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- FaxMail Network for Windows Manual
-
- Table of Contents
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: Item Number:
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- 1. About This Manual 1
- Buttons 1
- Fax Button 1
- FaxMail, Faxmail and faxmail 1
- Highlighting 1
- Highlighting an Entry in a List Box 1
- Highlighting Text 1
-
- 2. Getting Started 2
- Installing FaxMail Network for Windows 2
- Date format 2
-
- 3. Send Fax 3
- Sending faxmail from existing Fax 3
- Send Faxes Programmatically 3
- Send Faxes Using Your Program's FaxBook system (API) 3
- Selecting a Recipient 4
- Viewing the Fax being Sent 4
- Saving or Deleting the Bitmap file 4
- Send and Save 4
- Send and Delete 4
- Cover Page Options 4
- Choices for Cover Page action 5
- No Cover Page 5
- Include Cover Page 5
- Cover Page Only 5
- View Cover Page 5
- Scheduling for Future Sending 5
- Selecting Fax Resolution 6
- What is Fax Resolution 6
- Coarse Fax Resolution 6
- Fine Fax Resolution 6
- Initiating the Send 6
- Sending faxmail to a Group 7
- Selecting the Group 7
- Send Fax File Dialog Box 7
- Personalizing Group faxmail 7
-
- 4. Receiving faxmail 8
- Background Operation 8
- Default Setting for Receiving Options 8
- Incoming Directory 8
- Receiving Options 9
- Notification Box Options 10
- Hold All 10
- Print Fax 11
- Fax Viewer 11
- Save Fax 11
- Delete Fax 11
- Printing a Fax from the Receive Queue 11
- Selecting a Printer 12
- Printing Selective Pages 12
- Choosing a Printing Method 12
- Canceling Background Printing 12
- Naming and Saving your faxmail 13
- Faxmail Naming Convention 13
- Fax Files 13
- Saving Fax upon Receipt 14
- Handling Auto Saved Events Later 14
- Monitoring the progress of incoming faxmail 15
-
- 5. Future Send Queue 16
- Managing faxmail in the Future Send Queue 16
- Selecting an Event in the Future Send Queue 16
- Re-Scheduling an Event in the Queue 17
- Deleting an Event from the Queue 17
- Delete Entry 17
- Delete Entry and File 17
- Viewing the Fax 17
- Refreshing the Future Send Queue Box 17
-
- 6. FaxMail Control Program 18
- FAX Mode 18
- BBS Mode 18
- General Information 19
- Bitmaps 19
- Generating Documents from Windows 20
- Sending a Fax Directly from an Application 21
- Send Fax Box 21
- CONVERT TO FAX and PRINTER OR FAX TOGGLE 21
- Swapping Drivers 21
- Converting to Fax 22
- Windows and Printer Drivers 22
-
- 7. Event Monitor 23
- Last or Current Event Monitor 23
- Aborting an Event 24
- Answer Now 24
- Fax On Demand 24
- Monitoring an Active Event 24
- Closing the Event Monitor 25
-
- 8. FaxMail NotePad 26
- Templates 26
- Creating a Document in FaxMail NotePad 26
- Editing a FaxMail NotePad Document 26
- Entering Text 26
- End Page 27
- Insert Text 27
- Overwrite Text 27
- Erasing Text 27
- Erasing Text without Highlighting 27
- Undo 27
- Moving Text 28
- To Copy Text 28
- Saving a FaxMail NotePad Document 28
- Opening a FaxMail NotePad Document 29
- Print a FaxMail NotePad Document 29
- Sending faxmail from FaxMail NotePad 29
- Sending a Text File 30
- Sending as a Cover Page 30
- Cover Pages 30
- Creating a New Cover Page 30
- Field Data Fax-Merge 31
- Placing Field Data onto the Cover Page 31
- Erasing a Field Data 31
- Fields Menu 32
- Cover Page Logo 32
- Date 32
- Time 32
- To: Recipient 33
- To: Name 33
- To: Position 33
- Address: Address1 33
- Address: Address2 34
- Address: City 34
- Address: State 34
- Address: Zip 34
- Phone: Fax Number 35
- Phone: Voice Number 35
- Comment 35
- Pages In Fax 35
- Creating Cover Page Logo Files 35
- Method 1, From an Application 35
- Method 2, Copy, Paste, Modify 35
- Method 3, Start from scratch 36
- Saving your Logo file 36
- Prefixing a Logo to a Cover Page 37
- At the time of Sending 37
- Opening an Existing Cover Page 37
- Saving a Cover Page 38
- Cover Page Elements 38
- Permanent Text 38
- Field Data 38
- Graphic or Logo 38
-
- 9. Fax Viewer Program 39
- Opening a Fax File to View 39
- Type File Specification 39
- Select the File to be Opened 39
- Scrolling Through a Page 40
- Viewing Another Page 40
- Closing the Fax Viewer Window 40
- Copying a Fax File 40
- Select the File to Be Copied 40
- Enter a New FileName 41
- Moving and Renaming a Fax File 41
- Printing a Fax from the Fax Viewer 41
- Selecting a Printer Driver 41
- Printing Selective Pages 42
- Choosing a Printing Method 42
- Deleting a Fax File 42
- Sending faxmail from the Fax Viewer 42
-
- 10. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) 43
- Converting Fax to text 43
- Choosing an OCR compatible font 43
- Krahmer Fax Font 43
-
- 11. DCX to PCX BreakUp 45
- Converting a Multiple Page Fax to PCX Files 45
- Converting Multiple Faxes into One Fax 45
- Send Multiple Faxes to One Fax Number 45
- Build Fax from PCX file(s) 45
-
- 12. Zoom/Edit Fax 46
- Zooming in on a Fax 46
-
- 13. The Events Log Window 47
- Past Events 47
- Pending Events 47
- Future Send Queue 47
- Receive Queue 47
- Relationship between Log Entry and FaxMail 48
- Events Log Entries Completed Events 48
- Information on each Entry 48
- Move/Save Events Log 48
- Operations on Log Entries 49
- Function Buttons 49
- Copying a File 50
- Moving and Renaming a File 50
- Deleting Entries from the Events Log 50
- Viewing a Fax from the Events Log 50
- Re-Sending faxmail from the Events Log 51
- Purging Failed Events 51
- Purging Send and Delete Files 51
- Managing Pending Events 52
- Send Queue 52
- Receive Queue 52
- Managing faxmail in the Receive Queue 52
-
- 14. FaxBook Entries 54
- Search 54
- Creating a FaxBook 54
- Creating a Shared FaxBook 54
- Making a FaxBook Active 55
- Deleting a FaxBook 55
- Changing FaxBooks 55
- Sorting FaxBook Entries 55
- Locating a particular FaxBook Entry 56
- Locating a specific FaxBook entry in two ways 56
- Scrolling 56
- Index Buttons 56
- Selecting a FaxBook Entry 56
- Default Recipient 56
- Adding Entries to a FaxBook 56
- Save/Exit Button 57
- Save/Edit Button 57
- Save/Clear Button 57
- Editing an Entry in a FaxBook 57
- Deleting a FaxBook Entry 58
- Maintaining Groups within a FaxBook 58
- FaxBook Group example: 58
- Creating a New Group 59
- Deleting a Group from a FaxBook 59
- Adding Entries to a Group 60
- Scroll Through the FaxBook 60
- Group All 60
- Add Entry 60
- Removing Group Entries From a FaxBook 60
- Importing to FaxBook 61
- Editing FaxBook Entries 63
- Deleting FaxBook Entries 64
- Selecting a Group 64
- Make FaxBook 64
- Repair Book 64
- Selecting a Recipient 64
- Selecting a FaxBook 65
-
- 15. SetUp Dialog Box 66
- FaxModem Initialization String 66
- Exit String 66
- FaxMail TopMost 66
- Modem Speed 66
- Modem Port Speed 66
- Modem Line Speed 66
- How to Set Modem Speed 66
- Silent Answer 67
- Silent Answer hardware installation 67
- Distinctive Ring 68
- Fax Printing Options 68
- Scaling Factor 68
- Aspect 68
- Dither 69
- Default Sending Options 69
- Outgoing Directory 70
- Send Fax and (Save or Delete) 70
- Default Receiving Options 70
- Incoming Directory 71
- Hold in Receive Queue 71
- Notify upon Receipt 71
- Auto-Saving Fax upon Receipt 71
- Auto-Print Fax upon Receipt 72
- Running as an NT Service 72
- Your Name 72
- Modem ID 72
- Default Cover Page Settings 73
- No Cover Page 73
- Include Cover Page 73
- Cover Page Only 73
- Default Cover Page 73
- Default Fax Resolution 74
- Coarse Fax Resolution 74
- Fine Fax Resolution 74
- See: What is Fax Resolution 74
-
- 16. Faxmail Management 75
- Importance of File Management 75
- Files in the System 75
- Application Program Files 75
- Fax Format Bitmap Files 75
- Managing faxmail Directories 76
- Route Your Faxmail 76
- Managing Fax Files 76
- Managing incoming Fax Files 76
- View and Delete 77
- Print and Delete 77
- Backup and Delete 77
- Naming incoming faxmail 77
- Managing faxmail with Auto-Save 77
- Managing faxmail from Events Log 78
- Managing faxmail from the Fax Viewer Window 78
- Managing faxmail from Windows File Manager 78
- Viewing a DCX Fax file with Windows File Manager 78
- Printing a DCX Fax file with Windows File Manager 78
- Moving a DCX Fax file with Windows File Manager 79
-
- Glossary 80
-
- Index 96
-
- Notes for Windows 2000/XP/NT Users 97
- Can not Access your Modem 97
-
-
- Item 1, Chapter 1 - About This Manual
-
-
- Buttons
- While reading this manual, words in triangle brackets [ ] will be in
- reference to [buttons].
-
- Fax Button
-
- When this manual refers to [Fax] or [FaxBar], it is referring to the
- Toolbar left behind when you tell FaxMail to go background. You will
- usually use the [FaxBar] from the program that you are currently using.
-
- FaxMail, Faxmail and faxmail
- FaxMail will refer to FaxMail Network for Windows.
-
- Faxmail and faxmail will refer to Fax and will be used interchangeably
- with Fax or fax.
-
- Highlighting
- Throughout this manual you will be asked to highlight things.
-
- Highlighting an Entry in a List Box
- Click the left mouse button on the desired entry.
-
- Highlighting Text
- Highlighting text in an Editor and in an Edit Box is a click and drag
- motion. Position the mouse at the beginning of the text to be
- highlighted, press the left mouse button, and while holding it down,
- drag the cursor to the end of the text to be Highlighted and then
- release the left mouse button.
-
-
- Item 2, Chapter 2 - Getting Started
-
-
- Installing FaxMail Network for Windows
- INSTALLATION:
- If you have http://www.ElectraSoft.com/fmnfax.exe - fmnfax.exe:
- Run fmnfax.exe, and then read on through [Installation Scenarios].
-
- If you have http://www.ElectraSoft.com/fmn.zip - fmn.zip:
- Make a temporary directory or folder called FMNWTMP. UnZIP fmn.zip into
- FMNWTMP Use the Windows run command to run install.exe.
-
- For more information on unzipping files, read
- http://www.electrasoft.com/zip_tut.htm
-
- Installation Scenarios:
- Single computer with no network:
- o You must be Workstation 1.
- o Give [Your Computer Drive] as the drive you want FaxMail to use.
- o Give [Server Drive] as the same.
- o You will need a working fax modem.
- o You can send faxes.
- o You can receive faxes.
-
- Installing on Server as Workstation 1:
- o Give [Your Computer Drive] as the drive you want FaxMail to use.
- o Give [Server Drive] as the same.
- o All other Workstations will need access to this network drive.
- o Server computer will do all other stations sends a receives in the
- background.
- o Server will need a working fax modem.
- o Server can send faxes.
- o Server can receive faxes.
-
- Installing on Server as Workstation 2 or above:
- o Give [Your Computer Drive] as the drive you want FaxMail to use.
- o Give [Server Drive] as the same.
- o All other Workstation will need access to this network drive.
- o Workstation 1 will have the modem and do the work.
- o You do not need a modem.
- o You can send faxes.
- o You can not receive faxes.
-
- Installing on a Workstation as Workstation 1:
- o Give [Your Computer Drive] as the drive you want FaxMail to use
- on your computer.
- o Give [Server Drive] as the drive on the Server for all stations
- to share.
- o All other Workstation will need access to this network drive.
- o This computer will do all other stations sends a receives in the
- background.
- o You will need a working fax modem.
- o You can send faxes.
- o You can receive faxes.
-
- Installing on a Workstation as Workstation 2 or above:
- o Give [Your Computer Drive] as the drive you want FaxMail to use
- on your computer.
- o Give [Server Drive] as the drive on the Server for all stations
- to share.
- o You do not need a modem.
- o You can send faxes.
- o You can not receive faxes.
-
- Notes:
- Workstation 1:
- o Will always be the computer with the one and only fax modem.
- o Will be able to see and intervene in all Workstations Events Log
- and Future Send Queue.
-
- Workstation 2 and above:
- o Can only see and control there own business.
- o Does not need a modem.
-
- AFTER INSTALLATION:
- After installation, you will have several icons in the FaxMail for
- Windows Group. Please note the following icons:
- Manual (MANUAL.TXT)
- Read Me (README.TXT)
- Q and A (Q_A.TXT)
- FaxMail Tutor (FMNWTUTR.WRI)
- FaxMail Help (FMNW.HLP)
- These should be read before using FaxMail Network for Windows. There is
- also [Contact-Sensitive Help] buttons, throughout FaxMail Network for
- Windows, for your convenience.
-
- Everything is explained thoroughly in the FaxMail Network for Windows
- help system, which may be called upon from anywhere in FaxMail Network
- for Windows.
-
- If you want to use FaxMail from within any Windows Application and/or
- take advantage of *ALL* the power FaxMail has, load FaxMail from the
- FaxMail Network for Windows Group before loading any other Windows
- Applications.
-
- After the FaxMail program is loaded, click on the [Configure] button and
- SetUp and configure things *YOUR WAY*. I suggest that if you are not sure
- of something, leave the defaults set as it came to you. Make a printout
- of the defaults in case you change something you do not understand yet.
-
- For more details, read the readme.txt file that is included with this
- program.
-
- Date format
- During installation and later in the FaxMail SetUp you will have the
- opportunity to set the fax header date format to MM/DD/YYYY - USA,
- DD.MM.YYYY - UK or YYYY-MM-DD - WORLD.
-
-
- Item 3, Chapter 3 - Send Fax
-
-
- Sending faxmail from existing Fax
- You may send a Fax Format file already stored on disk. Summon the Send
- Fax dialog box by using [FaxBar], [Send Fax]. From the Send Fax box,
- select [Get Fax] and the Select Fax for Sending box will appear within
- which you may select an existing fax.
-
- When using this selection, you are choosing a fax file that is already
- converted to a fax format. Only files with a DCX or PCX extension may
- be selected from this menu choice. Colored PCX files can not be faxed.
-
- Select the desired file by highlighting the drive, path, and file in
- the list boxes, or type the full file specification in the edit box.
- Select [Select] to return to the Send Fax box. The file selected will
- be displayed in the Send File edit box.
-
- Follow the normal sending operation procedures in the Send Fax box, and
- select [Send Fax] to send.
-
- Send Faxes Programmatically
- Send Faxes Using Your Program's FaxBook system (API)
- You will need a comma delimited file called:
- ?:\FAXMAILN\SEND2FAX.DEL
- Where the ? is the drive that you installed FaxMail on.
-
- SEND2FAX.DEL Format:
- 3 or 5 field comma delimited file with the following format:
- "Y/N(header at top of fax)","Recipient","FaxNumber"
- or:
- "Y/N(header at top of fax)","Recipient","FaxNumber","Scheduled Date",
- "Scheduled Time"
- HeaderYN:
- A 1 character field consisting of either Y or N
- Recipient:
- A 31 character field consisting of the Recipient
- FaxNumber:
- A 46 character field consisting of a Fax Number
- The next 2 fields are optional...
- Scheduled Date:
- A 10 character field consisting of the day to send the Fax
- Scheduled Time:
- A 10 character field consisting of the time to send the Fax
- Example:
- "Y","Jon Krahmer","1-281-499-5939"
- or:
- "Y","Jon Krahmer","1-281-499-5939","07-15-2001","10:30:00am"
-
- FaxMail Network for Windows must be running in the background. The
- ?:\FAXMAILN\SEND2FAX.DEL file must be create in the FaxMail directory.
- Print to the ElectraSoft Print to Fax. The ElectraSoft Print to Fax will
- create a ?:\TOFAX file. FaxMail will see this file, convert it to a fax
- and call the Send Fax box. The Send Fax will see the
- ?:\FAXMAILN\SEND2FAX.DEL file and instead of it's normal routine, it will
- work invisibly to send the fax as per the ?:\FAXMAILN\SEND2FAX.DEL file
- and then delete ?:\FAXMAILN\SEND2FAX.DEL. The next time you load the Send
- Fax box, it will work as normal unless you do as described above.
-
- Code example:
- LOOP:
- o CREATE the SEND2FAX.DEL file
- o PRINT document to: ElectraSoft Print to Fax
- o WAIT until FaxMail deletes SEND2FAX.DEL
- o If done EXIT else back to LOOP
- EXIT:
-
- //============================== StartData ==============================
- char szStr1024[1024];
- char szSend2Fax_Del[]={ "C:\\FAXMAILN\\SEND2FAX.DEL"};
- char szFaxToThisRecipient1[1024]=
- {
- "\"Y\",\"ElectraSoft\",\"1-281-499-5939\""
- };
- char szFaxToThisRecipient2[1024]=
- {
- "\"Y\",\"ElectraSoft\",\"1-281-499-5939\",\"2001-06-15\",\"10:30:00am\""
- };
- int iNumOfDocsToFaxToThisRecipient=3;
- //=============================== EndData ===============================
-
- //=========================== StartPrototypes ===========================
- void MyProgramsFaxProc(void);
- BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
- char* pszFaxToThisRecipient);
- BOOL PrintJobToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iJob);
- BOOL WaitForElectraSoftPrintToFax(void);
- BOOL CreateSend2Fax_Del(char *pszFaxToThisRecipient);
- static void DelayMs(DWORD dwMs);
- //============================ EndPrototypes =============================
-
- //============================== StartCode ===============================
- //======================================================================
- //| Example of what a call to PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax may
- //| look like.
- //======================================================================
- void MyProgramsFaxProc(void)
- {
- char szErrorMessageCption[]=
- {
- "MyProgramsFaxProc return value"
- };
- char szReturnedFalse[]=
- {
- "MyProgramsFaxProc returned FALSE"
- };
- char szReturnedTrue[]=
- {
- "MyProgramsFaxProc returned TRUE"
- };
-
- //======================================================================
- //| Remove comments and replace with your application specific
- //| source-code.
- //======================================================================
- //Init MyProgramsFaxProc() and get set vars.
- if(PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(iNumOfDocsToFaxToThisRecipient,
- szFaxToThisRecipient1)==TRUE)
- {
- ::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),szReturnedTrue,
- szErrorMessageCption,MB_ICONSTOP|MB_OK);
- }
- else
- {
- ::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),szReturnedFalse,
- szErrorMessageCption,MB_ICONSTOP|MB_OK);
- }
- }
- //========================================================================
- //| BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
- //| char* pszFaxToThisRecipient);
- //|=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
- //| BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
- //| char* pszFaxToThisRecipient);
- //| will send(put in SendQueue) 1 or more documents to
- //| pszFaxToThisRecipient.
- //|
- //| In this example, the FaxNumber is hard-coded to szFaxToThisRecipient1.
- //|
- //| You, as a programmer, will replace szFaxToThisRecipient1 with a
- //| variable. If sending 1 or more documents to a list of 1 or more
- //| FaxNumbers, incrementally set szFaxToThisRecipient1 to a different
- //| FaxNumber in the list, and call PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax
- //| once for each FaxNumber that you want to send the fax/faxes to.
- //========================================================================
- BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
- char* pszFaxToThisRecipient)
- {
- BOOL bRet=TRUE;
-
- //====================================================================
- //| LOOP
- //====================================================================
- for(int iJob=1;iJob<=iNumOfPrintJobs;iJob++)
- {
- //====================================================================
- //| CREATE the SEND2FAX.DEL file
- //====================================================================
- if(CreateSend2Fax_Del(pszFaxToThisRecipient)==FALSE)
- {
- bRet=FALSE;
- break;
- }
- //====================================================================
- //| PRINT document to: ElectraSoft Print to Fax
- //====================================================================
- if(PrintJobToElectraSoftPrintToFax(iJob)==FALSE)
- {
- bRet=FALSE;
- break;
- }
- //====================================================================
- //| WAIT until FaxMail deletes SEND2FAX.DEL
- //====================================================================
- if(WaitForElectraSoftPrintToFax()==FALSE)
- {
- bRet=FALSE;
- break;
- }
- //====================================================================
- //| If done EXIT else back to LOOP
- //====================================================================
- }//End------for(int iJob=1;iJob<=iNumOfPrintJobs;iJob++)
- //====================================================================
- //| EXIT
- //====================================================================
- return(bRet);
- }
-
- BOOL CreateSend2Fax_Del(char *pszFaxToThisRecipient)
- {
- int iSend2Fax_Del;
-
- if((iSend2Fax_Del=_open(szSend2Fax_Del,_O_CREAT|_O_TRUNC|_O_BINARY|_O_RDWR,_S_IREAD|_S_IWRITE)) < 0)
- {
- sprintf(szStr1024,"Could not create:\n"
- "%s"
- ,szSend2Fax_Del);
- ::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),
- szStr1024,szAppsMsgCaption,MB_OK | MB_ICONSTOP);
- return(FALSE);
- }
- if(_write(iSend2Fax_Del,pszFaxToThisRecipient,
- (WORD)strlen(pszFaxToThisRecipient)) !=
- (int)strlen(pszFaxToThisRecipient))
- {
- _close(iSend2Fax_Del);
- return(FALSE);
- }
- _close(iSend2Fax_Del);
- return(TRUE);
- }
-
- BOOL PrintJobToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iJob)
- {
- //======================================================================
- //| Remove comments and replace with your application specific
- //| source-code.
- //======================================================================
- //if(Your Print Routine Fails)
- //{
- // return(FALSE);
- //}
- return(TRUE);
- }
-
- BOOL WaitForElectraSoftPrintToFax(void)
- {
- for(int iWait=0;;iWait++)
- {
- if(_access(szSend2Fax_Del,0)!=0)
- {
- break;
- }
- //===============================================================
- //| 100 ms X 300 loops == 30000 ms == 30 seconds to time-out.
- //===============================================================
- DelayMs(100);
- if(iWait==300)
- {
- if(::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),
- "Last print job not done."
- ,"Apps Caption"
- ,MB_DEFBUTTON1|MB_ICONQUESTION|MB_RETRYCANCEL)==IDCANCEL)
- {
- return(FALSE);
- }
- iWait=0;
- }
- }
- return(FALSE);
- }
-
- static void DelayMs(DWORD dwMs)
- {
- static MSG msg;
- static struct _timeb timebCurTime;
- static DWORD dwCurTime,dwStopTime,dwSleepTime;
-
- dwSleepTime=(dwMs/10);
- if(dwSleepTime<1) dwSleepTime = 1;
- if(dwSleepTime>100) dwSleepTime = 100;
- _ftime(&timebCurTime);
- dwStopTime=(((timebCurTime.time * 1000) + timebCurTime.millitm) + dwMs);
- do
- {
- Sleep(dwSleepTime);
- if(PeekMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE)!=FALSE)
- {
- TranslateMessage(&msg);
- DispatchMessage(&msg);
- }
- _ftime(&timebCurTime);
- dwCurTime=((timebCurTime.time*1000) + timebCurTime.millitm);
- if(iTimeChangeFg>0)
- {
- --iTimeChangeFg;
- break;
- }
- }while(dwCurTime < dwStopTime);
- }
- //=============================== EndCode ================================
-
-
- Item 4
-
-
- Selecting a Recipient
- The fax number and person to whom the correspondence or file is being
- sent is selected from the FaxBook Entries box. Select [Recipient] and
- the FaxBooks Entries box will appear.
-
- Note: If you send a fax to the same area-code area that you are in, you
- may need to go to the [FaxBook Entries] box and chick [Edit Entry] and
- remove the 1 from the fax number. In some areas you will need to remove
- the area-code also. IE: If you live in the Houston Texas area, and want
- to send a fax to ElectraSoft, remove the 1 from the fax number, as
- ElectraSoft is in the Houston Texas area.
-
- Viewing the Fax being Sent
- To view the fax before sending, select [View Fax]. A full screen
- display of the bitmap file will appear. View the full page by using
- the scroll bars. View another page by selecting [Page]. A menu of
- pages will appear, listing each page number in the document. Click on
- the page you want to view.
-
- Saving or Deleting the Bitmap file
- Send and Save
- Occasionally it is beneficial to save the bitmap version of your file,
- if you will be sending it again in the near future.
-
- If disk space is at a premium you may feel free to delete the bitmap
- file, knowing that you may always send your correspondence again,
- directly from your original file from the Windows application where it
- was created, using the ElectraSoft Print to Fax command.
-
- Send and Delete
- When sending faxmail, select [Send Fax and: ( )Save (*)Delete] in the
- Send Fax box to delete the fax file after it has been transmitted. Fax
- files are large and occupy considerable disk space, so erasing them
- when they are not needed for sending again, is prudent.
-
- Select the Delete Option button and the bitmap file will be marked for
- deletion. You may purge the files marked for deletion with [Purge
- Send + Deletes] from the Events Log Window.
-
- Cover Page Options
- Making selections regarding Cover Page action is a matter of choosing
- from a series of option buttons. Clicking on the selection will
- highlight and activate that choice. If you have selected the default
- Cover Page in the SetUp box, the appropriate selection will already be
- highlighted. Use the SetUp command to set the default condition for
- all Cover Page Options.
-
- Since more than one Cover Page may be created and saved in the
- FaxMail NotePad Window, a listing of Cover Pages will be displayed.
- Click on the Down Arrow button to display a list of Cover Pages which
- you have created.
-
- Highlight the desired Cover Page by clicking the left mouse button on
- the appropriate filename. The list box will close displaying the
- selected Cover Page filename.
-
-
- Item 5
-
-
- Choices for Cover Page action
- No Cover Page
- [(*)No Cover Page] ignores a Cover Page in the faxmail sending
- process. Only the fax is transmitted.
-
- Include Cover Page
- [(*)Include Cover Page] causes FaxMail to send the selected Cover Page,
- followed by the selected fax
-
- Cover Page Only
- [(*)Cover Page Only] causes FaxMail to send the selected Cover Page and
- ignore the fax file.
-
- Since the Cover Page can include any text you desire, as well as Field
- Data to be extracted from the computer and FaxBook, it may be used for
- sending memos and short correspondence. When sending Cover Page Only,
- there is no need to type addresses for Recipients each time, as they
- are included automatically in the sending process.
-
- Another benefit of using the Send Cover Page Only feature is that the
- Cover Page is created in ASCII text and does not require the generation
- of a bitmap file on your computer.
-
-
- View Cover Page
- [View Cover Page] will open the default cover page and read the logo,
- date and time, text, and any FaxBook fields it finds embedded in the
- text. It will use the results to create a temporary bitmap file that is
- identical to what the recipient of a fax would see if you send it.
-
- Scheduling for Future
- Sending The current date and time are displayed in the Schedule box of
- the Send Fax box. If you desire to schedule your faxmail for sending
- at a future time, change the date/time.
-
- Edit the date/time boxes by positioning the cursor in the edit box and
- use the BACKSPACE key to delete characters to the left of the cursor,
- the DELETE key to delete characters to the right of the cursor.
-
- With the edit cursor in the box, enter the new data desired, being sure
- to format the data as it originally appeared:
-
- For Date: MM/DD/YYYY or DD.MM.YYYY - UK or YYYY-MM-DD - WORLD
- For Time: HH:MM:SS (am/pm)
-
-
- Item 6
-
-
- Selecting Fax Resolution
- The Send Fax dialog box presents you with two choices of fax
- resolution. Select the desired choice by clicking on the appropriate
- radio button. The center of the radio button will turn black,
- indicating the choice is active.
-
- What is Fax Resolution
- Fax documents may be sent in either Coarse or Fine Resolution This
- setting determines the number of DPI (Dots Per Inch) to be used in
- sending the BITMAP file that is transmitted by fax. A higher DPI
- usually means better quality.
-
- Coarse Fax Resolution
- Coarse Fax Resolution is 100 X 200 DPI. Only every other scan line
- is sent. The receiving fax machine prints each received line twice.
- This resolution transfers faster than fine.
-
- Fine Fax Resolution
- Fine Fax Resolution is 200 X 200 DPI. All data is sent over the phone
- line. Use Fine Resolution when you desire the best resolution and
- clarity in your faxmail.
-
- Initiating the Send
- With the appropriate parameters set in the Send Fax box as desired, you
- may send your correspondence by selecting [Send Fax]. If you desire to
- cancel the sending operation from the Send Fax dialog box, select
- [Cancel] and the dialog box will close without sending the Fax.
-
-
- Item 7
-
-
- Sending faxmail to a Group
- You may direct faxmail to all entries in a group with a single command,
- just as you would to a single recipient. Mass broadcasting your
- faxmail to many recipients.
-
- Selecting the Group
- As with sending faxmail to a single recipient, select [Recipient] from
- the Send Fax box and the Display FaxBook Entries box will appear.
-
- Two combo boxes exist, one displaying the FaxBooks in the system, and
- the other displaying the Groups that you created within each FaxBook.
- Select the desired FaxBook by clicking the down arrow button to the
- right of the combo list box in the 'Make and Edit FaxBook, [Make]'. A
- drop-down list of FaxBooks will appear. Highlight the desired FaxBook
- and the list will disappear displaying the selected FaxBook.
-
- Select the desired Group by clicking the down arrow button to the right
- of the combo list box in the 'Make and Edit Group Sends, [Make]'. A
- drop-down list of Group will appear. Highlight the desired Group and
- the list will disappear displaying the selected Group.
-
- Send Fax File Dialog Box
- Select [OK] and you will be returned to the Send Fax box to initiate
- the send operation. Notice that the Recipient is now the name of the
- Group to whom your are sending your faxmail.
-
- Select [Send Fax] and the sending operation will be performed for each
- member of the group just as if each had been singularly entered.
-
- Personalizing Group faxmail
- You may individually personalize your Group faxmail by use of a Cover
- Page with the Group Send. Each Cover Page will be personalized with
- the information from the individual FaxBook entries as each new
- recipient is selected from the 'Make and Edit Group Sends, [Make]' and
- sent.
-
- See Generating Documents and/or Cover Pages, for more detailed
- information.
-
-
- Item 8, Chapter 4 - Receiving faxmail
-
-
- Background Operation
- The less expensive FaxModems have no resources of their own and rely
- wholly upon the CPU and memory of your PC to perform their tasks. As a
- result, when an incoming document is being received, all current
- program operations will be stopped, the PC is needed for the fax
- operation.
-
- When a FaxModem card possesses it's own resources, it will operate in
- the background, while you are operating your normal software. This
- full background operation means that your current application is not
- interrupted upon receipt of incoming faxmail.
-
- When the FaxMail Control Program is loaded, portions are running as a
- memory resident program and operating in the background. As long as
- your computer is turned on, regardless of what activity you are engaged
- in, incoming fax transmissions will be received into your computer,
- automatically.
-
- Default Setting for Receiving Options
- Incoming Directory
- The drive letter and path to the location on your hard disk in which
- incoming faxmail will be stored. This is the default setting, which
- you may override from the Notification box.
-
- The incoming directory is the drive and directory path into which you
- wish to save the incoming files to disk. This is the default path
- only. If you have selected Auto-Save, the faxmail will be routed into
- this subdirectory. When you have selected Notify, this path will be
- presented to you along with the file name for saving. You may route
- the file into any directory you desire, however, by changing the path
- and/or filename from the Notification box.
-
-
- Item 9
-
-
- Receiving Options
- There are four options pertaining to the handling of incoming faxmail
- once it is received into your computer. Select one of the four options
- by clicking in the appropriate option button. You may return to this
- Default Configurations box at any time to select a different choice
- when it best serves your present circumstances.
-
- Hold
- Selecting this option causes the incoming faxmail to be held in a
- Receiving Queue. Your current work is not interrupted, and you may
- handle your faxmail at another time, when it is more convenient to you.
-
- To extract faxmail out of the Receive Queue, summon the Events Log
- Window by selecting [FaxBar], [Events Log], [Receive Queue].
-
- If you have faxmail, you will be Notified and presented with options
- for handling the incoming correspondence. A separate Notification box
- will appear for each piece of incoming faxmail held in the Receive Queue.
-
- Notify
- Select [(*)Notify] if you want FaxMail to notify you each time faxmail
- is received. When the incoming file is fully received into your
- computer a Notification dialog box will appear on your screen,
- regardless of where you are in the Windows environment. The box will
- inform you of the receipt of faxmail and give you a variety of options
- for handling the incoming file.
-
- Auto Save
- Choose this option if you desire to have all incoming faxmail
- automatically stored in the default incoming Directory. You are not
- interrupted by faxmail, and may then manage all incoming correspondence
- at a more convenient time.
-
- Auto Print
- This feature will cause your computer and printer to act like a normal
- fax machine with the added benefit of improving the quality of your
- faxmail image, particularly if you are using a laser-jet printer.
- Select [(*)Auto Print] if you choose to have your incoming faxmail
- automatically sent to the printer upon arrival. Auto Print works,
- only, in conjunction Auto Save Notice that the Auto-Save option button
- will be automatically selected when you choose Auto Print. The file is
- saved to disk, and then printed.
-
- Once the faxmail is received into your computer, the file will be given
- a date-stamp name and saved to disk in the default incoming directory.
- Then the document is sent to the printer. A Print Progress dialog box
- will appear, informing you that the file is received and is printing.
- Cancel the printing process, if you desire, with [Cancel].
-
- You may also direct the printing process to be performed in the
- background, multitasked so that you may proceed with the work at hand.
- To do so, select [Background]. For more information on this process,
- see a discussion on Printing from the Notification Box. Use the Events
- Log to manage files which have been automatically saved to disk upon
- receipt.
-
-
- Item 10
-
-
- Notification Box Options
- When you choose to be notified of incoming faxmail, or you handle
- correspondence in the Receive Queue, you will be presented with a
- Notification Box, offering you a variety of options for dealing with
- each piece of correspondence.
-
- The Notification Box Options are:
-
- Hold All
- Hold this and all future correspondence in the Receive Queue.
-
- Extract faxmail out of the Receive Queue, by selecting [FaxBar],[Events
- Log], [Receive Queue].
-
-
- Item 11
-
-
- Print Fax
- Print the faxmail file.
-
- Fax Viewer
- By selecting [View Fax], you may display your fax correspondence in the
- Fax Viewer Window. See Fax Viewer for a more detailed explanation of the
- Fax Viewer Window.
-
- Save Fax
- Save the file in the directory and under the filename as displayed.
- This box may be edited so that the fax may be saved to disk in any
- directory and under any name desired, as long as you don't change the
- file extension.
-
- Delete Fax
- If you have viewed or printed your incoming faxmail and determined that
- you do not need a permanent copy, you may delete the fax by selecting
- [Delete Fax]. A dialog box will appear prompting you to verify that
- you choose to delete the fax. Select [OK] and the fax will be deleted.
- Choose [Cancel] if you wish to return to the Notification box and not
- delete the fax.
-
- Printing a Fax from the Receive Queue
- Select the [Print Fax] and the print fax dialog box will appear. The
- dialog box will indicate the active printer and the number of pages in
- the faxmail document.
-
-
- Item 12
-
-
- Selecting a Printer
- To select a different printer driver, select [Setup Printer] and the
- Windows 'Control Panel' will be displayed. Select [Printers], and the
- Windows Printer Select routine will be activated. Select the desired
- printer and close the window. You will be returned to the Print Dialog
- box. See the Windows Users Guide for more information on use of the
- Printer Selection Routine.
-
- Printing Selective Pages
- The Print dialog box will display the number of pages in the document.
- The default setting for the page(s) to be printed is all page(s). The
- Print Page(s) selection boxes will display the first and last page
- number. To print selected page(s) only, change the page numbers in the
- page edit boxes to those desired.
-
- Select [Print] and a printing progress box will appear while the file
- is being sent to the printer. This dialog box will display the page
- number being printed. If for any reason, you choose to abort the
- printing process, select [Cancel] and the sequence will be aborted.
-
- Choosing a Printing Method
- Since bitmap files contain large amounts of data, printing
- multiple-page fax can consume time, depending upon the printer and the
- printer driver being utilized. To make your work more efficient, you
- may choose to enter into a multitasking mode. This will cause the
- process of sending data to your printer to occur in the background,
- allowing you to proceed to other tasks.
-
- Select [Background] and the printing process will continue in the
- background, simultaneously with your other work. The Print Progress
- dialog box will disappear, however, to still give you access to
- canceling the print routine, the Print Progress box will be minimized
- into an Icon on the Windows desktop.
-
- Canceling Background Printing
- To cancel a background printing operation, double-click on the printing
- Icon on the Windows desktop and the Printing Progress dialog box will
- reappear. Select [Cancel], and the print job will be aborted.
-
-
- Item 13
-
-
- Naming and Saving your faxmail
- Faxmail Naming Convention
- When using a printer driver, such as FaxMail does, to convert your
- program file into a format which is understood by the FaxModem, the
- Windows environment does not give access to the file name.
-
- Also, upon Receiving faxmail, raw data is transported over the
- telephone lines, from one facsimile device to another, giving no access
- to a file name.
-
- In the absence of file names for fax format files, FaxMail follows a
- file naming convention that is based on a date-stamp and the number of
- transaction for the day. The name given to both incoming and outgoing
- fax files is as follows:
-
- MMDD0000.DCX
-
- Whereas:
-
- MM is the Month, DD is the Day, 0000 is a counter, numbering the
- faxmail events that day. DCX is an extension indicating that the file
- is in fax format.
-
- Names with date stamps give you reference to the time the file was
- generated, but no reference as to the contents; as would be the case
- had you determined it's name.
-
- Fax Files
- Most of the time you will want to rename your faxmail from the cryptic
- date stamp to a more meaningful name based on your knowledge of whom
- the file was from, or its contents. If renaming is performed from the
- Notification box, then the more meaningful name will appear in the
- Events Log, simplifying fax management later.
-
- Use [Print Fax] or [View Fax] to print or view the fax. With
- information about the content of the correspondence, name the file
- accordingly.
-
- The default directory will be displayed with the filename. However,
- you may edit the drive, directory, and or filename by placing the
- cursor in the edit box and use the Delete or Backspace keys to delete
- characters. To delete the entire default filename, begin typing a new
- file specification.
-
- Select [Save Fax] and the faxmail will be saved to disk as directed.
- If the filename already exists on your disk, you will be presented with
- a warning, giving you the opportunity to overwrite the file or not.
-
- If you choose to overwrite the existing file, select [OK] and the file
- will be stored to disk, overwriting the older one. If you choose not
- to overwrite an existing file, select [Cancel] and you will be returned
- to the Notification box where you may enter a new file specification.
-
-
- Item 14
-
-
- Saving Fax upon Receipt
- Select [(*)Auto Save] from SetUp if you do not wish to handle your
- faxmail at the time it arrives. By choosing Auto Save, incoming
- correspondence will be automatically saved to disk.
-
- All correspondence will be saved in the default incoming Directory and
- named according to a date stamp, See Faxmail Naming Convention for
- format.
-
- Handling Auto Saved Events Later
- A record of all your transactions will occur in the Events Log Window.
- From the log, you may view, print, copy, delete, move, or re-send the
- saved faxmail.
-
- Naming faxmail Later
- When using the Auto-Save feature and handling your faxmail at a later
- date, you may use either the Events Log Window or Fax Viewer Window to
- manage your correspondence. Each of these Windows possess the MoveAs
- command which allows you to view your faxmail and move, as well as
- rename it, to another directory. You may also delete any unwanted
- files from these locations.
-
-
- Item 15
-
-
- Monitoring the progress of incoming faxmail Depending upon the
- FaxModem installed and it's configurations, a tone can be heard when
- the modem begins Receiving faxmail. If you want to inquire as to the
- sending party or to monitor the progress of an event, you may do so by
- selecting [FaxBar], [Event Monitor].
-
-
- Item 16, Chapter 5 - Future Send Queue
-
-
- When you schedule a transmission for some time in the future,
- instructions pertaining to that event are placed into a queuing system,
- awaiting processing. The computer's calendar and clock are checked,
- and at the specified time, the transaction is processed by the FaxModem.
-
- This holding area is referred to as the Future Send Queue. If you are
- broadcasting faxmail to a group, multiple transactions are entered into
- the Future Send Queue, one event for each recipient in the group.
-
- At times, it may be necessary to make changes, modifications or
- deletions from this list. The Future Send Queue can be accessed and
- each item in the queue may be acted upon.
-
- Managing faxmail in the Future Send Queue
- Display the Future Send Queue by selecting [FaxBar], [Future Send Queue]
- and a dialog box will appear within which all tasks scheduled for
- future sending will be displayed. These are the send fax events that
- you sent form the Send Fax box using [Schedule], [Send Fax], after
- changing the date or time into the future. The following information
- is displayed for each event in the queue:
-
- Date, Time, Resolution, Recipient, FileName
-
- Selecting an Event in the Future Send Queue
- Scroll through the listings in the list box until the desired entry is
- located and highlight it. You may now perform any of the provided
- actions on that event.
-
-
- Item 17
-
-
- Re-Scheduling an Event in the Queue
- With the desired event highlighted, select [Re-Schedule]. A dialog box
- will appear within which you may change the time and date of the
- transmission. The current time and date will be placed in the
- appropriate edit boxes. Edit the time/date to your choosing and select
- [OK].
-
- To re-schedule an event to be sent immediately, select [OK]. To cancel
- the Re-Schedule operation without changing the time or date of the
- event, select [Cancel].
-
- Deleting an Event from the Queue
- With the desired event highlighted, select the [Del] button. A
- Deletion Options dialog box will appear and present you with two
- methods of deletion.
-
- Delete Entry
- This selection will delete the selected task from the Future Send Queue
- and the sending event will not take place.
-
- Delete Entry and File
- This selection will not only delete the task from the Future Send
- Queue, but will also delete the Fax file scheduled to be sent.
-
- Viewing the Fax
- With the event entry selected, select [View]. A full screen display
- for the fax will appear. View the full page by using the Scroll bars.
- View additional pages, if any, by selecting [Page]. Return to the
- Future Send Queue dialog box by selecting [Exit].
-
- Refreshing the Future Send Queue Box
- Refreshing the Future Send Queue may become necessary if sending
- operations are taking place while you are in the Future Send Queue
- dialog box. Selecting [ReFresh] will update and redrawn the list box,
- minus any completed events.
-
-
- Item 18, Chapter 6 - FaxMail Control Program
-
-
- FaxMail Control Program has a windows that can be minimize or sent
- background by clicking on the [Go Background]. Operating in the
- background, FaxMail Network for Windows can be accessed from it's toolbar.
- FaxMail Network for Windows is designed to integrate faxmail into the
- entire Windows environment. Fax functionality literally becomes a part
- of every Windows program, just as if each program was designed with fax
- functionality initially.
-
- BBS Mode
- Selecting BBS Mode will initialize your FaxModem to BBS Mode, and
- disable the FaxModem Driver, FaxMail Network for Windows and all programs
- associated with FaxMail Network for Windows. If your FaxModem is
- already in BBS Mode, it will re-initialize it and leave it in the BBS
- Mode. Use this before calling a BBS such as Internet, AOL or CompuServe.
- There are many ways to switch to BBS Mode.
-
- 1. Select [FaxBar], [QUIT].
-
- 2. Select [FaxBar], [Event Monitor], [BBS Mode].
-
-
- Item 19
-
-
- General Information
- This section assumes that you have generated a document or file in a
- Windows program.
-
- Most Windows programs (applications), especially the more sophisticated
- ones, communicate with a Windows message center while loading. The
- programs asks Windows, not only which printer driver is loaded, but
- asks for the characteristics of the printer. This communication
- informs the program of page, fonts, and graphics support.
-
- If you forget to load the FaxMail Program before the application, your
- document or file will be composed for your printer instead of [ElectraSoft
- Print to Fax]. When you, then, select [ElectraSoft Print to Fax], the
- more sophisticated programs will alert you that the file was not
- composed for that driver, and will recompose the document for you.
-
- If you have selected a font from the Windows font library, or soft
- fonts which are scaleable or dynamic fonts, you should not experience
- any difference in the image, whether you compose your document with
- your printer loaded or ElectraSoft Print to Fax.
-
- Bitmaps
- When you send a document by fax from any Windows program, FaxMail must
- first convert your document or file into a format which fax technology
- can transmit. A second file will be created for this purpose. This FAX
- FILE bitmap will be denoted by the three character extension of DCX.
-
- This file does not interfere with your original document in any way.
- It makes a compatible copy for fax transmission. Upon transmitting
- your correspondence your original file saved by the application, and
- the DCX file both exist on your hard disk.
-
- DCX files are quite large files and when kept, can consume a
- considerable amount of disk space. If you have plenty of disk space or
- find it acceptable to occasionally spend time managing these files, you
- may want to save them.
-
- However, if disk space is low and you do not continually refer to your
- fax correspondence, it is quite acceptable to choose the [Send Fax and:
- Delete] setting as the default so all fax files tagged for deletion
- can be deleted with one command, [Purge Send + Deletes], from the
- Events Log. You can always return to your original file documents for
- reference and re-faxing.
-
-
- Item 20
-
-
- Generating Documents from Windows
- First, load the FaxMail Network for Windows Control Program so that the
- [FaxBar] will be available to you from the top left corner of the Program
- Manager and all your Programs.
-
- Load a Windows word processor or graphics program with which you are
- familiar. You probably had one in mind when purchasing FaxMail for
- Windows. If you have no particular program in mind, load Windows Write
- or Windows Paintbrush from the Windows desktop. Make sure that the
- screen is maximized. Do so by clicking on the up arrow button in the
- extreme right corner of the window.
-
- Experiment with your favorite applications, composing a document with
- your printer driver loaded and another with ElectraSoft Print to Fax.
- This may only be an issue when high precision or quality is required
- such as in the case of detailed graphics. As a general rule, if you
- know you are creating a document for faxmail purposes, you may want to
- make ElectraSoft Print to Fax active while the document is being composed.
-
- Also, see the section on font selection later in this chapter for more
- detailed information on the selection and use of fonts.
-
- Create a document or file in the Windows program you've chosen. Upon
- completion, save the file as you normally would using the [File],
- [SaveAs] or equivalent.
-
-
- Item 21
-
-
- Sending a Fax Directly from an Application
- To send faxmail directly from your Windows program (application),
- select the [File], [Print] and print to the ElectraSoft Print to Fax print
- drive.
-
- You will be presented with the program's normal printing sequence. Most
- Windows applications will display the target or selected printer. The
- FaxMail fax driver will be one of these:
-
- ElectraSoft Print to Fax on C:\TOFAX
- ElectraSoft NT Print to Fax on C:\TOFAX
-
- Select any printing options which you desire, such as selected pages,
- etc., and use your program's Print routine. The ElectraSoft Print to Fax
- will convert your document file into a fax, and save it to the hard
- disk for transmission.
-
- Send Fax Box
- Once the fax file is created, the Send Fax box will appear so that you
- may determine recipient and sending parameters. Select [Recipient] to
- choose the addressee to whom the faxmail is to be sent. You will be
- presented with the FaxBook Entries box. Select a new addressee then
- select [OK].
-
- CONVERT TO FAX and PRINTER OR FAX TOGGLE
-
- Swapping Drivers
- Ude your editor's [File], [Print Setup].
-
- If you plan to send a fax from an application, it is sometimes better to
- make ElectraSoft Print to Fax the default driver before you enter the
- application. This is done because some applications do not sense a
- printer driver being changed after the program is loaded.
-
-
- Item 22
-
-
- Converting to Fax
- To start the send process Select [File], [Print]. The application's
- normal printer dialog box will appear within which you should insure
- that the active printer is the ElectraSoft Print to Fax on C:\TOFAX. You
- may choose to send all or only a portion of the document pages, just as
- if you were directing the data to a printer.
-
- Finish the print sequence as if you were printing to your printer.
-
- Windows and Printer Drivers
- Windows allows you to install multiple printer drivers, for multiple
- printers. One of these printers is then selected as the default
- printer and is automatically loaded and used from each Windows
- application when you choose to print. See your Windows User's Guide
- for more detailed information on installing and managing printers from
- the Windows Control Panel.
-
- The "ElectraSoft Print to Fax" is handled as just another printer driver.
- It is loaded as the active driver when you print to remote Fax Machine.
-
-
- Item 23, Chapter 7 - Event Monitor
-
-
- Last or Current Event Monitor
-
- Choose this command to monitor a send/receive event while it is in
- progress. A dialog box will appear within which you may monitor
- information being sent from the FaxModem while it is sending or
- receiving a fax. The following information and more is available:
-
- Remote ID
- Information about the remote fax machine. Could be sender's name,
- company ID, phone number, fax number, etc.
-
- File name
- The unique name of the file, assigned by FaxMail, being sent.
-
- Fax Number
- Fax number of recipient receiving fax.
-
- Transfer Type
- The resolution, (fine or standard fax resolution) will be displayed.
-
- Number of Pages
- The page number being transmitted and the total number of pages will be
- displayed.
-
- Page Size
- Page length in inches.
-
- Status
- This display will indicate the current state of the FaxModem
- operation. Examples of terms displayed are:
- No Event Yet
- Idle...
- Waiting to be Processed
- Dialing...
- Connecting...
- Sending...
- Receiving...
- Successfully Completed
- Event was Aborted
- Remote Machine is BUSY
- NO ANSWER from Remote Machine
- Transmission Warning
-
- Time
- This display will indicate the elapsed time of the transmission.
-
- Number of Errors
- This display will indicate the number of transmission errors occurring
- in a fax. Some FaxModems possess error correction capabilities and
- therefore, will not display errors. A few error can occur with little
- harm to the fax.
-
- Fatal Error
- If the fax transaction ends without a complete cycle, the fatal error
- will indicate where the communication breakdown occurred. A list of
- Fatal Error can be found in the Q and A file.
-
-
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-
-
- Aborting an Event
- If, for any reason, you choose to interrupt the send/receive operation,
- you may do so by selecting [Abort Event]. This will cause the
- transmission to be terminated. The entry in the Events Log will
- display "Abrtd" (Event was Aborted).
-
- Answer Now
- This option allows you to force FaxMail Network for Windows to answer
- the phone immediately and try to receive a fax even if the phone did not
- ring.
-
- Examples of use:
- Set FaxMail Network for Windows to answer on the twenty-fifth ring. When
- the phone rings, answer it with the phone. If you here a fax-tone, select
- [Answer Now]. When you here FaxMail pick up, you hang up the phone.
- FaxMail will take over and receive the fax.
-
- Monitoring an Active Event
- You may want to watch the Event Monitor at least long enough to ensure
- that you have made a connection and your faxmail is being delivered.
-
- The Event Monitor will inform you of the following:
-
- o Type of operation, whether sending or receiving
- o To whom the fax is being sent, or from whom it is being received
- o Resolution of the fax
- o Number of pages in the fax
- o The elapsed time of the connection
- o Number of errors, if any occurred
- o Last FaxModem Response
- o Session Progress
- o You can abort the Event with the [Abort Event] button
- o You can do a blind answer by pressing the [Answer Now] button
-
- Fax On Demand
- Receive faxes from Fax On Demand Services.
-
- From the ElectraSoft [Event Monitor], select [Fax On Demand].
-
- Format:
- 1-222-333-4444,,,,,5,6,,,,,R
- o Where the 1 represents the long distance access.
- o Where the 222 represents the area code.
- o Where the 333-4444 represents the fax on demand number.
- o Where the ,,,,, produces a 10 second pause.
- o Where the 5,6 represents the fax selection.
- o Where the ,,,,, produces a 10 second pause to let the sender prepare to
- send.
- o Where the R will put many modems into the necessary receive mode to
- receive the Fax On Demand.
-
- Remember that before you dial the number, you need to know their access or
- selection code, represented above by the 5,6. This code will very in
- digits and number of digits depending on the service you call.
-
-
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-
-
- Some modems will not go into the receive fax mode after dialing a number
- even though you add an R to the end of the dial string. With these modems
- you will need to:
- o Connect a phone to the phone jack on the back of the modem.
- o Using said phone, manually dial.
- o Wait for the remote machine to go into send mode. Usually you will
- here a beep every three seconds.
- o With the fax number field totally blank, click on [Get the Fax].
- o When you hear your modem go into receive, hang up and let the fax come
- in.
-
- Closing the Event Monitor
- To close the Event Monitor box, select [Close]. When you do so, the
- dialog box will disappear, and your faxmail transmission will continue
- in the background. Most FaxModems use a variety of sounds to indicate
- whether an event was completed successfully or aborted. Depending on
- which FaxModem you have installed, you will be notified of the status
- of the event by the sounds. Moreover, FaxMail Network for Windows makes a
- happy sound after a successfully completed event or a sad sound upon an
- event ending with a fatal error.
-
- If you have any questions as to the faxmail transmission, you may call
- the [Event Monitor] from [FaxBar] and view the final status of the event.
- Alternately, you may call the Events Log for a status report of the
- transmission.
-
-
- Item 26, Chapter 8 - FaxMail NotePad
-
-
- Quick memos and short documents may be generated using the FaxMail
- NotePad Window FaxMail NotePad is also used to create Cover Pages for
- transmittal with your faxmail. Conversion to Fax will take place at
- send time directly into your modem.
-
- Templates
- Sample templates are included with the FaxMail program. Located in the
- program directory, you will find the following:
-
- FaxMail NotePad document template SAMPLE.TXT
- Cover Page template SAMPLE.CVR
-
- Creating a Document in FaxMail NotePad
- The FaxMail NotePad Window may be called from the Main FaxMail menu or
- from the desktop Icon, located in the FaxMail Network for Windows Group.
- With the FaxMail Program loaded, select [FaxBar] and choose the [Pencil].
- The FaxMail NotePad Window will be displayed in its maximized position.
-
- To create a New Document in FaxMail NotePad, select [File], [New Text
- File]. You will be presented with a clean work area, with the cursor
- located in the upper left corner.
-
- Editing a FaxMail NotePad Document
-
- Entering Text
- Text is entered into the FaxMail NotePad work area by typing the same
- way as most Windows based text editors or word processors. The text
- will automatically wrap at the end of a line onto the following line.
- Use [ENTER] to end a line or paragraph.
-
-
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-
-
- End Page
- If you want to force an end of page, put your cursor where you want the
- page to end and select [Edit], [End Page].
-
- Insert Text
- To enter text in FaxMail NotePad without overwriting the existing text,
- select the Insert/Overwrite button to [Insert].
-
- Overwrite Text
- To enter text in FaxMail NotePad and overwrite the existing text that
- occurs to the right, select the Insert/Overwrite button to [Overwrite].
-
- Erasing Text
- Highlight the text to be Erased. Highlighting text is a click and drag
- motion. Position the cursor at the beginning of the text to be
- Highlighted and press the left mouse button, and while holding it down,
- drag the cursor to the end of the text to be Highlighted. Release the
- left mouse button.
-
- Select [Edit], [Cut]. The highlighted text will be cut from the work
- pad and written to the Windows clipboard.
-
- Erasing Text without Highlighting
- Text may be erased from your document by positioning the cursor at the
- desired location and pressing the BACKSPACE or DELETE key. The
- BACKSPACE key will erases the text to the left of the cursor position
- while the DELETE key will erases text to the right of the cursor
- position.
-
- Undo
- When text is erased, it is temporarily written to the Windows
- clipboard. Doing so, allows the text to be replaced into your document
- if you choose to reverse a [Cut] or erase.
-
- Select [Edit], [Undo] and the erased text will be put back into your
- document.
-
-
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-
-
- Moving Text
- Highlight the Text
- Press the left mouse button. While holding it down, use your mouse to
- drag the cursor to the end of the text to be Highlighted. Then release
- the left mouse button.
-
- Cut the Text
- Select [Edit], [Cut] and the Highlighted text will be removed from the
- FaxMail NotePad and written to the Windows clipboard.
-
- Paste the Text
- Position the cursor at the location to which the text is to be moved
- and select [Edit], [Paste] and the text will be written to the new
- location.
-
- To Copy Text
- Highlight the Text
- Position the cursor at the beginning of the text to be Highlighted.
- Press the left mouse button, and while holding it down, drag the mouse
- to the end of the text to be Highlighted, then release the left mouse
- button.
-
- Copy the Text
- Select [Edit], [Copy] and Highlighted text will be copied to the
- Windows clipboard.
-
- Paste the Text
- Position the cursor where you want the text is to be copied and select
- [Edit], [Paste] and the text will be copied to the new location. You
- can copy text from any Windows programs and paste it in the FaxMail
- NotePad.
-
- Saving a FaxMail NotePad Document
- If the document does not yet have a name, select [File], [SaveAs]. A
- Save As box will appear. Type in a document name, up to eight
- characters. The three character extension will be added for you. If
- you are editing a file with a name select [File], [Save].
-
-
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-
-
- Opening a FaxMail NotePad Document
- To open an existing file select [File], [Open Text File]. A dialog box
- will appear within which you will select an existing file from disk.
-
- Select the desired drive letter and directory from the directories list
- box, which is the right list box in the window.
-
- FaxMail will search the directory chosen for text files *.TXT and
- display them.
-
- Select the desired file from the list box by highlighting it file and
- selecting [OK]. You may also double-click on the filename.
-
- The Open File box will disappear and the file will be displayed in the
- work area of the FaxMail NotePad Window.
-
- Print a FaxMail NotePad Document
- Select [File], [Print] and a dialog box will appear allowing you to
- print to your printer or fax. When the printing is completed, you will
- be returned to the FaxMail NotePad work pad. If you choose to stop the
- printing process select [Cancel] and the printing will be aborted.
-
- Sending faxmail from FaxMail NotePad
- Create a document or Cover Page in FaxMail NotePad and save the
- document. For short memos, you may want to type your correspondence
- directly into a Cover Page. This is efficient because the Cover Page
- can includes your logo file, Data Fields which will automatically fill
- in information about the party to whom your correspondence is
- addressed, and sending from FaxMail NotePad does not create a bitmap
- fax format file to manage later.
-
- Whether it is a text file or Cover Page, create your document and save
- it using [File], [SaveAs].
-
-
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-
-
- Sending a Text File
- Select [File], [Print]. The printer box will appear. Select a font and
- [Print] to [ElectraSoft Print to Fax] printer driver. After the text is
- converted to fax, the Send Fax dialog box will appear. Select a Recipient
- and make any modifications you desire to the sending parameters and select
- [Send Fax].
-
- Sending as a Cover Page
- Select [FaxBar], [Send Fax] and the Send Fax dialog box will appear.
- Select a Recipient and select [(*)Cover Page Only] from the Cover Page
- Options. Select the name of the Cover Page from the Cover Page list
- box. Send your FaxMail by selecting [Send Fax].
-
- Cover Pages
- FaxMail allows you to create and save as many cover pages as you
- choose, making it possible to use a variety of Cover Pages, selecting
- that which is most appropriate to the type of correspondence.
-
- Creating a New Cover Page
- Load the Send Fax box by selecting [FaxBar], [Send Fax]. When the Send
- Fax box is loaded, select [Edit Cover Page] and the FaxMail NotePad
- Window will appear with the default cover page loaded in it. This
- window is an ASCII text word processor used for typing short
- correspondence for faxmail, and for creation of Cover Pages. To create
- a new Cover Page, select [File], [SaveAs] and save it as MYFILE.CVR.
- Where MYFILE.CVR is the name you chose. Now you are ready to modify
- this Cover Page into whatever you want. If you want to include your
- new Cover Page; from the Send Fax box, select the Cover Page down Arrow
- and choose the one you want. If you want MYFILE.CVR to become the
- default Cover Page, go to SetUp and select it as the default.
-
- For more information on the subject of Cover Pages, select any FaxMail
- [Help] button and select [Search] and type in: Cover Page. Also, search
- the FaxMail Network for Windows Help system for: Cover Page Logo.
-
- Note: In the sample Cover Page, SAMPLE.CVR, the Cover Page itself does
- not contain any information pertaining to the sender such as a
- letterhead. This information is contained in the PCX logo file.
-
-
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-
-
- Field Data Fax-Merge
- Field data are those phrases which tell FaxMail which types of
- information to "Mail Merge" from the FaxBook and other sources into
- your Cover Page.
-
- The actual information inserted into these locations will vary and be
- specific to each recipient for each fax sent. For example, select
- [Fields], [To: Recipient], and [=RECIPIENT=] will appear where your
- cursor is, denoting the name of the person or company to whom the fax
- will be sent. Each time a document is sent, the name of the addressee
- will be copied from the FaxBook RECIPIENT field to the designated place
- in your cover page.
-
- The possible choices are:
-
- Cover Page Logo
- Date
- Time
- Recipient
- Person
- Position
- Address
- Fax and telephone numbers
- Comment
- Pages In Fax
-
- Placing Field Data onto the Cover Page
- Position the cursor at the location where the data is to appear and
- select [Fields], then select the appropriate data field from the pull
- down menu. The data field will appear on the Cover Page at the location
- of the cursor, with one exception. The logo field will always appear
- at the extreme upper left corner of the page.
-
- Erasing a Field Data
- Highlight the Field Data by placing the cursor at the beginning of the
- field and pressing the left mouse button. While holding the left mouse
- button down, drag it to the end of the field. Select [Edit], [Cut] and
- the field data will be deleted. Pressing [Del] will also delete it.
-
-
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-
-
- Fields Menu
- The Fields Menu gives the user access to a series of Data Fields which
- are positioned onto the FaxMail NotePad Cover Page Document for Mail
- Merge.
-
- Each Field represents a specified piece of information which is to be
- inserted into a Cover Page at the time it is faxed. The [==DATE==]
- field indicates that the current date should be taken from your
- computer calendar and inserted in that location. The [=RECIPIENT=]
- field is replaced with the name to whom the document is being
- addressed. It is extracted from the FaxBook that you entered it into.
-
- Cover Page Logo
- To add a Logo file to the Cover Page, select [Fields], [Logo]. A
- dialog box will appear within which you will choose the desired PCX
- file to be prefixed to the cover page. The file must be a black and
- white bitmap file with the (.PCX) extension and it must be in the
- FAXMAILN directory. The PCX extension will not show here but will be
- assumed.
-
- You can only have one Logo and it will be at the top of the Cover Page.
- You can replace it at will.
-
- Date
- Inserting the current date into a Cover Page will cause the current
- date to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being faxed. The
- [==DATE==] field will be replaced by the current date taken from the
- computer's calendar.
-
- Position your cursor where the [==DATE==] field is to occur and select
- [Fields], [Date]. The Date Field will appear in the document.
-
- Time
- Inserting the current time into a Cover Page will cause the current
- time to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being faxed. The
- [==TIME==] field will be replaced by the current time taken from the
- computer's clock.
-
- Position your cursor where the [==TIME==] field is to be inserted and
- select [Fields], [Time]. The Time Field will appear in the document.
-
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-
-
- To: Recipient
- Inserting the FaxBook [=RECIPIENT=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Recipient information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [=RECIPIENT=] field will be replaced by the current
- Recipient taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=RECIPIENT=] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [To: Recipient], and the [=RECIPIENT=] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- To: Name
- Inserting the FaxBook [=ToNAME=] field into a Cover Page will cause the
- Name information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being faxed.
- The [=ToNAME=] field will be replaced by the current Name taken from
- the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=ToNAME=] field is to occur and select
- [Fields], [To: Name], and the [=ToNAME=] field will appear in the
- document.
-
- To: Position
- Inserting the FaxBook [=ToPOSITION=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Position information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [=ToPOSITION=] field will be replaced by the current
- Position taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=ToPOSITION=] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [To: Position ], and the [=ToPOSITION=] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- Address: Address1
- Inserting the FaxBook [=ToADDR1=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Address1 information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [=ToADDR1=] field will be replaced by the current Address1
- taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=ToADDR1=] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Address: Address1], and the [=ToADDR1=] field will
- appear in the document.
-
-
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-
-
- Address: Address2
- Inserting the FaxBook [=ToADDR2=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Address2 information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [=ToADDR2=] field will be replaced by the current Address2
- taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=ToADDR2=] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Address: Address2], and the [=ToADDR2=] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- Address: City
- Inserting the FaxBook [==ToCITY==] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the City information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [==ToCITY==] field will be replaced by the current City
- taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [==ToCITY==] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Address: City ], and the [==ToCITY==] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- Address: State
- Inserting the FaxBook [==ToSTATE==] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the State information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [==ToSTATE==] field will be replaced by the current State
- taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [==ToSTATE==] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Address: State ], and the [==ToSTATE==] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- Address: Zip
- Inserting the FaxBook [==ToZIP==] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Zip information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [==ToZIP==] field will be replaced by the current Zip taken
- from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [==ToZIP==] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Address: Zip ], and the [==ToZIP==] field will appear
- in the document.
-
-
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-
-
- Phone: Fax Number
- Inserting the FaxBook [=ToFaxNUM=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Fax Number information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon
- being faxed. The [=ToFaxNUM=] field will be replaced by the current
- Fax Number taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=ToFaxNUM=] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Phone: FaxNumber], and the [=ToFaxNUM=] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- Phone: Voice Number
- Inserting the FaxBook [=ToVocNUM=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Voice Number information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon
- being faxed. The [=ToVocNUM=] field will be replaced by the current
- Voice Number taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=ToVocNUM=] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Phone: VoiceNumber], and the [=ToVocNUM=] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- Comment
- Inserting the FaxBook [=ToComment=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Comment information to be inserted into the Cover Page upon being
- faxed. The [=ToComment=] field will be replaced by the current Comment
- taken from the FaxMail FaxBook.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=ToComment=] field is to occur and select
- [Fields], [Comment], and the [=ToComment=] field will appear in
- the document.
-
- Pages In Fax
- Inserting the FaxBook [=PagesInFax=] field into a Cover Page will cause
- the Number of Pages In Fax information to be inserted into the Cover Page
- upon being faxed. The [=PagesInFax=] field will be replaced by the number
- of pages to follow the Cover Page.
-
- Position your cursor where the [=PagesInFax=] field is to occur and
- select [Fields], [Pages In Fax], and the [=PagesInFax=] field will
- appear in the document.
-
- Creating Cover Page Logo Files
- Method 1, From an Application
- Create a Logo in any Windows Application and print it to the ElectraSoft
- Print to Fax. When FaxMail brings up the Send Fax dialog box, select
- [View Fax], [Edit], [DCX to PCX BreakUp] and do the BreakUp. The
- resulting PCX file can be used as a Cover Page Logo.
-
- Method 2, Copy, Paste, Modify
- Load the FaxMail Network for Windows [Fax Viewer] and Select [File],
- [Open], [PCX] and from the FAXMAILN directory, open URGENT.PCX and then
- select [File], [Copy] whatever you want the new logo to be called.
-
- Load the FaxMail Network for Windows 'Send Fax' program from the FaxMail
- Network for Windows Group, or [FaxBar], [Send Fax].
-
-
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-
-
- Select [Edit Cover Page] and the FaxMail Network for Windows NotePad
- will load and display the current default Cover Page. Select [Fields],
- [Logo] and select the logo that you just created with the 'Fax Viewer'
- [Copy] command. Save and exit from FaxMail NotePad back to 'Send Fax'.
-
- Select [Edit Cover Page Logo] and the Windows Paintbrush will load and
- display the current default Cover Page Logo. Delete the image and now
- you are ready to import graphics and/or draw your own logo. Paintbrush
- will let you select any font any size you want. Be sure you are in the
- FAXMAILN directory when you do your final [Save].
-
- Method 3, Start from scratch
- Load Paintbrush. To set the size of the image area, select [Options],
- [Image Attributes...] and a dialog box will appear, within which the
- width and height may be specified. The width should be set to 1728
- pixel wide, and the height to 576 pixels high (give or take). You can
- vary the height but should not vary the width. Set the color to [Black
- and White].
-
- A variety of image template PCX files have been included with your
- FaxMail Network for Windows software. They are stored in your FAXMAILN
- directory with names such as:
-
- FAXMEMO.PCX
- DESKOF.PCX
- URGENT.PCX
-
- Open them in Paintbrush and use them as templates for size alone. Do
- not modify and use these, as they will be overwritten when you upgrade.
-
- If you are not familiar with Windows Paintbrush, see the detailed
- instructions in the Windows User's Guide. The drawing tools plus the
- ability to import graphics or clip art from other drawing or graphics
- programs will enable you to produce professional logos for your cover
- pages.
-
- You may also use a scanner to replicate your logo or letterhead in
- Paintbrush. Making use of the Windows clipboard will give you access
- to graphics in other programs and in other formats which can be Copied
- and Pasted into Paintbrush.
-
- Saving your Logo file
- To save your Logo file, first select the PCX extension from the list
- box of possible file formats. Save your logo under an appropriate
- name, insuring that it is in the FAXMAILN program directory otherwise it
- will not be found when possible choices of logos are presented to you
- in the FaxMail NotePad Window [Fields] pull-down menu.
-
-
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-
-
- Test Your Results
- After you have saved your logo file, from the Send Fax box, you can
- summons the FaxMail NotePad Window with [Edit Cover Page].and select
- [Fields], [Logo] to call the Pick a Logo dialog box to insure that your
- new file appears in the list box. Select the new logo and then select
- [File], [Save]. Exit FaxMail NotePad and from the Send Fax box select
- [View Cover Page].
-
- You may need to experiment with your design and sizing until you are
- pleased with the result.
-
- Prefixing a Logo to a Cover Page
- You may determine which graphics logo file you choose to accompany each
- individual Cover Page. This is accomplished in the same manner as
- other Field Data is placed on the Cover Page.
-
- Select [Fields], [Logo] and the Pick a Logo dialog box will appear,
- from which you may select the appropriate logo file.
-
- The graphics file to be used as your logo must be a black and white
- bitmap PCX file, which is an acceptable fax format. You may create a
- logo file in any of several graphics or drawing programs, but since
- Paintbrush is included with Microsoft Windows, it is available to
- everyone.
-
- Double-click on the logo file of your choice, or highlight the file,
- and select [OK].
-
- The name of the logo selected will appear on the Cover Page at the
- extreme upper left corner.
-
- At the time of Sending
- At the time of transmission, the logo will be placed at the top of the
- Cover Page.
-
- Opening an Existing Cover Page
- Load the FaxMail NotePad and open an existing Cover Page by selecting
- [File], [Open Cover Page]. A dialog box will appear within which you
- will select an existing file from the FAXMAILN directory.
-
- Select the desired file to open by highlighting the file in the files
- list box and selecting the [OK] button, or double-clicking on the
- filename. The Open File box will disappear and the Cover Page will be
- displayed in the work area of the FaxMail NotePad Window.
-
-
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-
-
- Saving a Cover Page
- To save your Cover Page, select [File], [SaveAs] from the menu. A
- Save As box will appear within which you will enter the desired name to
- save the file to disk.
-
- Place the cursor in the name edit box and enter a name for the file of
- up to eight characters in length. To save the Cover Page select [OK]
- and the file will be saved to disk.
-
- Cover Page Elements
- Permanent Text
- That information which is fixed and remains consistent on a cover page.
-
- Field Data
- This information assists you in personalizing your faxmail. It
- consists of data retrieved from the FaxBook and merged onto the cover
- page at the time the fax is transmitted. Certain Key Phrases are
- placed onto the Cover Page, located as your choose, to indicate which
- FaxBook information should be merged.
-
- Graphic or Logo
- You may include a graphic PCX file as a logo or header at the top of
- the cover page. You may create the logo file in any graphics or
- drawing program which provides the PCX file format, such as Windows
- Paintbrush.
-
-
- Item 39, Chapter 9 - Fax Viewer Program
-
-
- Fax Files are bitmap files which are displayed as any other graphics
- files would be in a variety of graphics programs. The file is
- displayed on the screen by building it in layers or bands from top to
- bottom, as data is read. Each time the display is altered, the screen
- must be re-drawn or refreshed.
-
- Opening a Fax File to View
- Select [FaxBar], [FAX VIEWER] and the Fax Viewer will appear, displaying
- the default fax file. If you want to view a different fax, select [File],
- [Open] and the Open File for Viewing dialog box will appear, within
- which a file may be selected.
-
- Type File Specification
- The Fax Viewer Window is specifically designed to display fax format
- bitmap files. The filename must contain a PCX or DCX extension. Type
- the complete file specification, including drive letter, path and
- filename in the edit box or select the file from the list box.
-
- Select the File to be Opened
- Scroll through the list box using the scroll bar until the desired
- drive, path, and files list appear.
-
- Highlight the desired file and select [View], or double-click on the
- desired file in the list box. The Open File for Viewing dialog box
- will disappear and you will be returned to the Fax Viewer Window, with
- the file being displayed.
-
-
- Item 40
-
-
- Scrolling Through a Page
- Scroll through the page with the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.
- You may slowly scroll through a page by using the THUMB button of the
- vertical scroll bar. Select the THUMB button and slowly drag it
- downward as you view the file. The display will move in measured
- increments.
-
- Viewing Another Page
- To view another page, select [Page]. The total number of pages will be
- displayed on a pop-up dialog box. The page following the currently
- viewed page will automatically be highlighted. Click your mouse on the
- page you want to view or use the arrow keys and [Enter].
-
- Closing the Fax Viewer Window
- Close the Fax Viewer Window by selecting [Exit] or [File], [Exit] and
- you will be returned to your previous program location.
-
- Copying a Fax File
- To copy a file on disk, select [File], [Copy] and the Copy Fax File box
- will appear. The box consists of two edit boxes. One for the name of
- the file to be copied From, and the other for the name of the new file
- to which it is copied to.
-
- Select the File to Be Copied
- Select the desired drive letter and directory from the list box.
-
- FaxMail will search the directory chosen and display all files in the
- directory. Select the file to be copied by highlighting it. The file
- selected will appear in the edit box labeled Copy Fax File From.
-
- If you know all or part of the file specification that you want to
- copy, you may type it directly into the 'Copy Fax File From' edit box
-
-
- Item 41
-
-
- Enter a New FileName
- Once the Origination file is selected in the upper box, the cursor will
- appear in the lower edit box label Copy Fax File To:. Type in the
- drive, path, and file name to which the file is to be copied. You may
- initiate the sequence by pressing [Enter], or selecting [OK].
-
- The original file will be copied to a new file under the designated
- name, and the Copy Fax File box will disappear. You will be returned
- back to the Fax Viewer.
-
- Moving and Renaming a Fax File
- When viewing a file, it may be advantageous to rename and move the file
- to another location on the disk. Select [File], [MoveAs] to summon the
- Move File As dialog box.
-
- The name of the file being moved will be displayed in the top edit box
- entitled Move File From. Type the drive, path, and filename to which
- it is being moved into the Move File As edit box. Select [OK] and the
- file will be moved to the path and filename specified.
-
- Printing a Fax from the Fax Viewer
- Select [File], [Print] and a print dialog box will appear. The dialog
- box will indicate the active printer and the number of pages in the fax.
-
- Selecting a Printer Driver
- The active printer will be displayed.
-
- To select a different printer driver than displayed, select [Setup
- Printer] and the Windows Control Panel will be displayed. Select
- [Printers] and the Windows Printer Select routine will be displayed.
- Select the desired printer and close the window. You will be returned
- to the Print Fax Dialog box. See the Windows Users Guide for more
- information on use of the Printer Selection Routine.
-
-
- Item 42
-
-
- Printing Selective Pages
- The Print dialog box will display the number of pages in the document.
- The default setting for the pages to be printed is all pages. The
- Print Pages selection boxes will display the first and last page
- numbers. To print selected pages only, change the page numbers in the
- page edit boxes to those desired.
-
- Select [Print], and a printing progress box will appear while the file
- is being sent to the printer. This dialog box will display the page
- number being printed. If for any reason, you choose to abort the
- printing process, select [Cancel] and the sequence will be aborted.
-
- Choosing a Printing Method
- Since bitmap files contain large amounts of data, printing
- multiple-page files can consume time, depending upon the printer and
- the printer driver being utilized. To make your work more efficient,
- you may choose to enter into a multitasking mode. This will cause the
- process of sending data to your printer to occur in the background,
- allowing you to proceed to other tasks in the foreground.
-
- Deleting a Fax File
- To delete a fax from disk, select [File], [Del] and the Delete File
- dialog box will appear. Select [Yes] to delete it or [No] to cancel.
-
- Sending faxmail from the Fax Viewer
- You may find it convenient to create fax files for later sending,
- desire to forward incoming faxmail to other parties, or re-send fax
- files from the Fax Viewer Window. Open a fax file in the Fax Viewer
- Window and select [FaxBar], [Send Fax].
-
- Select the new addressee by selecting [Recipient]. Change any sending
- parameters that you desire and select [Send Fax].
-
-
- Item 43, Chapter 10 - OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
-
-
- Converting Fax to text
- FaxMail Network for Windows OCR (Optical Character Recognition) will
- convert DCX and PCX FaxFiles into the TXT format, that can be read by
- Applications such as 'Word for Windows', etc. while retaining the
- original unchanged fax files.
-
- Choosing an OCR compatible font
- Choose a Font that:
- is easy to read.
- is shaped the way the original founders meant them to be.
- will print well on 100x200, 200x200, 300x300 DPI (Dots Per Inch).
- is at least two pixels thick.
-
-
- Item 44
-
-
- Avoid Fonts that:
- are fancy.
- have no space between characters and run together.
- have too small of a space between characters.
- have too large of a space between
- characters.
- havetoosmallofaspacebetweenwords.
- have too large of a space between words.
-
- Krahmer Fax Font
- The "Krahmer Fax Font" was especially designed to work with Coarse
- Fax 100x200 DPI, Fine Fax 200x200 DPI and 300x300 DPI Printers with no
- degradation. The Krahmer Fax Font is close to 100% recognizable by OCR.
-
- Note: In Standard Fax resolution, every other horizontal scan-line is
- sent and the next discarded, so fonts that are only one pixel thick,
- horizontally, will lose an average one half of their definition. To
- summons OCR select [FaxBar], [Fax Viewer], [Edit], [OCR (Optical Character
- Recognition)].
-
-
- Item 45, Chapter 11 - DCX to PCX BreakUp
-
-
- Converting a Multiple Page Fax to PCX Files
- DCX to PCX BreakUp will take a DCX fax file and break it up into
- individual pages of PCX that can be imported into most applications for
- easy editing. To summons DCX to PCX BreakUp, select [FaxBar], [View
- Fax], [Edit], [DCX to PCX BreakUp] and the DCX to PCX BreakUp dialog box
- will appear with the default DCX fax file name displayed.
-
- Type in a one to four letter seed name, select [BreakUp], and there will
- be one PCX file created for each page found in the DCX file. Lets
- assume we have a three page DCX file called PICTURES.DCX. If we were to
- use a seed name of PIC, BreakUp would break it up into the following
- three PCX files.
-
- PIC0001.PCX
- PIC0002.PCX
- PIC0003.PCX
-
- To view a PCX file from the Fax Viewer, select [File], [Open], [PCX].
-
- Converting Multiple Faxes into One Fax
- You can not fax a file. You have to convert it to a fax first, by
- printing it to the [ElectraSoft Print to Fax].
-
- Print to fax:
-
- If you can print it to your printer, you can print it to the [ElectraSoft
- Print to Fax] and fax it.
-
- While in a program that has printing capabilities,such as Excel, MS-Word,
- etc; select the [ElectraSoft Print to Fax] as your printer, and print to
- it. The [Send Fax] box will appear, allowing you to fax it wherever you
- want to.
-
- All the Fax Machines in the world are your printers with this ElectraSoft
- fax software.
-
- If you want to Scan and fax, load your [scanner copy to printer] utility
- and select our [ElectraSoft Print to Fax] as your printer.
-
- Send Multiple Faxes to One Fax Number
- Build Multiple Faxes into Multiple Page Faxes:
-
- Create the two or more faxes separately and combine them using this
- ElectraSoft fax software.
-
- With this ElectraSoft fax software, instead of sending the fax, do a
- [View], [Edit], [BreakUp] from *.DCX to *.PCX on any fax you create or
- receive. Then you can use the [View], [Edit], [Build] command to build a
- *.DCX fax up to 1023 pages from these pages you broke out; or use the
- *.PCX files as you see fit.
-
- These PCX files can also be used as logo files for your cover pages:-)
-
- Build Fax from PCX file(s)
- Take selected page(s) form a Fax (DCX) file and build another Fax.
-
- 1. Load the FaxMail Fax Viewer, select [Edit], [DCX to PCX BreakUp] and
- break one or more Fax file(s) into PCX file(s).
-
- 2. Select [Edit], [Build Fax from PCX file(s)] and select the
- PCX file(s) you want in the new Fax.
-
- 3. Select [Build] and the new Fax file will be built, displayed, and
- will become the default DCX file for sending, viewing, etc.
-
- See: Fax Viewer Program.
-
-
- Item 46, Chapter 12 - Zoom/Edit Fax
-
-
- Zooming in on a Fax
- Zoom/Edit Fax lets you make changes to a page in a fax. It extracts a
- page from the DCX file, converts it to PCX and calls Windows
- Paintbrush. Upon exiting Paintbrush, Zoom/Edit rebuilds the DCX,
- replacing the original page with the modified page. To summons
- Zoom/Edit, select [FaxBar], [Fax Viewer]. Select a fax and the page you
- want to Zoom/Edit and select [Edit], [Zoom/Edit Fax].
-
- See: the Windows manual for direction on how to use Windows Paintbrush.
-
-
- Item 47, Chapter 13 - The Events Log Window
-
-
- You may summons the Events Log Window from the FaxMail menu by
- selecting [FaxBar], [Events Log] and the Events Log Window will appear.
- This screen gives you access to the full range of faxmail events,
- regardless of the current status.
-
- Past Events
- The main Events Log list box presents a one line display of each past
- transaction in the FaxMail Network for Windows system. You may view both
- incoming and outgoing transactions, as well as those which were
- successfully completed and those transactions which failed to transmit.
-
- Pending Events
- Pending events represent instructions which have been received by the
- fax system, but are yet to be acted upon. They are stored in a holding
- area called a Queue until processed. Pending events are divided into
- two queues, one for sending and another for receiving.
-
- Future Send Queue
- You may display all events that are currently in the Future Send Queue
- awaiting outgoing transmission.
-
- Receive Queue
- You may display all incoming faxmail which has been stored in the
- Receive Queue. The Receive Queue contains faxmail only when you have
- selected the [Hold] option for managing incoming faxmail.
-
-
- Item 48
-
-
- Relationship between Log Entry and FaxMail
- It is helpful to understand the relationship between an Events Log
- entry and the actual transferred file to which it pertains. The
- listings of faxmail events are dynamic, meaning that, not only is each
- listing a historical statement of the faxmail event, but, for easy
- management, each event listing is linked to the actual file associated
- with that entry.
-
- This feature allows you to use the Events Log Window to manipulate your
- faxmail files. You may highlight an entry in the Events Log and
- perform several operations on the entry listing itself and/or its
- associated file.
-
- Caution: Care should be taken when deleting these elements so that you
- do not mistakenly erase files which you desire to keep.
-
- The following deletion options are available:
-
- Entry Only
- The Events Log Entry will be deleted without deleting the transferred
- file itself.
-
- File Only
- The Transferred File will be deleted while saving the Events Log entry.
-
- Both
- Both the Entry and the Associated File will be deleted.
-
- Events Log Entries Completed Events
- Information on each Entry
- The main Events Log Window is a display of completed events. See other
- sections for information on displaying events yet to be completed,
- those in the Future Send Queue and Receive Queue.
-
- Each Log Entry includes the following information:
- Date, Time, Type, Event Status, Fatal Error, Connect Status,
- Transfer Type, Recipient/Remote ID, Subject, Concluded Date and Time,
- File Name
-
- Date: Event Date
-
- Time: Event Time
-
- Type:
- Snd == Send fax
- Rcv == Receive fax
-
- Event Status:
- Cmplt == Successfully Completed
- Waitg == Waiting to be Processed
- InPrg == In Progress
- Abrtd == User Aborted
- Error == Completed but with some kind of Error
-
-
- Item 49
-
-
- Fatal Error: See bottom of FaxMail Q and A file for details
-
- Connect Status: How the Remote Phone Responded (your modem's
- interpretation)
- FCON == FCON, (fax connect, CLASS 2/2.0)
- CONN == CONNECT, (fax connect, CLASS 1)
- NOCA == NO CARRIER, (not a fax modem/machine)
- NODI == NO DIALTONE, (your phone line may not be working)
- BUSY == BUSY, (remote fax modem/machine is busy)
- OK == OK, (a modem with out fax capabilities)
-
- Transfer Type:
- Fin == Fine Fax Mode
- Std == Coarse Fax Mode
-
- Recipient/Remote ID: Information about the Remote Correspondent
- If sending: Recipient's name
- If receiving: Remote ID
-
- Subject: Information about Event
-
- Concluded Date and Time: When Event was Concluded
-
- File Name: The Fax File that was Sent or Received
-
- Move/Save Events Log
- Move/Save Events Log will Open (If it does not exist it will Create)
- the file called ELOG0001.TXT and append all the Events that are in the
- current list-box to it.
-
- If ELOG0001.TXT is 25000 bytes or larger, Move/Save Events Log will
- Open/Create a file called ELOG0002.TXT and use it. Move/Save Events
- Log will go up to ELOG9999.TXT. That is 9999 files times 25000 bytes
- each is 249,975,000 bytes of Events Log before running out of space.
-
-
- Item 49
-
-
- Operations on Log Entries
- The operations which may be performed on an Events Log Entry are
- indicated by the function buttons at the bottom ofthe Events Log Window.
-
- Function Buttons
- The following operations may be performed upon any entry in the Events
- Log and/or its associated file.
-
- [Copy] o Copy the associated file to another location on disk.
- [MoveAs] o To Move the associated file to another location on the
- disk under the same, or a different name.
- [Del] o Delete an Events Log entry, an associated file, or both.
- [Print] o Direct a fax file to the printer.
- [View] o View a fax format file.
- [Re-Send] o To re-send a file listed in the Events Log.
-
-
- Item 50
-
-
- Copying a File
- To copy a file associated with a faxmail event, highlight the desired
- entry in the Events Log Window and select [Copy]. The Copy File Box
- will appear within which you will enter the file specification to which
- you want the file copied.
-
- Select [OK] and the file will be copied, and you will be returned to
- the Events Log Window.
-
- Moving and Renaming a File
- Highlight the entry and select [MoveAs] to summons the Move File As
- dialog box.
-
- The name of the file being moved will be displayed in the top edit box
- entitled Move File From:. Type the drive, path, and filename to which
- it is being moved into the Move File As edit box.
-
- Select [OK] and the file will be moved to the path and filename
- specified.
-
- If you desire to move a file other than the one displayed in the View
- Fax Window, you may select the file to be moved using the directory and
- files list boxes. Select the drive and path from the directory list
- box and the files contained will be displayed in the files list box.
-
- Deleting Entries from the Events Log
- To perform a delete operation, highlight the desired entry and select
- [Del] at the bottom of the Window. To protect against the unwanted
- deletion of information, you will be presented with a variety of
- options for the deletion process.
-
- The options from which to choose are:
- Delete Entry Only o Only the entry in the Events Log will be
- deleted
- Delete File Only o The actual file to which the entry pertains
- will be deleted
- Delete Entry and File o Both the Entry and the associated file will be
- deleted
-
- Click on the desired operation and the process will be executed. If
- the deletion request involves a file, a Deletion Verification Box will
- be displayed in which you can confirm your intent.
-
- Viewing a Fax from the Events Log
- Highlight entry with the desired fax to be viewed and select [View]
- and the Fax Viewer Window will appear within which the fax will be
- displayed.
-
-
- Item 51
-
-
- Re-Sending faxmail from the Events Log
- You may re-send any fax file directly from the Events Log Window by
- highlighting the entry in the list box, and select [ReSend]. Upon
- selection, the Send Fax dialog box will appear.
-
- You may modify any data you choose to conform to your original sending
- parameters.
-
- Select [Send Fax] to send the fax, and the Event Monitor dialog box
- will appear. Select [Close] to close the Event Monitor box, and you
- will be returned to the Events Log Window.
-
- Purging Failed Events
- Events which have ended in a failure, such as an Aborted Event, or one
- which ended in a Transmission Error, may be of no value to you in the
- Events Log, once you have taken appropriate corrective action. You may
- choose to re-send a failed sending event and, having a record of the
- completed transaction, desire to delete log entry of the failed attempt.
-
- To delete all failed events from the Events Log, select [Purge Failed
- Events]. All failed events will be deleted from the log entries and
- the log will be refreshed, listing only the successful transactions.
-
- Purging Send and Delete Files
- Files which have been marked for deletion in the Send Fax dialog box
- cannot be deleted immediately upon sending due to a variety of reasons.
-
- Event Failed
- If the attempt to send the file ended in a error and was not
- transmitted, you may want to attempt to send the file again.
-
- Aborted Event
- If you chose to abort a sending event during the transmission for some
- reason, you may want the file to be present to re-transmit.
-
- Group Send
- If you schedule a file to be sent to members in a group, the file
- cannot be deleted at any time during the group, because some of the
- attempts may have failed.
-
- To avoid the loss of a file at an inappropriate time, the bitmap file
- is tagged for deletion later. The Purge Send and Delete files provides
- a method of deleting these files from your hard disk with one command.
-
- To erase all files marked for deletion, select [Purge Send+Deletes] and
- the files will be erased from your hard disk.
-
-
- Item 52
-
-
- Managing Pending Events
- A pending event is any event where an instruction has been received by
- the fax system, but is yet to be acted upon. There are two types of
- Pending Events:
-
- Send Queue
- Any future send instruction which has not been transmitted and is
- awaiting its turn, is stored in the Future Send Queue.
-
- Receive Queue
- Any faxmail which was received during the time that the system was
- configured to HOLD incoming correspondence. The faxmail in the Receive
- Queue has not been saved to disk, or acted upon in any way.
-
- Once action has been taken on an event in either of the queues, i.e.,
- the transaction has been sent from the Future Send Queue or you have
- taken the transaction out of the Receive Queue, an entry of that event
- will appear in the Past-Events log. See: 13. The Events Log Window,
- page 47
-
- Managing faxmail in the Receive Queue
- The Receive Queue contains faxmail only when you have chosen to HOLD
- all incoming faxmail for later handling.
-
- Faxmail in the Receive Queues is managed from the Events Log Window.
- Select [Receive Queue]. Action is taken on faxmail in the Receive
- Queue through the use of the incoming Notification Box, since it
- contains options appropriate to incoming correspondence.
-
-
- Item 53
-
-
- You may take any action which you desire from the Notification Box,
- acting on each piece of faxmail in the Receive Queue, individually,
- until all have been managed. If you choose to return to the Events Log
- without acting on all correspondence in the Receive Queue, select [Hold
- All] and the remainder of the incoming events will remain in the
- Receive Queue for later handling.
-
-
- Item 54, Chapter 14 - FaxBook Entries
-
-
- The FaxMail FaxBook system is an extensive Rolodex or Card File System
- providing a record of all fax numbers that are frequently dialed along
- with individual profiles of each entry.
-
- The FaxMail FaxBook system allows multiple FaxBooks. Each FaxBook is
- capable of being divided into multiple Groups as a subgroup of the
- FaxBook. Each FaxBook and its GroupBooks are assigned names for easy
- reference. The number of FaxBooks are limited only by the amount of
- disk space in your computer, however the number of listings in a single
- FaxBook is limited to 1000 FaxBook Entries including Groups.
-
- To maintain FaxBooks in the system, select [FaxBar], [FaxBooks], and the
- FaxBook Entries dialog box will appear and you may perform the following
- operations:
-
- Search
- Search any or all fields of the selected FaxBook.
-
- Once you select the item you wish to search, you will be asked for a
- [search string] or phrase. This [search string] is the text you are going
- to search for.
-
- You can choose [Whole Field Only] to search for the text of a whole field,
- or you can choose [Field or Phrase Within the Field] to search for either
- the whole field or text within a field. You are also able to specify if
- you want the search to be case sensitive or not.
-
- There are three search buttons to choose from. [Find First], [Find Next],
- and [Find Down]. If you click [Find First], it will search down from the
- beginning of the Faxbook you are in. If you click on [Find Next], it will
- search down from the last Faxbook entry that was found in a search. If you
- click [Find Down], it will search down from the entry you have selected.
-
- If you are searching for a phone number, hyphens within the phone number
- are not considered in the search. For example, if you wish to find the
- phone number in a FaxBook entry: [281-499-5939], you can search for
- [2814995939], [281-499-5939] or [2,81-499-5-93=9], and the entry will
- be found.
-
- Creating a FaxBook
- To create a new FaxBook, select [Make and Edit FaxBooks [Make]]. You
- will be presented with a Maintain FaxBook box which lists all current
- FaxBooks in the system.
-
- If this is the first time you have performed this function, only one
- FaxBook will exist, that being the SAMPLE book provided with FaxMail.
-
- To create a new FaxBook, select [New] the Create New FaxBook box will
- appear within which you may enter the name of the new FaxBook.
-
- In the text edit box, enter a FaxBook name using up to eight characters
- with no spaces. You do not have to concern yourself with file
- extension, as FaxMail will automatically add the PBK file extension to
- your FaxBook filename. Select [OK] and you will be returned to the
- Maintain FaxBook box.
-
- Notice that your new FaxBook name now appears in the FaxBook drop down
- list box.
-
- Creating a Shared FaxBook
- A FaxBook by the name of GlobalXX can be shared by all Workstations.
- Where XX can be any characters from A to Z or 0 to 9. Example:
- GLOBAL
- GLOBAL1
- GLOBAL01
- ...
- GLOBAL99
- GLOBALAA
- ...
- GLOBALZZ
-
- All GLOBALXX FaxBooks must be on the [Server HardDrive] to be visible.
- They will be placed there by the FaxBook system.
-
- Note: If you, for instance, set [This Computers HardDrive] to C: and the
- [Server HardDrive] to C:, create a FaxBook called GLOBAL, then change the
- [Server HardDrive] to D:, the GLOBAL FaxBook in C: will become invisible.
- This is because a GLOBAL FaxBook MUST be on the [Server HardDrive] to be
- visible. You will need to manually move the C:\FAXMAILN\GLOBAL.PBK to
- D:\FAXMAILN\GLOBAL.PBK.
-
-
- Item 55
-
-
- Making a FaxBook Active
- FaxMail must know which FaxBook you are using at any given time. You
- can make your new FaxBook the active one by highlighting it. The new
- FaxBook name will appear in the Make and Edit FaxBooks drop down list
- box.
-
- Close the Maintain FaxBook box by selecting [OK], and return to your
- previous position. The active FaxBook will become the default FaxBook,
- and will be displayed when the FaxBook Entries or Send Fax box is
- called. You may change the Active or Default FaxBook in the FaxBook
- Entries box.
-
- Deleting a FaxBook
- To delete a FaxBook from the system, scroll through the FaxBooks in the
- list box and highlight the desired entry. Select [Del] and the Delete
- FaxBook box will appear, displaying the name of the FaxBook chosen for
- deletion. Select [OK] and the FaxBook will be deleted from the system.
-
- Changing FaxBooks
- Notice that the FaxBook name selected from the FaxBook Entries box
- appears in the upper left portion of the screen, displaying the default
- FaxBook. You may change the default FaxBook by selecting the down
- arrow. This will cause a list box to appear containing all FaxBooks
- in the system. Select the desired FaxBook and the drop-down list box
- will disappear, displaying the chosen FaxBook as the default.
-
- The entries in the default FaxBook will be displayed in the entries
- list box. FaxMail will maintain this selection as the default until
- you change it. All FaxMail defaults will be kept active even when you
- reboot your computer.
-
- Sorting FaxBook Entries
- Entries in the Entries list box can be sorted on one of two fields;
- Recipient (usually the company or organization orPerson's Name) or
- Name.
-
- The entries may be sorted on either field being alphabetized on the
- first letter of the first word. To sort the listings, click [Sort By
- [(*)Recipient] or [( )Name]]. This will not only re-sort the listings,
- but the field on which the entries are sorted will become the first
- field in the listings. This will be useful if you choose not to enter
- any information in the Name.
-
-
- Item 56
-
-
- Locating a particular FaxBook Entry
- Locating a specific FaxBook entry in two ways
-
- Scrolling
- You may scroll through the entries by using the vertical scroll bar on
- the right of the FaxBook Entries list box.
-
- Index Buttons
- The Alphabet buttons to the left of the Entries list box are used as
- index tabs to position you at the first entry beginning with that
- letter of the alphabet. Click on the letter of your choice and the
- list box entries will be re-positioned to that alphabetical listing.
-
- Selecting a FaxBook Entry
- Locate the desired entry, highlight it and select [OK]. You may also
- double-click the desired entry. This will select the entry and cause
- the FaxBook Entries box to close, as well.
-
- Default Recipient
- Just as in the case of a FaxBook being selected as the default FaxBook,
- and remembered by FaxMail for you, so will the selected Recipient
- become the default Recipient, and retained until later changed.
-
- Adding Entries to a FaxBook
- Select [Add Entry] and the Add FaxBook Entries box will appear.
-
- The Recipient field is intended to represent the name of the company,
- organization, or institution to which the faxmail is being addressed.
- The remaining fields are then self explanatory.
-
- If your entry involves an individual and not a company, place the
- person's name in the Recipient field. You may then use the Name field
- for notes or brief description, such as: Office Fax Machine, or Home
- Computer.
-
- Note: Recipient and Fax Number fields must contain valid data.
-
- Enter new entries in the Add FaxBook Entries box by positioning the
- cursor in the desired Edit Box and typing the data. Move from data
- field to data field by repositioning the cursor with the mouse or by
- pressing [Tab].
-
- Complete the data entry for a listing and then select from either of
- two actions:
-
-
- Item 57
-
-
- Save/Exit Button
- Save the FaxBook entry just entered, closes the Add Entries box and
- returns you to the FaxBook Entries box.
-
- Save/Edit Button
- Save the FaxBook entry just entered and remain in the Add FaxBook Entries
- box so you can modify the form to make a new entry.
-
- Save/Clear Button
- Save the FaxBook entry just entered, clear the data in the box, and
- remain in the Add FaxBook Entries box to input additional Entry.
-
- Editing an Entry in a FaxBook
- To edit an entry, first select a FaxBook entry, as described above.
- Select [Edit] and the Edit FaxBook Entries box will appear, displaying
- the full contents of the listing.
-
- By placing the cursor at the beginning of the field that you wish to
- modify, holding down the left mouse button, and dragging the cursor to
- the end of the data, you will have highlighted the information. You
- may then delete the data with the [Del] key.
-
-
- Item 58
-
-
- Deleting a FaxBook Entry
- To delete an entry, first select an entry. With the entry highlighted,
- select [Delete Entry]. The Delete FaxBook Entry box will appear,
- displaying the Recipient or Company name, along with the entry to be
- deleted. This allows you to verify that you are deleting the proper
- entry. Select [OK] to delete the entry or [Cancel] to abort.
-
- Maintaining Groups within a FaxBook
- You may send faxmail to a group of recipients with a single command by
- creating groups of listings within a FaxBook. You may then send
- faxmail to all members in the group by selecting the Group as the
- Recipient when you transmit your correspondence.
-
- You may create as many Groups within any single FaxBook as you desire.
- Each group may contain up to the total number of entries in the
- FaxBook. You can put up to 999 entries in a FaxBook, create a group
- and put all 999 in it. It is recommended that you put no more than 500
- entries in a FaxBook.
-
- When forming a Group within a FaxBook, you are not changing the entries
- in the FaxBook. Each entry in the FaxBook is merely being tagged as
- belonging to the particular Group that is being formed. You can still
- send a member of a group singularly.
-
- FaxBook Group example:
- If the FaxBook is entitled CUSTOMER, then Groups might be formed so
- that information might be sent to each geographical region of the
- country. The Groups would be entitled, SOUTH, WEST, NORTH, MIDWEST, etc.
-
-
- Item 59
-
-
- Creating a New Group
- From the FaxMail menu, select [FaxBooks], Make and edit Group Sends
- [Make] and a Maintain FaxBook Groups box will appear displaying a combo
- box of FaxBooks in the system and a list box showing the Groups formed
- within each FaxBook. Notice that the number of entries in the Group is
- also displayed to the right of the Group name.
-
- Select the FaxBook from the drop-down list box by clicking on the down
- arrow and a list box will appear displaying the FaxBooks in the system.
- Highlight the desired FaxBook and the list box will disappear, showing
- only the FaxBook selected.
-
- Select [New] and a dialog box will appear with an edit box. Enter a
- name that you want assigned to the Group, using up to 32 characters.
- Spaces are permitted.
-
- Select [OK] and you will be returned to the Maintain FaxBook Groups box
- with the new Group displayed. Notice that the number of entries is
- zero until you edit the Group and place entries into it.
-
- Deleting a Group from a FaxBook
- To delete a Group from a FaxBook, select Make and Edit Sends [Make]
- from the FaxBook Entries box. The Maintain FaxBook Groups box will
- appear within which are listed all of the Groups in a FaxBook. The
- system FaxBooks will be listed in the FaxBooks list box at the upper
- right of the dialog box.
-
- Select the desired FaxBook and the drop-down box will close, showing
- the selected FaxBook. The names of the GroupBooks formed within that
- FaxBook will be displayed in the main list box in the window.
-
- Scroll through the Group entries with the scroll bar and click the
- Group to be deleted.
-
- Select the DELETE button and you will be presented with a Verification
- box prompting you to confirm the deletion of the GroupBook. Select the
- OK button and you will be returned to the Maintain Groups Box.
-
-
- Item 60
-
-
- Adding Entries to a Group
- Summon the Maintain FaxBook Groups dialog box, highlight the desired
- Group and select [Edit] and the Edit Group dialog box will appear. The
- Edit Group box contains two main list boxes. The upper box containing
- the FaxBook Entries, and the lower box displaying the Group Members.
-
- Scroll Through the FaxBook
- Scroll through the FaxBook Entries, or click on the alphabetical index
- buttons. The index buttons will search the listing and display the
- entries beginning with the selected letter in the index.
-
- Group All
- Selecting [Group All] will add all of the entries from the current
- FaxBook (upper box) to the current Group. Choosing a Group as a
- Recipient will send to all in the group.
-
- Add Entry
- Selecting [Add Entry] will add the highlighted FaxBook entries to the
- Group. You may also Double-click on the entry. In each case, the
- selected entry will be duplicated in the Group Members list box below.
-
- Select as many entries from the FaxBook as you desire to add to the
- GroupBook.
-
- Removing Group Entries From a FaxBook
- Scroll through the entries in the Group Members list box and highlight
- the entry which is to be deleted. Select [Remove] and the entry will
- be removed from the Group Members box. You may also Double-click on
- the entry to remove it. The entry will disappear from the Group
- Members list box. Select [Make Group] the modifications will be saved
- to disk.
-
-
- Item 61
-
-
- Importing to FaxBook
-
- To import entries into a faxbook, go into the faxbook entries and select
- [Import].
-
- FaxMail can Import from comma delimited files created with MS-Excel or
- MS-Access.
-
- FaxMail has a total of twelve fields:
- Recipient 31
- Name 32
- Position / Dept. 32
- Fax Number 46
- Voice Number 46
- Voice Num Ext 19
- Address Line 1 58
- Address Line 2 58
- City 58
- State 19
- Zip Code 58
- Comment 58
- Even though FaxMail has a total of eight fields, you do not have to fill
- in all of the fields. The only two mandatory fields are the [Recipient]
- and [Fax Number]. If you fail to fill these two fields in properly, the
- Importer will report an error. The recipient needs to be in the first
- field and the fax number needs to be in the second field. You can have as
- many fields as you want.
-
- These examples show what a comma delimited file looks like in a text
- editor. There are many formats:
-
- Format 1:
- "Recipient Name","222-222-2222"
-
- Format 2:
- Recipient Name,222-222-2222
-
- Format 3:
- "Recipient Name",222-222-2222
-
- Format 4:
- "222-222-2222"
-
- Format 5:
- 222-222-2222
-
- Format 6:
- "Recipient","Name","Pos","222-222-2222","222-222-2223","L1","L2","City",
- "State","Zip","Comment","
-
- Format 7:
- Recipient,Name,3,222-222-2222,,6,7,8
-
- Note: If a field contains a comma, the field must then be surrounded by
- double quotes. Most programs that make comma delimited files will follow
- this rule. If you use MS-Excel or MS-Access they will take care of all
- this for you.
-
- You can also import a list of fax numbers. Each fax number must be on a
- line by itself. The number found on each line will be put in the
- [Recipient] field and the [Fax Number] field. For example if you import a
- file with the following line:
- 222-222-2222
- It will be the same as importing:
- 222-222-2222,222-222-2222
-
- You can also import a comma delimited file from three of our fax programs.
- These being: [FaxMail for Windows], [FaxMail Network for Windows], and
- [32bit Fax].
-
- Field Definitions:
-
- Recipient:
- One or more valid and unique characters of the alphabet. You can not
- add two entries with the same "Recipient" field.
-
- Fax Number:
- Must start with a valid number from 0 - 9 and be made up of a valid
- dialing string. -or- Start with an m.
-
- If a field is longer than the above specification, it will be truncated
- to the specification, thus you will loss some data.
-
- Name for example having a 31 character maximum length:
- Firstnameislong Middlenameislonger Lastnamenameislongest
- 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
-
- The above name field will be truncated to:
- Firstnameislong Middlenmaeislon
- FaxBook Format (Three Records to End Of File):
-
- "First Recipient","Name","Position / Dept","Fax
- Number","Voice Number","Voice Num Ext","Address
- Line 1","Address Line 2","City","State","Zip
- Code","Comment"
- "Second Recipient","Name","Position / Dept","Fax
- Number","Voice Number","Voice Num Ext","Address
- Line 1","Address Line 2","City","State","Zip
- Code","Comment"
- "Last Recipient","Name","Position / Dept","Fax
- Number","Voice Number","Voice Num Ext","Address
- Line 1","Address Line 2","City","State","Zip
- Code","Comment"
-
- Note: The three above records occupy more than one lines each in this
- example, but in actuality, each record is all on the same line even
- though they may be long.
-
- Programmers Notes:
- "Jon Krahmer","","","1-281-499-5939","","","","","","","",""LF CR
- "Bill Krahmer","","","1-281-499-5939","","","","","","","",""LF CR
- EOF
-
- Values:
- CR is Hex 0Dh, Decimal 13, Binary 00001101b
- LF is Hex 0Ah, Decimal 10, Binary 00001010b
- EOF is Hex 1Ah, Decimal 26, Binary 00011010b
-
- Definitions:
- CR; Return to the far left.
- LF; Drop down one line.
- EOF; End Of File.
-
- Note: The EOF is usually put there by most X-Base programs, but is
- optional.
-
- From a text-editor, the CR LF pair and EOF will not be visible, but rather
- they will determine where the line of text breaks and where the file ends.
- They are not visible because they are control characters. In the examples
- a space is shown between "control characters." This is to help you
- visualize.
-
- There are no spaces in a record except between words. In a text-editor a
- valid record looks like this:
- "Jon Krahmer","","","1-281-499-5939","","","","","","","",""
-
- If a field has no data, you may NOT skip it but rather you must leave
- it empty. Example:
- "Recipient","Name","","Fax Number","VoiceNumber","","Address Line1","",
- "City","State","Zip Code",""LF CR
-
- How to export your own information to a comma delimited file using
- MS Access:
-
- In MS Access:
- - Open the database file.
- - Select the [tables] tab.
- - Highlight the table that you want to export to our software.
- Note: Before exporting, be sure that the fields are set up correctly:
- Make sure that the recipient's name is in the 1st field.
- Make sure that the fax number is in the 4th field.
- (The only required fields to be filled are the 1st and 4th)
- Make sure that there is no more and no less than 12 fields.
- You will need to convert all field's data types to text if they
- are not yet defined as text. To do this, look at the table in
- Design View. Change each field's [Data Type] to text.
- - Click on [File], [Export...].
- - At the bottom, be sure the [Save as Type:] is set to
- [Text Files(*.txt; *.csv;... etc)].
- - Browse to the folder where you installed the fax program so you can
- easily open this file later.
- - Click on [Save].
- - Check the [Delimited - Characters such as...] check box if it is not
- checked, then click [Next].
- - Where it says, [Choose the delimiter that separates your fields], choose
- [Comma].
- - Uncheck the [Include Field names on first row] if it is checked.
- - Make sure the [Text Qualifier] is set to ["], and click on [Next].
- - Click on Finish.
-
- The file has now been exported to a comma delimited file. Now you are able
- to import this file into the ElectraSoft fax software. Please refer to the
- import instructions in this documentation on how to do this.
-
- If you want to export a data file from a program other than MS Access and
- you do not know how, please contact the software vender and ask for help
- on how to set up instructions that will allow you to export your data to a
- comma delimited file with each field surrounded with double quotes.
-
-
- Item 63
-
-
- Editing FaxBook Entries
- To Edit entries in a given FaxBook.
-
- If you choose to edit an entry in a FaxBook, select [Edit Entry]. The
- Edit FaxBook Entries box will appear in which all the information fields
- in a given entry are displayed. Place the cursor on the field you wish to
- modify and type the new information.
-
- Move to the next information field by pressing [Tab] or with the mouse.
- Select [OK] to confirm and save the modifications.
-
-
- Item 64
-
-
- Deleting FaxBook Entries
- To delete an entry in a given FaxBook.
-
- Use this command to delete an individual entry from the current FaxBook.
-
- Highlight an entry in the list box and select [Delete Entry]. A dialog
- box will appear prompting you to verify the deletion. Select [OK] to
- delete or [Cancel] to abort.
-
- Selecting a Group
- Click on the arrow to the right of the Make and Edit Group Sends
- selection box to list all available Groups. Click on the desired Group
- to be able to send a fax to each recipient in that group.
-
- Make FaxBook
- Select [Make and Edit FaxBook [Make]], [New] to create a new FaxBook.
- Each FaxBook can hold up to 1,000 entries. The FaxBook that comes with
- FaxMail Network for Windows is called SAMPLE. Do not use the Sample
- FaxBook as all of your data in it will be destroyed when you re-install.
-
- Repair Book
- Under some conditions a FaxBook may become corrupt and stop functioning
- properly. Before choosing the Repair Book button you should make a
- backup of the FaxBook. This function does it's best to save all
- entries that are still valid. All existing group lists will be
- destroyed and will need to be re-established. You should only use this
- function as a last resort if nothing else works.
-
- Selecting a Recipient
- After highlighting an entry or group (Recipient) Select [OK] to accept
- it as the default for your next send. The next fax you send will go to
- this recipient or group of recipients unless you change the default
- before sending by calling the FaxBook Entries function again.
-
- Note: If you send a fax to the same area-code area that you are in, you
- may need to go to the [FaxBook Entries] box and chick [Edit Entry] and
- remove the 1 from the fax number. In some areas you will need to remove
- the area-code also. IE: If you live in the Houston Texas area, and want
- to send a fax to ElectraSoft, remove the 1 from the fax number, as
- ElectraSoft is in the Houston Texas area.
-
-
- Item 65
-
-
- Selecting a FaxBook
- Click on the arrow to the right of the [Make and Edit FaxBooks]
- selection box to list all available FaxBooks. Click on the desired
- FaxBook to load it.
-
-
- Item 66, Chapter 15 - SetUp Dialog Box
-
-
- To configure your FaxMail system to your liking, select [FaxBar],
- [Configure]. You will be presented with a dialog box within which you may
- enter information and set parameters. These system settings become the
- default or active parameters.
-
- You may experiment with these settings to determine which represents the
- most commonly used conditions for you. These settings serve to create
- default conditions which are consistent with the manner in which you most
- often use FaxMail. Some parameters may be overridden from other places.
-
- FaxModem Initialization String
- You will be selecting an initialization-strings for your modem. This
- string command tells the modem what flow control to run. The
- [Flow Control] command tells Windows what flow control to run. As you
- can see, it is important that they (modem and Windows) both use the
- same flow control, either Rts/Cts or Xon/Xoff.
-
- The only difference between the strings are the flow-control characters.
- If you can not find your modem in this strings list, look in your modem
- manual under "AT COMMAND" and find the flow-control characters. Then
- select a string from this list that contains these characters.
-
- This software supports class 1, class 2 and class 2.0. If you do not
- know what class your modem is running, load the FaxMail Event Monitor
- and look.
-
- Note:
- If you have distorted fax or part of the fax is missing, you most likely
- selected the wrong string or the wrong [Flow Control].
-
- Exit String
- Upon exiting this fax program, a de-initialization string is sent to your
- modem. This exit string is [AT+FCLASS=0 ATZ AT&F]. If you want to override
- this exit string with one of your own, put it in the [Exit String] edit
- box. Otherwise leave this field blank.
-
- FaxMail TopMost
- If you want the FaxMail dialog boxes to be TopMost and not fall behind
- other program windows, select [(*)FaxMail TopMost]. If you want other
- program windows to be able to cover the FaxMail dialog boxes, select
- [( )FaxMail TopMost].
-
- Modem Speed
- Modem Port Speed
- The DTE-DCE(software-to-modem-to-software) port speed should always be
- 19200 - 38400. This port speed has nothing to do with the phone line speed
- or the speed that the fax will be sent or received. The recommended
- fax/modem Port Speed is 19200. While in fax mode, many modems become
- unreliable at speeds other than 19200.
-
- Modem Line Speed
- Modem Line Speed, in part, decides the speed that the fax will be sent or
- received. When faxing, the local fax/modem and the remote fax/modem decide
- the linespeed. If the line quality is poor or one of the fax/modems is
- slower than the other, the fax/modems will [bump] down from 14400 to a
- lower speed such as 9600, 7200, 4800, or 2400.
-
- Once the line speed is set, the data must flow precisely at that speed for
- the duration of that session. If the meaningful data comes faster than the
- receiving fax/modem can handle it, there will be portions of the fax that
- it will be forced to discard. For this reason; when the line speed is
- high, the sender must send some [0 fill] (data that has no meaning and is
- discarded by the receiver). At lower line speeds less [0 fill] is needed,
- thus the fax may still transfer at the same speed even though the phone
- line baud rate is lower. The modems work out the most efficient method.
-
- Consider this. If sending a fax to a receiving fax machine that is
- printing on thermal paper, the receiving fax machine can only print [so
- fast]. So, regardless of the line speed between the sender and receiver,
- the sender must send the data to the receiver only [so fast].
-
- How to Set Modem Speed
- If you are getting a lot of error conditions such as [Transmission
- Warning], [Fatal Error], and [FCERROR] that are not caused by wrong
- numbers, busy signals, or no answers, you may want to try going to the
- ElectraSoft fax software [Configure] dialog box, [Configure Modem], and
- analyze the [Modem Line Speed] and [Modem Port Speed]. There are four
- possibilities for setting these two options. Set the [line speed] and
- [port speed] options to one of these four combinations. Experiment until
- you find the combination that works best for your modem. All modems should
- work well using any combination of these settings, but some modems are
- temperamental and will only work certain ways. Some older modems need the
- lower speeds. Some newer modems need the higher speeds.
-
- option 1, set:
- =============================================================
- || ||
- || +---- Modem Line Speed (Maximum), Normally 9600 ----+ ||
- || | (X)9600 Baud, Safe ( )14400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || +-------- Modem Port Speed, Normally 19200 ---------+ ||
- || | (X)19200 Baud, Safe ( )38400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || ||
- =============================================================
-
- option 2, set:
- =============================================================
- || ||
- || +---- Modem Line Speed (Maximum), Normally 9600 ----+ ||
- || | ( )9600 Baud, Safe (X)14400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || +-------- Modem Port Speed, Normally 19200 ---------+ ||
- || | ( )19200 Baud, Safe (X)38400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || ||
- =============================================================
-
- option 3, set:
- =============================================================
- || ||
- || +---- Modem Line Speed (Maximum), Normally 9600 ----+ ||
- || | (X)9600 Baud, Safe ( )14400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || +-------- Modem Port Speed, Normally 19200 ---------+ ||
- || | ( )19200 Baud, Safe (X)38400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || ||
- =============================================================
-
- option 4, set:
- =============================================================
- || ||
- || +---- Modem Line Speed (Maximum), Normally 9600 ----+ ||
- || | ( )9600 Baud, Safe (X)14400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || +-------- Modem Port Speed, Normally 19200 ---------+ ||
- || | (X)19200 Baud, Safe ( )38400 Baud, Fast | ||
- || +---------------------------------------------------+ ||
- || ||
- =============================================================
-
-
- Item 67
-
-
- Silent Answer
- Silent Answer requires the support and cooperation of the remote
- sending FaxModem/Machine with your receiving FaxModem. If the
- sending FaxModem/Machine does not support "Silent Answer" by sending
- the "CNG" tone, you will lose that Fax! Please read all of this area
- before using "Silent Answer". If you still want "Silent Answer", here
- is what it does and how to implement it. If [(*)Silent Answer] is
- grayed out in the SetUp dialog box your modem most likely does not
- support "Silent Answer".
-
- Silent answer lets one telephone line be used for two purposes;
- receiving faxes with the FaxModem, and receiving voice calls with an
- answering machine or telephone. When set to this mode, the FaxModem
- lets your answering machine answer all incoming calls. If it detects
- Fax "CNG" tones, it routes the call to FaxMail Network for Windows.
- Otherwise, it just sits silently on the phone line while you or your
- answering machine takes the call.
-
- When the phone rings and after the second ring your FaxModem will
- start monitoring the telephone line. If it detects a Fax tone, it will
- receive the Fax. If it does not detect a fax tone, it will do nothing.
-
- Silent Answer hardware installation
- When installing the FaxModem, DO NOT plug the answering machine into the
- telephone jack on the back of the FaxModem. Instead, do one of the
- following:
-
- a. Plug the answering machine and FaxModem into different wall jack
- (i.e. jacks in different rooms).
-
- b. Plug the answering machine into a wall jack and the FaxModem into the
- answering machine.
-
- c. If your answering machine has some kind of phone-jack switching; use
- this method. You must locate the two devices on separate extensions
- to make silent answer work correctly. This means you can not plug the
- answering machine into the FaxModem or vise versa. You can split a
- single extension with a duplex jack adapter. Radio Shack commonly
- carries this part number 279-357 for $4.49.
-
- Also, if you have an older answering machine that does NOT automatically
- turn itself off when it detects that a person or the FaxModem has
- answered the call, you need a $7.95 adapter from Radio Shack,
- part#43-107. This adapter disconnects the answering machine from the
- phone line when the call is answered. It goes between the answering
- machine and the wall jack.
-
- Note:
- The device that is picking up the line initially, must answer after, and
- not before, the second ring. This means you should set your answering
- machine to three rings for best results. If no other device picks up
- the line by the time the number of rings that FaxMail is set to is
- reached, FaxMail will answer it and process a Fax.
-
- To activate Silent Answer Load the FaxMail Network for Windows 'Control'
- program and select [FaxBar], [Configure], [(*)Silent Answer]. Set [Rings
- until we answer: [4]] and set your answering-machine to three rings.
-
-
- Item 68
-
-
- Distinctive Ring
-
- Setting fax software to answer Distinctive Ring
-
- Go to [Configure], Configure [Modem]
-
- Method 1:
- If your phone sends one long RING for regular rings and two short RINGs for
- Distinctive Ring, and if your modem passes the RINGs through to the fax
- software, then set [Type of RINGs to Answer] to [Distinctive Ring].
-
- Method 2:
- Some modems converts the two short RINGs for Distinctive Ring into one RING
- before passing it to the fax software. In this case, you need to set [Type of
- RINGs to Answer] to [All Rings] and configure your modem to pass only
- Distinctive Rings to the fax software. This may be as simple as adding something
- the fax software's [FaxModem Initialization String]. Contact the manufacturer
- of your modem for a solution.
-
- Fax Printing Options
- Scaling Factor
- API:
- FaxMail Network for Windows lets the Windows API (Application Program
- Interface) deal with the scaling factors. FaxMail Network for Windows
- tells the API the size of the Fax and tells it to make it fit on the
- printer properly. You should choose this option if your printer's
- resolution is anything other than 300 X 300 DPI.
-
- Pre 300 X 300:
- FaxMail Network for Windows converts the image to 300 X 300 DPI (Dots Per
- Inch) before handing it over to the Windows API. Select this option if
- you know that your printing destination is going to be 300 X 300 DPI.
-
- HP 300 X 300:
- FaxMail Network for Windows converts the image to 300 X 300 DPI (Dots Per
- Inch) before handing it over to the Windows API. This option is like Pre
- 300 X 300 excepted it was especially made to work on 300 X 300 DPI HP
- LaserJets and compatibles. Use this only if your printer is in the
- 300 X 300 DPI mode.
-
- Aspect
- A fax machine is capable of reading and writing 8.5" wide. Many
- printers are not capable of printing to the very edge of the paper.
- These printers usually print from 7" - 8" wide. For this reason
- FaxMail Network for Windows has two aspect ratios.
-
- Scale to Printer:
- If printing a fax actual fax size causes you to lose part of the fax on
- the left or right margin then you will want to use this option to scale
- the fax to fit in the printer's margins. Use this option only when
- necessary because in the process of scaling the fax there will be some
- degradation in quality and it will be smaller than the original image.
-
- Print Actual FAX size:
- You will usually want to print actual fax size because most Faxes leave
- a half inch margin on the left and right. The fax will be printed the
- same size as the original image.
-
-
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-
-
- Dither
- All Faxes are either 200 X 200 DPI (fine) or 100 X 200 DPI (standard).
- Most printers do not use these resolutions. For this reason FaxMail must
- scale the original Fax image to your printer's resolution. In the process
- of scaling up or down to your printer FaxMail has to make a decision
- whether to drop a white dot or black dot.
-
- Text:
- During the scaling process if FaxMail Network for Windows is forced to
- drop a dot it will drop a white one rather than a black one if it has a
- choice, thus producing brilliant text.
-
- Graphics:
- During the scaling process if FaxMail Network for Windows is forced to
- drop a dot it will drop a black one rather than a white one as opposed
- to text dithering where the white dot would be dropped, thus producing
- shades of gray.
-
- Default Sending Options
- In this configuration section, you are configuring your outgoing
- faxmail. The options include an outgoing directory where all fax files
- are stored when created due to sending from Windows applications; and
- the automatic tagging of these fax files for later saving or deleting
- after the fax has been transmitted.
-
-
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-
-
- Outgoing Directory
- This is the default path in which outgoing fax files are saved. You may
- change the directory path, at the time of sending, from the Send Fax box
- by selecting [MoveAs].
-
- Note:
- Send Fax and (Save or Delete)
- Select [Send Fax and (*)Save ( )Delete] if you want the fax to stay on
- your disk after sending or [Send Fax and ( )Save (*)Delete] if you want
- faxes to be deleted after sending. You can override the default at
- send time from the Send Fax box.
-
- Remember that you have the original program file generated from your
- application as the source file, and can always open it and Convert it
- to Fax again.
-
- Note: Since the sending operation may result in an incomplete
- transmission, or in the case of a group send, the fax file must be sent
- many times, the fax file is not deleted immediately after sending. It
- is tagged for deletion, later. You may delete all faxes tagged for
- deletion from the Events Log Window by selecting [Purge Send + Deletes].
-
- Default Receiving Options
- The receiving options allow you to set default conditions for the
- incoming directory in which inbound faxmail will be stored. You may
- also choose among the following options for handling incoming
- correspondence:
-
-
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-
-
- Incoming Directory
- The incoming directory is the drive and directory path into which you
- wish to save incoming faxmail to disk. This is the default path only;
- meaning that when you are notified of incoming correspondence, this
- path will be selected and presented to you along with the file name in
- the Notification box. However, you may route the file into any
- directory you desire.
-
- When you modify this path in the SetUp dialog box you must re-boot your
- computer immediately for the new directory to take effect.
-
- Hold in Receive Queue
- Select [(*)Hold] if you want to hold all incoming correspondence until
- you choose to deal with your faxmail. FaxMail Network for Windows
- stores all incoming correspondence in a Receiving Queue until you are
- ready to deal with it.
-
- To handle your faxmail, summon the Events Log Window, and select
- [Receive Queue] or select [FaxBar], [Configure], [(*)Notify]. A
- Notification box will be presented for each piece of faxmail in the queue.
- Act upon each one as you choose until the queue is empty.
-
- Notify upon Receipt
- Select [(*)Notify] if you want FaxMail to notify you each time you
- receive faxmail. You will be presented with a Notification box
- informing you of the receipt of faxmail, giving you a variety of
- options for handling each piece.
-
- Auto-Saving Fax upon Receipt
- Select [(*)Auto Save] if you do not wish to be notified at all of
- incoming faxmail. By choosing Auto-Save, incoming correspondence will
- be automatically saved to disk in your INBOX directory
- (C:\FAXMAILN\INBOX\00000001).
-
- This selection can be dangerous because you will receive faxes but you
- will not be aware that you have received them. If you use auto-save
- you can use the Events Log or the Fax Viewer to find your faxes in the
- INBOX.
-
- All correspondence will be saved in the incoming Directory and named
- according to a date stamp, as follows:
-
- MMDD0000.DCX
-
- Whereas:
- MM o is the month,
- DD o is the day, and
- 0000 o is a numbering system denoting the number of files received that
- day
- .DCX o is a library of .PCX files (fax file)
-
-
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-
-
- Auto-Print Fax upon Receipt
- Select [(*)Auto Print] if you choose to have your incoming faxmail sent
- to the printer upon arrival. This feature will cause your computer and
- printer to act like a normal fax machine with the added benefit of
- having your faxmail printed on regular bond paper, particularly if you
- have a laser jet printer. After the fax has been auto-printed it will
- be saved in your INBOX directory. You will receive no further
- notification as to where the fax is.
-
- Running as an NT Service
- If you are running FaxMail as an NT Service, check:
- [X]Running as an NT Service - Do not close at: [OnEndSession]
-
- Running FaxMail as a Windows NT Service will allow FaxMail to be
- active when there is no one logged on. People can log in and out of NT
- without interrupting the sending and receiving of faxes.
-
- To learn how to run FaxMail as an NT Srevice, go to:
- http://www.ElectraSoft.com/srvany/srvany.htm
-
- Your Name
- Your Name (up to 31 letters) will appear on the fax header of each fax
- you send unless you deselect [(*)Item Header] to override it from the
- Send Fax box.
-
- Modem ID
- Modem ID, usually your fax number (up to 20 characters), will appear in
- the Recipient's, Event Monitor identifying you as the remote sender.
-
-
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-
-
- Default Cover Page Settings
- The Cover Page configuration involves which parameter is to be used as
- the default condition when sending faxmail. Remember that the Send Fax
- box contains all Cover Page options too. You may select from among
- them, overriding the defaults that you set here, at the time you send a
- fax.
-
- To select the desired default, click in the appropriate option button
- and the circle will be blackened indicating the selection is made.
-
- No Cover Page
- Selecting [(*)No Cover Page] causes no Cover Page to be sent, unless
- overridden in the Send Fax box.
-
- Include Cover Page
- Selecting [(*)Include Cover Page] will cause a Cover Page to be
- included with all your faxmail, unless overridden in the Send Fax box.
-
- Cover Page Only
- Selecting [(*)Cover Page Only] causes only the Cover Page to be sent
- unless overridden in the Send Fax box. Since text as well as data
- fields can be placed onto the Cover Page, this is an efficient way to
- create and send quick memos and notes.
-
- Default Cover Page
- A drop-down list box is provided which lists the Cover Pages present in
- your system. To display the choices, click on the down arrow and a
- list box will appear containing the Cover Pages you have created.
- Select the Cover Page you would like to become the default and the list
- box will close, displaying your choice.
-
-
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-
-
- Default Fax Resolution
- Fax documents may be sent in either Coarse or Fine Resolution. This
- setting determines the amount of DPI (Dots Per Inch) to be used in
- constructing the BITMAP fax file that is transmitted by facsimile
- technology.
-
- Coarse Fax Resolution
- Select [(*)Coarse (100 X 200)]
-
- Fine Fax Resolution
- Select [(*)Fine (200 X 200)] Fine Resolution is 200 X 200 DPI. See:
- What is Fax Resolution
-
-
- Item 75, Chapter 16 - FaxMail Management
-
-
- Importance of File Management
- Managing your faxmail correspondence becomes an important consideration
- as you rely more heavily on fax technology as a means of document
- transfer. Much of the file management capability of FaxMail is
- designed to allow you to not only maintain a record of all faxmail
- transactions through the Events Log, but to provide a simplified method
- of managing faxmail.
-
- Files in the System
- Application Program Files Your computer generated documents, created in
- your favorite Windows Programs, are your original documents. Manage
- them as you have in the past maintaining the directories and
- subdirectories which make most sense for you. Be sure to continue to
- make backup copies of all important files for protection. Treat them
- with the same importance as you would any SOURCE documents in your
- system.
-
- Fax Format Bitmap Files
- When you send a document by fax from any Windows program, FaxMail must
- first convert your document into a format which fax technology can
- transmit. A second file, a Bitmap File is created for this purpose.
- This FAX FILE will be denoted by the three character extension of DCX
- or PCX.
-
- This file does not interfere with your original document in any way, it
- makes a converted copy for fax transmission. Upon transmitting your
- correspondence, both files, your original file saved by the application
- program, and the FAX FILE as a bitmap, exist on your hard disk.
-
-
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-
-
- Managing faxmail Directories
- Based upon your industry, and the tasks which you perform with your
- computer each day, you probably implement a combination or variation of
- several schemes for organizing information on your disk.
-
- You will find it very useful to generate a philosophy which relates
- your correspondence, document and file generation habits to fax
- information delivery system.
-
- Route Your Faxmail
- You may route your faxmail to other locations that are appropriate upon
- sending from the Send Fax box, using [MoveAs]. Direct your incoming
- faxmail into the desired directory and under any name from the
- Notification box, when receiving faxmail.
-
- If you have not named and saved your faxmail at the time of sending or
- receiving, you may do so from the Events Log Window or the Windows File
- Manager.
-
- Managing Fax Files
- As described above, fax files are identified by a Date-Stamp name. In
- order to make the file name more meaningful, use every opportunity to
- rename the file.
-
- Throughout FaxMail, there are a variety of opportunities for saving fax
- files under names of your choice.
-
- Managing incoming Fax Files
- Fax files are large and occupy a considerable amount of disk space.
-
- The Notification box offers you a full range of options for handling
- incoming files.
-
- If your free disk space is low, you may try one of the following
- schemes which will provide you with a sufficient level of comfort about
- deleting the file:
-
-
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-
-
- View and Delete
- After you view incoming faxmail, if you determine that a permanent copy
- is not needed, delete the file from disk.
-
- Print and Delete
- Make a hard copy by printing the faxmail and deleting the file from
- your hard disk.
-
- Backup and Delete
- If you find it desirable to retain a permanent copy of incoming
- correspondence, using File Manager or other means, copy your faxmail to
- a floppy or tape drive for archive storage.
-
- Naming incoming faxmail
- View the file immediately upon receipt, and if you choose to save it,
- you may then re-name and save it to the appropriate directory on disk.
- The new name, which will be more meaningful to you than the cryptic
- date- stamp name, will appear throughout the FaxMail system, greatly
- simplifying file management.
-
- In this manner, you will be able to link the program file, the log
- entry and the fax format file together.
-
- Managing faxmail with Auto-Save
- If you prefer Auto-Save to any of the Notification schemes, you may
- choose to handle your correspondence through the Events Log Window.
-
- Open the Events Log Windows by selecting [FaxBar], [Events Log]. You may
- then delete, rename, move, copy, view, print, and re-send your fax.
-
-
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-
-
- Managing faxmail from Events Log
- If you have not taken any action on files at the time of sending or
- receiving your correspondence, the Events Log gives you an opportunity
- to completely manage your faxmail system.
-
- Information pertaining to each faxmail transaction that you perform is
- maintained in the Events Log, allowing you a variety of file management
- options.
-
- Managing faxmail from the Fax Viewer Window
- The Fax Viewer Window contains a variety of file management routines.
- Viewing the fax first will assist in determining how you choose to
- manage the file. You may then re-name and save, print, copy, or delete
- them.
-
- Managing faxmail from Windows File Manager
- Summons the Windows File Manager and locate the directory where the
- faxes are and filter out all file except the ones with the extension of
- DCX. This can be done by selecting [View], [By File Type] and the By
- File Type dialog box will appear. In the Name edit box, type *.DCX and
- select [OK].
-
- Viewing a DCX Fax file with Windows File Manager
- Double-click the DCX fax file with your left mouse button and the
- FaxMail Fax Viewer dialog box will appear displaying the selected fax.
- See Fax Viewer Program.
-
- Printing a DCX Fax file with Windows File Manager
- Double-click the DCX fax file with your left mouse button and the
- FaxMail Fax Viewer dialog box will appear displaying the selected fax.
- Select [File], [Print] and follow the normal FaxMail Print Fax routine.
- See Printing a Fax
-
-
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-
-
- Moving a DCX Fax file with Windows File Manager
- To move a DCX fax file, put your mouse on it, press the left mouse
- button, drag the fax to the directory where you want it and drop it by
- letting up on the left mouse button.
-
-
- Item 80, Glossary
-
-
- Active Describes the item last
- selected which becomes the default
- until another is selected. It applies
- to FaxBooks, Groups, files,
- recipients, and directories etc.
- Application A computer software
- program which performs a
- particular task, such as a word
- processor or spreadsheet. In this
- manual, the term is used
- interchangeably with the word
- "program".
- ASCII text American Standard
- Code for Information Interchange
- 8-bit character set. ASCII text files
- may be transmitted by fax with the
- need to first be converted to a
- bitmap.
- AUTOEXEC.BAT The batch
- file which resides in the root
- directory and is executed when the
- computer is turned on. Its purpose
- is to (Automatically Execute) a
- series of commands or
- automatically load files or
- programs.
- Auto-Print To automatically
- print faxmail upon its arrival into
- the computer.
- Auto-Save To automatically save
- faxmail upon its arrival into the
- computer. The fax will be saved
- into the default incoming directory
- and named according to a date
- stamp.
- Background operation The
- mode in which a program is
- running when it is operating
- simultaneously with another
- program that is usually associated
- with programs which operate
- transparent to the user. See also
- Memory-resident.
- Binary file A file containing
- characters or codes that are in
- machine-readable form.
- Bitmap An image file consisting
- of an array of bits. The
- FaxModem reads and transmits
- these bits. In this manual, bitmap
- is used interchangeable with "Fax
- File" or "Fax Format File."
-
-
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-
-
- Boot To start, or restart your
- computer, loading the disk
- operating system (DOS) and
- configuring it.
- Broadcasting The term applied
- to sending a single document to
- many recipients with a single
- command.
- CCITT (Consultative Committee
- International Telephone and
- Telegraph) a communications
- industry trade group, mostly
- associated with the task of devising
- and setting standards.
- Check box A small square box
- appearing in a dialog box that can
- be selected or cleared. When the
- check box is selected, an "X"
- appears in the box. The box
- represents a program option or
- parameter which can be set.
- Choose To use a mouse or key
- combinations to select an item,
- object or command.
- Clipboard A temporary storage
- area used to transfer data within or
- between applications.
- Close To remove a document,
- file, dialog box, or window from an
- application, or to remove an
- application from the Windows
- desktop.
- Commands An object on the
- screen, usually associated with a
- menu, which is used as an
- instruction to the application to
- perform a certain task. Program
- commands may be in the form of a
- horizontal bar menu item, pull-
- down menu items, or command
- buttons as in the case of dialog
- boxes.
-
-
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-
-
- Cover Page A pre-designed page
- accompanying faxmail, detailing
- information about the sender,
- recipient, and the document being
- transmitted. Multiple Cover Pages
- may be designed and selected for
- use in the sending event.
- Information may be automatically
- merged into the Cover Page during
- the sending process from the
- computer or system FaxBooks.
- The Cover Page may be included,
- not included, or used as the only
- page sent.
- CONFIG.SYS A configurations
- file located in the root directory of
- the computer used to configure the
- computer's environment during
- boot-up.
- Control Menu The main
- FaxMail menu which is loaded by
- the FaxMail Program.
- Conventional Memory The first
- 640K of memory in MS-DOS
- environment that is used to run
- applications. It is sometimes
- referred to as base memory.
- Conversion The process of
- reading the structure or
- arrangement of data in a file and
- creating a new file wherein the
- information is the same but is in a
- different format. In this instance,
- converting a Windows' application
- file to fax.
-
-
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-
-
- Copy files To reproduce a second
- instance of a file on the disk, under
- the same or a different name.
- Copy item To place a copy of
- selected text or a graphics object
- onto the Windows clipboard for the
- purpose of transferring to another
- location within the same
- application or to another
- application.
- Current item Describes the item
- last selected which becomes the
- default until another is selected. In
- this manual it applies to FaxBooks,
- Groups, files, recipients, and
- directories.
- Cut To move text or a graphic
- from a current application to the
- Windows Clipboard. This
- command removes the item from
- the program file as opposed to
- using the Copy command which
- places a copy of the selected item
- onto the clipboard but leaves the
- original item in place.
- DCX Files Bitmap files
- representing Fax format files
- which contain multiple pages. The
- "D" represents a document as
- opposed to a single page file.
- Data file Any file created within,
- or by, an application such as word
- processors, spreadsheets, or
- databases. Also referred to as
- document, or correspondence, in
- this manual.
- Default The condition to which
- an optional parameter is set each
- time it is displayed, such as a
- default directory, printer, file, or
- configuration setting.
- Desktop The main screen for
- Windows on which the main menu,
- group boxes, and program icons
- appear.
-
-
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-
-
- Dialog box A rectangular box
- which (1) provides information, (2)
- requests information, or (3) offers
- commands for actions to be taken.
- Directories A collection of files
- and/or subdirectories that are
- stored at the same location on the
- disk. The name of the directory
- identifies its location on the disk.
- Used to organize information
- stored on the disk. In this manual,
- the term is used interchangeable
- with "Path".
- Disk drive A device used to store
- and retrieve data stored on disk;
- usually represented by a letter. A
- drive may also be a network drive,
- CD-ROM drives, or RAM drives.
- Documentation Refers to any
- printed or On-line material used as
- a manual, instruction, or tutorial
- relating to the application.
- Double-click To press and
- release the mouse button, two
- times in rapidly succession,
- without moving the mouse
- position. The first click selects the
- object to which the mouse is
- pointed, the second click initiates
- an action. A double-click is
- usually done using the left mouse
- button.
- DPI (Dots Per Inch) The number
- of dots included in each square
- inch of the bitmap file,
- characterizing the density or
- resolution of the resulting image.
- The fax file is defined as being in
- standard resolution if it contains
- 100 X 200 DPI, or in fine
- resolution if the bitmap contains
- 200 X 200 DPI. The higher the
- number of Dots Per Inch the higher
- the quality of the fax image, but
- also the more time required to
- transfer the file.
-
-
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-
-
- Driver A special program
- designed usually as an interface
- between an application and a
- device of some sort, such as a
- printer or FaxModem.
- Drop-down list box A single line
- dialog box which, when you select
- its down arrow, drops down to
- display a list of choices. In this
- manual, the term in used
- interchangeable with "Combo
- box".
- Edit box A box where
- information may be typed. The
- edit box may be blank or contain
- information, that you can edit,
- when it appears.
- Entries Refers to an individual
- entry within an item, such as
- entries in the FaxBook list box.
- Error Correction A feature or
- functionality of the FaxModem
- board which automatically corrects
- any errors which occur in data
- transmission during the sending
- process. For Error Correction to
- work, both the sending and
- receiving FaxModem has to
- support this feature.
- Event Any instruction given to
- the FaxMail system initiating a
- transaction, whether send or
- receive, whether successfully
- completed, aborted, or
- unsuccessful.
- Event Monitor The dialog box
- which appears after a Send
- command has been given to
- transmit a fax and gives
- information about the currently
- active event.
- Events Log A file which contains
- listing of events or transactions in
- the FaxMail system.
-
-
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-
-
- Expanded Memory Memory, in
- addition to conventional memory,
- that is available to applications.
- Expansion Memory Any memory
- available above the conventional
- memory level available to systems
- that conform to LIM EMS (Lotus
- Intel Microsoft Expanded Memory
- Specification).
- Extended Memory Memory in
- addition to conventional memory
- located above the first one
- megabyte of memory.
- Fax A contraction of the word
- Facsimile. It is used
- interchangeably with the word
- Facsimile, and often used as a
- noun or a verb.
- Fax Button [Fax] or [FaxBar]
- FaxMail's Toolbar.
- FaxModem A peripheral device
- inserted into an expansion slot in
- the computer or plugged into a
- COM port, giving the computer fax
- capabilities.
- Fax Converter Driver A
- software device driver which
- mimics a printer driver, and whose
- purpose is to convert an application
- file format to a bitmap file for fax
- transmission, thus allowing you to
- print on remote fax machines as if
- they were your printers..
- Fax Format Files An image file
- consisting of an array of bits. The
- FaxModem software reads,
- processes and transmits these bits.
- In this manual, the term is used
- interchangeable with "Bitmap" and
- "Fax File".
- Fax Resolution The term applied
- to the resolution in which the fax
- file or bitmap is stored and/or
- transmitted. See also DPI and
- Resolution.
-
-
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-
-
- Fax Server A computer
- workstation, usually associated
- with networks, which is designed
- to manage fax activity for the
- network.
- FaxBook A file containing a
- listing of, and information on,
- frequently dialed fax machines or
- FaxModems.
- FaxMail An abbreviation for
- FaxMail Network for Windows.
- faxmail The term applied to the
- transfer of information using fax
- technology.
- File A document or application
- that has been given a name.
- Documents are usually stored as
- files in Windows.
- File format The structure or
- arrangement of data stored in a
- file.
- Fonts A graphic design applied to
- all numerals, symbols, and
- characters in an alphabet. A font
- usually comes in different sizes
- and provides different styles for
- emphasizing text.
- Font types Fonts are designed to
- be used on, or with specific,
- devices, such as screen fonts,
- printer fonts, soft(ware) fonts, and
- cartridge fonts.
- Foreground operation The mode
- of operating an application is in
- when it is active and interacting
- with the user. See also
- Background operation.
- Generating Correspondence
- The process of using a Windows
- application or FaxMail NotePad to
- create a file or document to be
- transmitted by fax.
- Graphic User Interface Also
- known as GUI, is a design in
- which the application presents the
- user with a series of graphical
- objects such as text, icons, etc,
- representing commands or tasks
- which the application executes.
- Windows is a GUI system.
-
-
- Item 88
-
-
- Groups A Groups of entries in a
- FaxBook which may be selected
- and combined together to form a
- subset of the FaxBook, for
- example, within the FaxBook
- containing all "Customers", a
- group is formed containing names
- of "East Coast Customers". Used
- to send faxmail to more than one
- recipient with a single command.
- Group Window A windows for
- the purpose of storing a group of
- icons within the Program Manager.
- GUI See Graphic User Interface.
- Header The information placed
- at the top of the fax page
- pertaining to it's point of origin,
- time and date etc.
- Highlighted Indicates that an
- object or text has been selected and
- may be affected by your next
- action. Highlighted text may
- appears in reverse video on
- monochrome monitors, or in
- reverse color, or different colors,
- on color monitors.
- Icon A graphical representation
- of various elements in Windows,
- such as disk drives, files, and
- applications.
- Incoming Directory The
- directory determined at installation
- or in the SetUp Configurations
- box, which becomes the default
- directory into which all incoming
- faxmail is stored by default when
- you release it from the Receive
- Queue.
- Install program The program
- that installs application software
- on your hard disk.
- List box A box listing available
- choices. For example, a list of all
- available files in a directory. If all
- the choices won't fit, the list box
- has a vertical scroll bar.
-
-
- Item 89
-
-
- Load High Also known as LH;
- the process or command to load a
- file into a memory area other than
- in conventional memory.
- LogFile A file which contain a
- listing of events having occurred in
- the FaxMail system. This file is
- saved from the Events Log
- Window with [Move/Save Log],
- and can be read and displayed
- using any text editor or word
- processor.
- Management, files Refers to the
- process of dividing the hard disk
- into directories and subdirectories
- in a logical and organized fashion,
- making information storage and
- retrieval more efficient.
- Memory See definitions under
- Conventional, Expanded and
- Extended Memory.
- Memory resident software
- Software that is loaded into
- memory and is active in the
- background, even when another
- applications are active. Sometimes
- referred to as TSR (Terminate and
- Stay Resident) software.
- Menu A list of items representing
- tasks which the software can
- perform. The most common form
- of menus are the horizontal bar
- menus, pull-down menus, and
- command buttons, however,
- graphic objects such as icons may
- also represent menus.
-
-
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-
-
- Menu bar The horizontal bar
- containing names of all the
- application menus, located just
- beneath the title bar.
- Menu, pull-down The items of
- task choices which pull down from
- the menu bar.
- Menu, pop-out An extended
- menu which pops out from a pull-
- down menu, when additional
- choices or selections are available.
- Menu, command buttons These
- items occur in a dialog box and are
- objects representing task choices.
- Merge The action of loading the
- contents of one file into another,
- usually at a determinable point.
- Move As The action of moving a
- file from one location (directory or
- subdirectory) to another, with the
- option of simultaneously changing
- it's name.
- Network Two or more computers
- connected by cables or other means
- for the purpose of allowing them to
- share peripheral equipment and/or
- to exchange information.
- Notification The act of being
- notified by a dialog box upon the
- arrival of faxmail into the
- computer.
- Open To display the contents of a
- file in a Window, or to enlarge an
- icon into a Window.
- Outgoing directory The
- directory, determined at
- installation or in the SetUp
- Configurations box, which
- becomes the default directory into
- which all outgoing faxmail is
- stored, by default, while waiting
- for an event in the Send Queue to
- fax it.
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- PCX files A bitmap or fax file
- format which contains a single
- page.
- Parallel port A connection on a
- computer, where you plug in a
- cable for a parallel device such as a
- printer.
- Paste To transfer the contents of
- the Clipboard to an application.
- Many applications have a Paste
- command that performs this task.
- Printer driver Software that
- interfaces a program to a printer.
- The [ElectraSoft Print to Fax] fax
- converter driver interacts with
- Windows like a printer driver in its
- action of converting an application
- file to a fax .
- ElectraSoft Print to Fax The
- name of the fax converter driver
- which builds bitmap files from
- application files for the purpose of
- faxing.
- Protected mode The operating
- mode of a computer that is capable
- of addressing extended memory
- directly.
- Protocol A set of rules that define
- how computers or devices such as
- FaxModems, designed for
- communications, talk to each other.
- Queue A holding area which
- contains a list of events which have
- been sent to or received from the
- FaxModem, awaiting execution, in
- turn. FaxMail has many queues,
- including the Future Send Queue
- and the Receive Queue.
- Quit To close all open files and
- exit a window in an application, or
- an application itself.
- Radio button A small round
- button that appears in a dialog box
- and is used to select an option.
- Within a group of related option
- buttons, you can select only one
- choice. Example:
- ( )Not Selected (*)Selected
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- RAM (Random Access Memory)
- The memory that is used to run
- applications and perform other
- necessary tasks in the computer.
- When the computer is turned off,
- all information in RAM is lost.
- Receive Queue A holding area in
- which all incoming faxmail is
- stored until acted upon.
- Recipient The selection made
- from the FaxBook to whom the
- faxmail transmission is intended.
- Resolution A measure of quality
- of the fax image, measured by the
- number of DPI (Dots Per Inch).
- Fax files may be transmitted in
- either standard (100 X 200 DPI) or
- fine (200 X 200 DPI) resolution.
- The higher the DPI the higher
- quality and detail the image is
- capable of, however, the longer the
- transmission time.
- Root directory The highest
- directory of a disk. The root
- directory is created when you
- format a disk, and contains system
- files needed to configure your
- computer upon boot-up.
- Scheduled Events Any task given
- to the FaxModem queue to
- perform, usually associated with
- having scheduled the event for
- some future date/time.
- Screen font A roster font
- designed to duplicate a printer font
- on the screen.
- Scroll To move text or graphics
- up, down, left or right, in order to
- see parts of the file that cannot be
- seen on the screen or in the list
- box.
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- Select To highlight an item by
- clicking it with the mouse or using
- key combinations. Selecting does
- not initiate an action. After
- selecting an item, you choose the
- action you want to affect the item.
- Future Send Queue A holding
- area in which all Send Fax events
- scheduled for future transmission
- are stored, awaiting execution by
- the FaxModem Driver, in turn.
- Soft font A font that is
- downloaded to your printer from a
- disk.
- Spool To print a document or file
- in the background while working
- on some other task.
- Subdirectory A directory
- contained within another directory.
- All directories are subdirectories of
- the root directory.
- Swap Files An area of your hard
- disk that is set aside for exclusive
- use by Windows in 386 enhanced
- mode. This area is used when your
- system runs low of memory.
- System Button The small gray
- button at the extreme upper left of
- the monitor, contained in the title
- bar.
- System Menu The Windows
- system menu which contains menu
- choices available to all Windows
- applications.
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- Text file A file containing only
- letters, digits and symbols. A text
- file usually consists of characters
- from the ASCII character set. Text
- files can be created using the
- FaxMail NotePad Window.
- Title bar The horizontal bar
- located at the top of a window and
- containing the title of the window.
- In Windows, the title bar contains
- the System menu button.
- View To cause a fax file to be
- displayed on the monitor screen.
- Virtual machine An environment
- created by Windows running in
- 386 enhanced mode in which an
- application can run and behave as
- if it had an entire machine all to
- itself. Windows in 386 enhanced
- mode can have multiple
- applications running in their own
- separate virtual machines at the
- same time.
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- Virtual memory A memory
- management system used by
- Windows running in 386 mode,
- which allows Windows to behave
- as if there were more memory than
- is actually present in the system.
- Wild card A character that
- represents any character. In a
- filename, an * (asterisk) is used as
- a wild card to represent any
- character or group of characters
- that might match that position in
- the filename.
- Window A rectangular area of
- the screen in which you may run an
- application or view a document.
- Work pad The area of a window
- that displays the information
- contained in a document or file
- with which you are working.
- WYSIWYF (What You See Is
- What You Fax) A term applied
- to the feature where what is
- viewed on the screen in your
- application will be faxed just as it
- appears when you print it to a high
- quality printer.
-
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-
- A
- Aborting an Event, 24
- About This Manual, 1
- Active or Default FaxBook, 55
- Adding Entries to a FaxBook, 56
- Adding Entries to a Group, 60
- Address, 31
- Answer Now, 24, 25
- AOL, 18
- API, 68
- Application, 21
- application, 8
- Application Program Interface, 68
- ASCII text, 5, 30
- Aspect, 68
- Auto Print, 10, 72
- Auto Save, 9, 14, 71
- Auto-Print Fax upon Receipt, 72
- Auto-Saving Fax upon Receipt, 71
-
- B
- Background Operation, 8
- BBS Mode, 18
- Bitmaps, 19
- black and white bitmap file, 32
- broadcasting, 7, 16
- Button, 1
-
- C
- Changing FaxBooks, 55
- Choosing a Printing Method, 42
- Choosing an OCR compatible font,
- 43
- clipboard, 27, 28, 36
- Closing the Event Monitor, 25
- Closing the Fax Viewer Window, 40
- CompuServe, 18
- configure, 8, 66
- CONVERT TO FAX, 21, 30
- Convert to Fax, 19, 20
- copy a file, 40
- Copying a Fax File, 40
- Copying a File, 49
- Cover Page, 4, 7, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38
- Cover Page Elements, 38
- Cover Page Only, 5, 30, 73
- Cover Page Options, 4, 30
- CoverPage, 30
- Creating a Document in FaxMail
- NotePad, 26
- Search, 54
- Creating a FaxBook, 54
- Creating a New Group, 59
- Creating Cover Page Logo Files, 35
- Cut, 28
- cut, 27
-
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-
- D
- Date, 31
- DCX, 39, 46
- DCX to PCX BreakUp, 45
- default, 55, 64, 66
- default conditions, 66
- Default Configurations, 9
- Default Cover Page, 73
- default Cover Page, 30
- default cover page, 5
- Default Fax Resolution, 74
- default FaxBook, 55
- default incoming Directory, 10, 14
- default incoming directory, 10
- default or active parameters, 66
- default path, 9
- default printer, 22
- Default Sending Options, 69
- default setting, 8
- Default Setting for Receiving
- Options, 8
- Deleting a Fax File, 42
- Deleting a FaxBook, 55
- Deleting a FaxBook Entry, 58
- Deleting a Group from a FaxBook, 59
- Deleting an Event from the Queue, 17
- Deleting Entries from the Events
- Log, 50
- Deleting FaxBook Entries, 64
- desktop, 20, 26
- directories, 29
- Dither, 69
- DPI, 6, 43, 68
-
- E
- Edit Fax, 46
- Editing a FaxMail NotePad
- Document, 26
- Editing an Entry in a FaxBook, 57
- Editing FaxBook Entries, 63
- End Page, 27
- error correction, 24
- Event Monitor, 15, 23, 24, 25, 51
- Events Log, 10, 13, 14, 20, 24, 25, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52
- Events Log Entries Completed
- Events, 48
- Events Log Window, 14, 47, 48
- FaxModem Initialization
- String, 66
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-
- F
- Fax and telephone numbers, 31
- Fax Button, 1
- fax format, 37
- Fax Format Bitmap Files, 75
- fax format files, 13
- FAX Mode, 18
- Fax Printing Options, 68
- Fax Resolution, 6, 44
- Fax Viewer Program, 39
- FaxModem, 8, 13, 15, 16, 25
- FaxModem Driver, 66
- FaxBook Entries, 7, 54, 56, 60, 64
- FaxBooks, 7, 54, 55, 56, 59, 64, 65
- ElectraSoft Print to Fax, 19, 20, 21
- Faxmail Naming Convention, 13
- FaxMail NotePad Window, 4, 26, 29, 36
- FaxMail Program Control Program, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26
- FaxMail, Faxmail and faxmail, 1
- Field Data Fax-Merge, 31
- Fields Menu, 32
- Fine Fax Resolution, 6, 74
- Fonts, 43
- fonts, 19, 44
- Function Buttons, 49
- Future Send, 16
- Future Send Queue, 16, 17
-
- G
- General Information, 19
- Generating Documents from
- Windows, 20
- Getting Started, 2
- Graphics, 69
- Group All, 60
- Group faxmail, 7
- Groups, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64
-
- H
- Highlighting, 1
- Highlighting an Entry in a List Box, 1
- Highlighting Text, 1
- Hold All, 10
- Hold in Receive Queue, 71
-
- I
- Icon, 26
- Importing to FaxBook, 61
- Include Cover Page, 5, 73
- Incoming Directory, 8
- initiate the send, 7
- Initiating the Send, 6
- Insert Text, 27
- Installing FaxMail Network for Windows, 2
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-
- K
- Krahmer Fax Font, 43
-
- L
- Locating a particular FaxBook
- Entry, 56
- Logo, 31, 32, 35, 38
- logo, 5, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37
-
- M
- Mail Merge, 31
- Maintaining Groups within a
- FaxBook, 58
- Make FaxBook, 64
- Making a FaxBook Active, 55
- Managing faxmail from Events
- Log, 78
- Managing faxmail from the Fax
- Viewer Window, 78
- Managing faxmail from Windows
- File Manager, 78
- Managing faxmail in the Future
- Send Queue, 16
- Managing faxmail in the Receive Queue, 52
- Managing Pending Events, 52
- memory, 8
- Merge, 31
- Monitoring an Active Event, 24
- Monitoring the progress of
- incoming faxmail, 15
- Move/Save Events Log, 48
- Moving a DCX Fax file with
- Windows File Manager, 79
- Moving and Renaming a Fax File, 41
- Moving and Renaming a File, 49
-
- N
- Naming and Saving your faxmail, 13
- Naming Convention, 13
- No Cover Page, 5, 73
- Notification, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 52
- Notification Box Options, 10
- Notified, 9
- Notify, 9
- Notify upon Receipt, 71
-
- O
- OCR, 43
- Opening a Fax File to View, 39
- Opening a FaxMail NotePad
- Document, 29
- Opening an Existing Cover Page, 37
- Operations on Log Entries, 49
- Optical Character Recognition, 43
- OUTBOX, 70
- Overwrite Text, 27
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-
- P
- Past Events, 47
- Paste, 28, 35
- PBK file extension, 54
- PCX, 32, 37, 39, 46
- PCX files, 36
- Pending Events, 47, 52
- Person, 31
- Personalizing Group faxmail, 7
- Position, 31
- Prefixing a Logo to a Cover Page, 37
- Print, 10
- print, 13, 14, 22, 41, 68
- Print a FaxMail NotePad
- Document, 29
- Print Actual FAX size, 69
- Print Fax, 11, 41
- Print Progress dialog box, 10
- Printer Driver, 41
- printer driver, 12, 13, 19, 21, 22
- PRINTER OR FAX TOGGLE, 21
- Printing a DCX Fax file with
- Windows File Manager, 78
- Printing a Fax from the Fax
- Viewer, 41
- Printing a Fax from the Receive
- Queue, 11
- Printing Selective Pages, 12, 42
- program, 21
- Purge Send + Deletes, 70
- Purging Failed Events, 51
- Purging Send and Delete Files, 51
-
- Q
- Queue, 9, 10, 16, 17, 47, 48, 52
-
- R
- Re-Sending faxmail from the
- Events Log, 51
- reboot, 55
- Receive, 47, 48, 52
- Receive Queue, 9, 10, 47, 48, 52
- Receiving faxmail, 8
- Receiving Options, 8, 9, 70
- Recipient, 3, 7, 30, 31, 33, 56, 58, 60, 61
- recipient, 5, 7, 16, 21, 31, 64
- Relationship between Log Entry
- and FaxMail, 48
- Removing Group Entries From a
- FaxBook, 60
- Repair Book, 64
- resolutions, 69
-
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-
- S
- Saving a Cover Page, 38
- Saving a FaxMail NotePad
- Document, 28
- Saving Fax upon Receipt, 14
- Saving or Deleting the Bitmap file, 4
- Saving your Logo file, 36
- Scale to Printer, 68
- scaling, 69
- Scheduling for Future Sending, 5
- scroll, 3
- Scrolling Through a Page, 40
- Select a Recipient, 3
- Selecting a FaxBook, 64, 65
- Selecting a FaxBook Entry, 56
- Selecting a Group, 64
- Selecting a Printer Driver, 41
- Selecting an Event in the Future
- Send Queue, 16
- Selecting Fax Resolution, 6
- Send, 52
- Send Fax, 3, 4, 6, 7, 30, 51
- Send Fax Box, 21
- Send Queue, 52
- Sending a Fax Directly from an
- Application, 21
- Sending faxmail from existing Fax, 3
- Sending faxmail from FaxMail
- NotePad, 29
- Sending faxmail from the Fax
- Viewer, 42
- Sending faxmail to a Group, 7
- SetUp Dialog Box, 66
- Silent Answer, 66
- soft font, 19
- Sorting FaxBook Entries, 55
- Coarse Fax Resolution, 6, 74
- subdirectory, 9
- Swapping Drivers, 21
-
- T
- Templates, 26
- text file, 29, 30
- Time, 31
-
- V
- View Cover Page, 5
- Fax Viewer, 39
- View the File being Sent, 3
- Viewing a DCX Fax file with
- Windows File Manager, 78
- Viewing Another Page, 40
- Viewing the Fax, 17
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-
- W
- What is Fax Resolution, 6
- Windows and Printer Drivers, 22
- work pad, 27, 29
-
- Z
- Zoom/Edit Fax, 46
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- Notes for Windows 2000/XP/NT Users
-
- Can not Access your Modem
-
- When you start FaxMail Network for Windows, if it comes back saying, that
- it can not access your modem or that your modem is in use, this may be
- your problem:
-
- Windows 2000/XP/NT has services running. If your modem cannot be found by
- other fax software, such as [FaxMail Network for Windows], or it is always
- in use, you may have the MS fax service running. To check, go into
- [Control Panel]1, [Administrative Tools], [Services]. Look under the [Name]
- column. If you see the fax service running, right click it, click on
- properties and disable it and shut it off. This will free up your modem.
-