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- README Notes for WinFax PRO 4.0 Patch April 22, 1994
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- This README file includes the following information:
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- - Who Needs this WinFax PRO 4.0 Patch
- - How to Update WinFax PRO 4.0 from DOS
- - How to Update WinFax PRO 4.0 from Windows
- - Contacting Technical Support
-
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- Who Needs this WinFax PRO 4.0 Patch
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- Only users running the March 20, 1994 release of WinFax PRO should
- run this patch. See the About dialog in WinFax PRO for the program
- release date.
-
- The enclosed patch updates WinFax PRO 4.0 to include the following:
-
- - Remote Retrieval capability - If you have a Class 1 fax/modem,
- you can poll remote fax devices to retrieve faxes. For example,
- connect to a fax information service to obtain up-to-the-minute
- international weather forecasts. You can also poll your computer
- from remote locations to retrieve faxes from your WinFax
- Receive Log folder. Password and Calling Station Identifier (CSID)
- checks ensure the security of polling.
-
- - Fax MailBox capability - When you subscribe to the Fax MailBox
- service, you get a unique, private telephone number to deposit
- or retrieve faxes and voice messages. You can call into this
- service from WinFax and receive the faxes directly into your
- WinFax Log.
-
- - For more information or to subscribe to Fax MailBox
- Phone 1-800-670-8777
-
- You should have the following update files:
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- README.1ST (this document - instructions for updating)
- WINPATCH.EXE (executable program to run the patch from Windows)
- DOSPATCH.BAT (batch file to run the patch from DOS)
- PATCHER.EXE (executable program that creates the patch from DOS)
- ENABLE.RTP (contains file difference information for patching)
- ENABLE.PIF (program information file)
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- When you run the patch the following WinFax PRO 4.0 files are updated:
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- faxmng.exe
- wfxmod.exe
- wfxmod1.exe
- modems.dat
- wfxdlg.dll
- winfax.hlp
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- Note: When you update WinFax PRO using the patch, the program
- release date in the About dialog changes to April 15, 1994
- and the Class1/Class2/Sendfax/WP date changes to
- April 15, 1994. The Viewer date remains March 20, 1994.
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- How to Update WinFax PRO 4.0 from DOS Using DOSPATCH.BAT
- ========================================================
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- Do the following to update WinFax PRO 4.0 from DOS.
-
- Note: Be sure to EXIT completely from Windows before running the
- patch files. DO NOT run the patch under a DOS session.
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- 1. Store the update files on a disk or on your hard disk,
- preferably in a separate directory.
-
- 2. Run the patch program from within the directory where the
- patch files are stored.
-
- DOSPATCH {WinFax directory}
-
- For example, if WinFax 4.0 is located in C:\WINFAX, run the
- following to update the program to include Remote Retrieval and
- Fax MailBox capabilities.
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- DOSPATCH C:\WINFAX
-
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- How to Update WinFax PRO 4.0 from Windows Using WINPATCH.EXE
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- Do the following to update WinFax PRO 4.0 from Windows.
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- 1. Store the update files on a disk or on your hard disk.
-
- 2. Start Windows.
-
- 3. If you have the files on a disk, insert the disk into
- the "A" drive. (If the external drive you are using is a letter
- other than "A", substitute that letter for "A".)
-
- 4. From the Program Manager File menu, select Run.
-
- 5. In the Run dialog, type the following command line reflecting the
- location where you stored the update files, for example ...
-
- A:\WINPATCH
-
- ... then click OK.
-
- 6. In the dialog that appears, click Continue to update WinFax PRO 4.0.
- Your software is automatically updated to include Remote Retrieval and
- Fax MailBox capabilities.
-
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- Contacting Technical Support
- ============================
- If you have any problems or questions, contact Technical Support:
-
- Telephone: (416) 443-4390
- Fax: (416) 441-0774
-
- If you fax your problem, please include a detailed description,
- the make and model of the fax/modem you are using, and both a fax
- and voice number at which you can be contacted.