the user should be informed of the problem.

E Error A more severe message, such as CompuFax tried three times to send a fax, but failed each

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