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C o mpuFa x ® Ve rs io n 4.3 Quick Insta lla tio n In structi ons (F o r u se o n VAX o r Alp h a AXP Syst ems) Co m pu Fax con tain s a f u ll f ax ser v er th at ru n s on th e prim ar y com pu t er n ode t h at h as a f ax m odem dev ice con n ect ed.
$ FAX DEL ETE/ EN TRY=id- nu m be r Ref e r t o Ch apt er 1, "C om pu Fax In stall ation ", or u se th e Com pu Fax on - l i n e Hel p f or addi tion a l i n f orm at i on .
Com puFax ® Hardw a re Instal l a ti on a nd Configur a ti on ( As s hippe d, CompuF a x is s e t up to tr a ns m i t f a x e s T TA 0 : de v i c e. It c a n ea s il y be c onf i g ur e d to se nd t o a nul l de v i c e f or tes ting . This a l l ow s y ou t o de m o the s of tw a re w i thout us ing a r e a l f a x de v ic e .
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P r ef ac e O ver v i ew Co m p u Fa x w ill r u n o n VAX/ VMS an d O p en VM S ver s io n s 5.4 t h ro u gh 7.1, as well as o n Alp h a-AXP O p e n VM S ver sio n s 6. 1 t h r o u gh 7.1. Fa x doc ume nts ma y be c re at e d a s ordi nar y te x t fi l e s a nd s e nt w i th a s i mpl e c omma nd.
I nt e nde d A udie nc e T h is m an u a l is in t en d ed fo r u se r s w h o w an t t o b ec o m e f a m iliar w it h C o m p u F ax, Sy s t em M an age r s w is h in g t o ins t all an d main t ain Co m p uF ax an d Pro g ram m ers wish ing t o i n ter f ace o t h er ap p licatio n s with Co mp u Fax.
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3.16 L OG OS A ND L ETTERHEAD S ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 13 O THER CO M M ANDS ................................ .............................
6.6.3 Set ti ng Up a D ef ault Reci pi ent ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 36 6.6.4 A dding, Changi ng or Delet i ng a Lookup Entr y .............................
10.2.1.5 FA X_C MD_SET _USE R ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................ 92 10.2.1.6 FA X_C MD_FO RCE_E XIT ................................ .........................
1 C om puF ax Ins t al l a t i on 1. 1 O ver v i ew S e v e ra l conf i g ura ti on dec i si ons s houl d be ma de pr i or to i ns ta l l a ti on of the C ompuFa x pr oduc t. T hi s ov e rv i e w ha s be e n prov i de d for y our c onv e ni e nc e a nd ma y be us ed a s a g ui del i ne i n ma k i ng those de c i s i ons.
2 1. 2 H ar dw ar e Ins t al l a t i on T h i s proce du re i s performed o nly for Full D ev i ce S erv er s oft w are . 1. 2. 1 F ax Modem D evic e A Cl a ss I I fa x mode m de v i ce i s r e qui re d for us e w i th the Com puFa x produc t.
3 1. 2. 4 S er v er P ort C harac t er is t ic s $ M CR N CP NC P > C o n n e c t NODE node nam e Loc a l > S H O W PO RT n ( n = port numbe r) P o r t 8: ( Rem o t e) C ha ra c ter S i z e : 8 .
4 1. 3. 2 F ull D evic e S erver Inst allat ion I f y ou do not pl a n on usi ng the R e mote Fa x S e rv er on other node s, pe rfor m each s t ep r elat ed t o a Fu ll D evice S erver o n l y . P lace th e dist ribu tio n m edia in t h e dr ive to begin th e ins t all at io n .
5 1. 4. 2 F ull D evic e S erver S t art up C ompuFa x i s c ompose d of a ma i n ex e cuta bl e i ma g e a nd se v e ra l othe r i ma g es tha t s upport v a ri ous f e atur es . T h e st ar t u p co mm an d f ile def in es logicals, creat es d irect o r ies an d i n st al ls t h e cor r ect im ages o n th e sy st em .
6 1. 4. 4 R em ot e F ax S erv er S et up C onfi g ure the R emot e Fa x S er v e r s ta rtup opti ons to i ndi c a te t he node ( s) y ou hav e des i g na te d as y our Ful l D e v i c e S er v e r s y ste ms( s) .
7 G et t i ng S t ar t ed As a C om puF ax Use r 2. 1 W ha t Is C om puF ax ? C ompuFa x i s a c ol l e c ti on of c ompute r prog ra ms tha t l e ts y ou s end f a x doc ume nt fi l e s di re ct l y from y our VAX o r Alp h a-AXP VM S t er m in al o r wo rks t at i o n .
8 2. 3 S endi ng a F ax T o se nd a fa x , y ou ne ed t w o thi ng s : T he na me of the doc ume nt ( fi l e ) y ou w ant t o s e nd T he fa x phone num be r y ou w a nt to se nd the fa x to. U s ing y o u r favo r it e t ext ed it o r , cr eat e a s h o r t t ext f ile, cal led T E ST FAX.
9 2. 4. 1 An E ven S i m pler W ay t o S end I n st ead o f go in g int o th e Com p uF ax p r o gr am fir st , y o u can ent er t h e com m a n d direct ly f ro m t h e D CL co m m and lin e: $ F A X SE N D T E ST F A X. 1 / N U MB E R= 1 23- 4567 Co m p uF ax execu t es t he ab ove co m m and an d t hen r et u rn s co n tr o l t o D CL .
10 2. 7 S endi ng F axes Us i ng VMS Mai l H er e is a way y o u can s en d a fax fr o m wit h in VM S M ail : $ MA I L MAI L> SE N D T E ST F A X. 1 T o : F A X% 1 - 555- 1 23- 4567 S ubj : S e nding F ile T E S T F A X .
11 F r o m : VS4000: :P _ SMI T H 1 5- J U N - 1 994 1 1 :52:38. 95 To: FA X % " " CC: P _ S MI T H S ubj : S e nding F ile T E S T F A X . 1 This is a tes t. I am sen d i n g a sh or t messa g e wi t h C omp u Fax . C om puFa x m akes faxing ea s y ! 2.
2 T he ne x t c hapte r g i v es furthe r i nfor mat i on on how fa x es ma y be s e nt..
3 M or e About S endi ng F i l es I n t he p r evi o u s ch ap t er, we co vered so m e sim p le way s t o sen d f axes. Si n ce t h e S E N D co mm an d is t h e mo st i mporta nt c omma nd i n C ompuFa x , w e de v ote thi s c ha pte r to mor e of i ts opti ons .
4 3. 2. 1 Tex t F iles T h e sim p lest f il e t y p e is a r egu lar t ext file, su ch as t h e o nes we s en t in t h e ex am p les o f t h e pr eviou s ch apt er . T h es e fi l e s a re a ls o refe rred to as pri nter form at fi l es o r AS CI I ( A meri ca n S tandard C od e for I n form ati o n I n t er ch an g e) f il es.
5 3. 3 Us ing D i f f er ent F ont s T h e wo r d fo nt i s a p r in t in g t er m , wh ich d en o tes let t er s o f a cer t ain s t y le ( call ed a t y p ef ace) and of a cer t ain size. W h en Co mp u Fax co n vert s a text f il e int o t h e T 4 f o r m at , it u s es a sp eci al fil e, call ed a fo n t fil e, i n i t s co n v er sio n .
6 3. 5 S endi ng F il es W i t h O v er l ay s An o ver lay , in t erm s o f Co mp u Fax, is an im age t h at is su per im p o sed o n ano th er i m age. An examp le of th is i s a f o r m o v erlay , s u ch as an in vo ice, wh ich is o verlaid o n (mer ged with ) t h e text t h at i s t o b e pr in t ed o n t h e fo rm .
7 # # R E M A R K ********************************************************************** # # R E M A R K Bel ow, we i nd ent t he t ext 1 .2 in ch es and r eset t h e cha r act er s pa cin g .
8 ##B R E A K U P ( T hi s s e c ti on o f te xt is not faxe d) . . ##N E W F A X # # N U MB E R 1 23- 4567 ( T h i s s e c ti o n i s fa x e d t o 1 23- 4567) . . ##E N D F A X ( T hi s s e c ti on o f te xt is not faxe d) . . ##N E W F A X # # N U MB E R 234- 5678 ( T h i s s e c ti o n i s fa x e d t o 234-5678) .
9 T h is d ir ec t ive in d ic at es t h e e n d o f a s e c t io n . An y f u r t h e r t ext will b e ign o r e d , e xc ep t f o r a # # N E WF AX d irect ive, wh ich wo u l d i n d icat e t h e star t of an o th er sect io n . As an ex am p le, ass u m e w e are s en d i n g t h r ee f iles, FILE .
10 T h e / L O O K U P q u alifier cau ses Co m p u F ax t o lo o k u p F r ed ' s n u m b er (1-818- 555-1111) au t o m at ica lly an d s e nd the fa x to tha t numbe r. O r, i nste ad of usi ng the / L O O KUP qua l i fi e r, y ou ca n use the # # LO O KUP d ire c t iv e in y o u r t e xt file : # # LOOK U P "F r ed S m ith" .
11 H e re i s a sa mpl e f ax fi l e ( M E R G E.TX T ) w e c oul d se nd: ##M E R G E _ E N A B L E % % I nter nal_A ddr es s % % %%S a l u t a t i o n %%: J us t wanted to s ay 'H e llo. ' Let m e kno w how thing s a r e g oing w ith y ou.
12 3. 13 D ef er r ed S ending Y ou ca n tel l C ompuFa x to w a i t unti l l a te at ni g ht to se nd a fa x , w hen t he phone ra te s ma y be l ow e r, or the re i s l es s c hanc e of g e tti ng a busy si g na l .
13 3. 15 S et t i ng P riori t i es S ome fa x e s a re more urg e nt tha n othe rs and s ome ti me s y ou ma y w ant t o push a c e rta i n fa x to the hea d of the que ue. CompuF a x use s pr i ori ty v a l ue s to de te rm i ne w hat f a x to proc e s s ne x t.
14 O t her C om m ands 4. 1 Us ing C om m and F il es Y ou ca n use c omma nd fi l es wi th C ompuFa x . Thi s c a n be v e ry use ful for rout i ne w ork or l a rg e tas k s . Co m m an d f iles ca n r ed u ce t h e p o s s ib ilit y o f e r ro r s .
15 3 P _ SMI T H 1 00 P e nd in g 3 F A X s er v e r que ue e ntr ies A fte r w e s ubmi tte d the comm a nd fi l e , w e di d an i ni ti a l di spl a y of our que ue , whi ch w as e mpty .
16 4. 3 T he D E LE TE C om m and Th e D EL ETE c om m a n d l e ts y ou d e l e te qu e u e e nt r i e s th a t a r e w a i ti ng t o b e s e nt , or e v e n w h i l e i n th e p ro c e s s of be i ng tr a ns mi tte d. F o r exam p le: $ F A X S H OW QU E U E Co m pu F a x qu e u e r e p o rt a s o f 30- MA Y - 1 995 1 3:34: 41 .
17 4. 4 K eeping Tr ac k O f Wha t Y ou D i d Y ou c a n re c ord w ha t y ou ty pe a t the fa x prom pt. T hi s i s pa rti c ul a rl y use ful i f y ou ar e se ndi ng a l ot of fa x e s . T o st ar t r eco rd in g, u s e t h e L O G _ O U T P U T co mm an d f r o m w ith in Co mp u Fax.
18 Re c e i v e t o D i s k 5. 1 O v er v i ew Star t in g wi t h Co m p uF ax Vers io n 3.2, f ax d o cu m ent s can n o w be r eceived to d isk an d p r int ed o r vi ewed .
19 faxes af t er t h ey h av e b een receiv ed . I t is ad visab le to pr in t an d d el et e t h e r eceived f iles r o ut in ely , since a s ingle fa x pag e may e a si l y ta k e up s e v e ra l hundre d bl oc k s of di s k sp ace. Co m p u Fax m ay b e s et u p t o p r in t r eceiv ed f axes au t o mat icall y an d t h en d el et e t h em .
20 to se t / N O B E S T_W A Y , i n w hi c h ca se the c ompre ss i on me thod spe c i fi e d by the / M O D E L qua l i fi e r w i l l a l w ay s be use d. T he / [ N O ] BUR S T qual i fi e r s pe ci fi es whe the r a burs t pa g e i s pri nted be for e the f i rs t pag e of the fi l e .
21 de fi ned a s a n a c tua l pri nt que ue on the sy ste m. S e e VM S S y ste m M a nag e r doc ument a ti on on ma nag i ng que ues . T he / [ N O ] REC E I V E qua l i fi e r de fi ne s w he the r or not f ax e s a re pri nte d a utoma ti ca l l y upon r eceipt .
22 l ost w hene v er C ompuFa x i s re st a rt e d. O pe ra tor pr i v i l e g e i s re qui re d to ma k e use of t he FA X S ET PR I N TE R c omma nd. 5. 3. 2 Ver ifying P rint er O pt ions T he ne w S H O W PR I N TE R c omma nd show s the c urr ent s et ti ng s f or the fa x pri nter .
23 5. 4. 1 The VIE W c om m and T he CompuF a x V I E W com ma nd opti ons a re e x pl a i ne d i n de ta i l i n Cha pte r 6 . H ow e v e r, he re a re s ome examp l es: $ F A X VI E W F AX$RE C_ D I R:RA D A80A D _ 1 _ 81 82485253.
24 5. 5 C on ver t i ng F ax F i l es W it h t h e o ver lay f acilit ies in Co m p u F a x it b e co m e s d es ir a b le t o h ave s o m e m ean s o f m o d if yin g b it m ap p ed images, in o rd er t o p ro d u ce over lay s , co v ers h eet s an d lo go fil es.
25 FA X o r T4 PR IN TE R or TE X T PC L PO S T S CR I PT a nd PS a re s y nony ms. FA X and T4 ar e al s o s y nony ms, a s a re PR I N T E R a nd T E XT.
26 F o r exam p le: $ F A X CO N VE RT I N . X / P RI N T $ % D C P S- I - J O B ST ART , J o b I N ( q u e u e SY S$F A X, e n t r y 3) s t a rt e d o n SY S$F A X $ CO P Y I N .
27 T he P er s onal C om put er Int er fac e 6. 1 Int r oduc t i on S ta rti ng wi th Re l e a s e 4 .0 of C ompuFa x , y ou c a n se nd fa x e s fr om Pe rs ona l C ompute rs ( PC s) , w hi c h a re .
28 2. E xecu t e t h e co mm an d (b at ch ) fil e CF I N ST AL.BAT , u s ing as ar gu m en t t h e pat h to th e P CI F d i r ect o ry o n the se rv e r ( W i th W i ndows 9 5 y ou c a n ex e cute thi s us i ng S ta rt | R un, or w i th W i ndow s 3 .
29 t o s et u p t h e P o s t Scr ip t d r ive r , so it will o p er at e c o rr ect ly wit h t h e Co m p u F ax PC I n t er f ace. Bo t h W i ndow s 3 .1 and W i ndows 9 5 c ome w i th Pos tS c ri pt pri nte r dri v e rs , a l thoug h the dri v er ma y nee d to be l oa ded f rom a W i ndows sy st e m di s k et te or C D - R O M .
30 6. 3. 2 Adding a P ort Nam e ( G o to the D e ta i l s w i ndow of t he s e l e cte d Pos tS c ri pt pri nte r dri v e r. Re fe r to the Post S c ri pt D ri v er I ni ti al i z ati on se cti on abov e , i f ne c e s s a ry , f or i nforma ti on on how to g e t the re .
31 T h e s er ver m u st be a VAX o r Alp h a r unni ng V M S v er s i on 5 .4 or a bov e T he s e rv er mus t be runni ng CompuF a x R e l e as e 4 Ful l D e v i ce S e rv e r sof tw a re T he c l i e nt a nd the s e rv e r mus t be net w ork ed w i th D EC PA T H W O R KS soft w ar e .
32 6. 4. 5 Help S c reens As s h o wn o n t he D est i n atio n scr een , y o u can br in g u p a H elp s creen fro m an y o f t h e P C I n t erface m ai n scr een s , sim p ly b y p ressin g t h e F 1 key .
33 6. 4. 6. 6 E dit ing an E nt ry Y o u can ed i t an en tr y b y s electin g it an d th en cl ick ing o n th e < Back b u tt o n. T h is t akes y o u b ack t o t h e D es t inat i o n scr een , wh er e y o u can make y o u r ch anges.
34 logo d iff er s fr o m a co vers h eet in t hat it co ver s o n l y a few in ch es at t h e t o p o f t h e p ag e, wh ile a cover sh eet t akes u p an en tire p ag e an d u su all y inclu d es so m e variab le i n fo r m at io n , su ch as th e recip ien t ' s n ame.
35 fo r t h e P C I n ter f ace t o wo r k p ro p erly . T h ese en t r ies s houl d be cor re c t i f the PC I nt e rf ace so f t war e was i nst a l l e d prope rl y a nd the se rv e r pa th w as ente re d duri ng i nsta l l a ti on. T hi s fi l e ma y be e di ted w i th a tex t e di tor, suc h a s N ote pa d.
36 6. 5. 4 [F iles ] 0 1 The f i rs t def a ul t f i l e i n the F i l e L i st on the O pti ons s c re e n. The f ul l fi l e pa th s houl d be g i v e n. T hi s fi l e may be re mov e d fr om the l i s t by hi g hl i g hti ng i t and c l i ck i ng on the R e mov e button 0 2 A s a bov e, but de fi ne s the s e c ond def a ul t f i l e.
37 6. 6. 7 F requent ly Us ed F iles F req uen tly u s ed f il es m ay b e saved in a sp eci al fo r m at t o make sen d i n g faxes m o re eff icient . I f t h e f il e c onsi st s of pl ai n te x t a nd ther e ar e no spe ci al font re qui re me nts, y ou ma y w ant t o sa v e t he fi l e as a pl ai n te x t ( A S CII ) fi l e w i th a .
38 # # N OTE % A dd a n ot e to t he cov er s heet . W r ite V ar ia bleI nfo s how pa g e % The pag e is c o m plete . # # *** E nd of File *** 6. 7. 2 S am ple F ile E x plained T he fi l e sta rts out w i th a numbe r of c omme nts , i de nti fi e d by tw o pound s i g ns ( # # ) fol l ow e d by a s p ace o r en d o f li n e.
39 N e x t fol l ow s the N a med C onst a nts se cti on, w hi ch i s of g re a te r i nte re s t. N ot e tha t the pa g e di me nsi ons ar e g i v e n a s 1 1 i nc hes hi g h by 8 .
40 S um m ar y of C om m ands and Di r e c t i v e s T h is ch ap t er is an alph abet ical l istin g o f Co m p u Fax co m m an d s an d d ir ect iv es, as giv en in t he Co m pu Fax H elp f a cilit y . 7. 1 C om m ands CO N VE RT Format: CO N VE R T in f ile [/ F O R MAT ] [ o u t f i l e] [ / q u al i fie rs.
41 D e s c ri pti on: S pe c i fi es the a mount of w hi te sp ace b et ween t h e lef t ed ge o f t h e d ocu men t and t h e bi tma pped i ma g e i n the outfi l e . T hi s i s me as ure d i n dots , or a s s pec i fi e d by the / UN IT qua l i fi e r.
42 DEL E T E Format: D EL ETE / E N T RY = ( n , ...) [ / A LL] [/ LO CA L] D e s c ri pti on: T hi s c omma nd i s us e d to de l e te one or mor e queue e ntri es . Entry numbe rs c a n be obtai ned by doi ng a S H O W E N TRY com ma nd. Up to 3 2 entr y number s ma y be s pe c i fi e d.
43 D e s c ri pti on: T he fi rst c omma nd pa ra me te r i s t he na me of the i nput f i l e . Thi s mus t be a j ourna l f i l e whi ch w as c re a ted by CompuF a x . W hi l e i t c an be c ha ng e d by the sy s te m ma na g e r the de fa ul t j ourna l fi l e name i s F AX$ D I R:FAX_ JO U .
44 Format: / D EL ETE / NODEL ET E D e s c ri pti on: S pe c i fi es whe the r the T 4 fi l e i s to be del e te d a ft e r pri nti ng . T hi s qua l i fi e r ov er ri des the d ef au lt s et t in g fo r t h e d eletio n o f r eceiv ed f iles ( see SE T P RI N T E R an d S H O W P RI N T E R co mm an d s.
45 /F O N T Format: / F ONT [ = f i l e s p e c ] D e s c ri pti on: T hi s qua l i fi e r s pec i fi e s the font to be us ed wh en co nver t in g a text f ile i n to T 4 fo rm at .
46 D e s c ri pti on: T hi s qua l i fi e r f orc e s or s uppre s s e s the se ndi ng of M A I L me ss a g e s on fa x c ompl e ti on. I f / MAI L is s p ec if ie d , MAI L n o t if ic at io n will alw ays b e give n t h e u ser o n F AX co m p let io n .
47 Format: / P OR TR A IT ( D) D e s c ri pti on: S pe c i fi es that the cur re nt doc ument i s to be s e nt w i thout a ny rota ti on s i de w ay s. / L A N D S CA PE a nd / PO RTRA I T appl y onl y to pri nter forma t ( A S CII ) fi l e s. T hi s qua l i fi e r i s i g nore d for o t h er f ile t y p es .
48 / N O R EC EI V E / R ES O L UT I O N / S P EED / S P EED2 I n orde r to us e the f ol l ow i ng qual i fi e rs the dev i c e must be ta k e n off l i ne ( ST O P / D E VI CE ) f i r s t: / CL ASS .
49 C ontr ol La ng ua g e ) ty pe pri nte rs , s uc h a s the H P L a se rJ et 4 s e ri e s, ar e s upporte d. T he i ni ti a l se tup i s done a t C ompuFa x sta rtup ti me a nd ma y be modi fi e d i n the opti ons fi l e, w i th the P R I N TE R c omma nd.
50 1 = Run L e ng th E nc oding 0 = N o C omp r essio n I f the / B E S T _W A Y qua l i fi e r i s a l s o e nabl e d, the a c tua l met hod use d may v a ry be tw e e n z er o a nd the numbe r select ed ab o v e.
51 /S I Z E Format: / S IZE= L ETTER ( D ) / S IZE= L EG A L / S IZE= A 4 / S IZE= EX EC UTIV E D e s c ri pti on: T hi s qua l i fi e r de te rmi nes the ma x i mum di me ns i ons of a pr i nte d i ma g e . A quar te r i nc h borde r i s re qui re d by the pr i nte r, w hi c h l e a v e s a pri nta bl e a re a of 8 " x 1 0 .
52 Format: / C ONV ER S ION ( D) / NOC ONV ER S ION D e s c ri pti on: T hi s qua l i fi e r cont rol s the di spl a y of the que ue of e ntr i e s w hi c h a re w ai ti ng for the c onv e rs i on of one or more of the fi l es i nv ol v ed i n the FA X .
53 Format: / U SE RN AM E = ( u sern am e [ ,...] ) D e s c ri pti on: Th i s q u ali fier cau ses t h e rep or t t o b e f ilter ed b y u ser n am e. O n l y t h o se ent ries wh ich wer e o rigin at ed b y o n e o f t h e s p ecif ie d u s e r n am es will b e d isp lay ed .
54 D e s c ri pti on: T hi s qua l i fi e r i s use d to del e te one or m ore ent ri e s f rom the que ue. T he e ntr y numbe r i s the numbe r from a S H O W E N TRY re port . Up to 3 2 e ntry numbe rs m a y be s pec i fi e d. O P ER or W O R LD pri v i l eg e s a re re qui re d to de que ue entr i e s for othe r tha n the c urr e nt use rna me .
55 D e s c ri pti on: D irect s disp l ay o u t p ut to a f ile i n st ead o f t o t h e screen . T he cr eat ed fil e can lat er b e d isp l ay ed o n a s u it ab le t er m in al, u s in g t h e D CL T Y P E co m m and .
56 D e s c ri pti on: Specifies t hat t h e cu r ren t file is t o b e a Br eaku p fil e, wh ich m ean s t h at s elected p or t io n s o f the fi l e a re to be tre a te d as thoug h the y w er e s e par a te f i l e s , w hi c h ma y ha v e di ffe re nt f ax phone numbe rs.
57 D e s c ri pti on: I nc l ude s a n e x pl i ci t phone num be r t o use for s e ndi ng the FA X . T he sy nta x of the numbe r i s t h e sam e as t h e SE N D co m m an d / N U M BE R q u ali fier. O n l y t he f irst o ccur r en ce of th e # # N U M BE R o r # # LO O K U P d irect i ve is u s ed .
58 en d in g d elim it er . T ra ilin g s p aces an d m u l t ip le i m b ed ded sp aces ar e r em o ved f r o m f iel d n ames. I f t h e en d o f a l i ne i s e ncount e re d be for e the f i e l d na me e ndi ng de l i mi te r, t he na me i s e nded a t the end of the l i ne .
59 C om puF ax F i l es And Logi c al Na m es 8. 1 D i r ec t ori es FA X .DIR T h is i s t h e main Co m p uF ax d irect or y , wh ich is creat ed w h en y o u i n st all Com pu F ax. PS .D IR T hi s i s a di re c tor y , us e d by the Pos tS c ri pt por ti on of the Com puFa x c onv e rte r.
60 AS C J N L . C O M T h is c o m m an d f ile a llo ws y o u t o d isp lay f o r m at t ed f ax jo u rn al d a t a lo ca t ed in F AX_ J O U R N AL . D AT , w h ich i s a n A S C I I fi l e c re a te d from the j ourna l fi l e F A X_J O U. D AT, by runni ng the s ta nd-a l one J N L 2 A S C I I.
61 F A X_ CM D _ S H A RE . E XE T hi s s har e abl e i mag e cont a i ns the ca l l abl e com ma nd proc e ss or, whi ch i s re qui re d by CompuF a x a nd may a l so b e acces sed b y u ser ap p licatio n s . W h en Co mp u Fax i s in st alled, t h is file i s p laced in t he SY S $LI BRARY di re ct ory .
62 T hi s prog r a m i s the pri nt s y mbi ont tha t a l l ow s doc ume nts t o be s e nt us i ng the V M S PR I N T c omma nd. Thi s file i s p laced in t h e S Y S$ S Y ST E M direct or y d u rin g i n s t all at io n . F A X_ SY L O GI N . CO M T h is co m m an d f ile creat es t h e FAX sy m b ol an d t he JN L2AS CI I sy m b o l .
63 T hi s i s the def a ul t font f i l e tha t CompuF a x use s w he n conv e rti ng te x t fi l e s t o fa x forma t. Thi s f ont fi l e produc e s te x t a t about 8 0 c har a cte rs per l i ne i n portra i t ori e ntat i on, 6 l i ne s pe r i nc h.
64 T he fi l e c ontai ni ng Com puFa x Ful l D e v i ce S e rv e r st a rt- up i nfor ma ti on. D ef a ul ts to F A X $ DIR : F A X . OP T IONS . FA X $ PS _ DIR T he s ubdi re ct ory w he re c er ta i n fi l es use d by the Pos tS c ri pt c onv e rte r a re stor e d.
65 C om puF ax M es s a ges 9. 1 Int r oduc t i on C ompuFa x prov i de s e rr or me ss a g es , w hi ch c a n he l p y ou sort out the ca us e of v a ri ous pr obl e ms y ou ma y e ncounte r. T hi s s e c ti on de s c ri bes thes e me ss ag e s. H e re i s a n e x a mpl e of t w o CompuF a x me s s a g e s fr om a F AX.
66 ti me. F Fa ta l . The a tte mpte d ac ti on di d not w ork . I n the pre v i ous e x a mpl e , the fi rs t me s s a g e ha s a n "F" se v er i ty l e v e l a nd the se c ond one has a n "S " se v e ri ty l e v e l .
67 D e s c ri pti on: T h is ind i cat es an int ern al err o r h as o ccu r r ed . U s er act io n : A ny i nfor ma ti on av a i l a bl e about t he c i rc ums ta nce s s houl d be r e porte d to N D C pr oduc t s upport.
68 M e ssag e: % F A X- I - D E VMO D , D evice xxxx m o d if ie d b y u ser yyyy D e s c ri pti on: De v i ce ha s be en modi fi ed by us e r U s er act io n : N one .
69 M e ssag e: %F AX- I - E N T RY I D , Q u eue en tr y I D n n D e s c ri pti on: T hi s me s sa g e i s a ppende d to othe r me ss a g e s to s pe ci fy the que ue e ntry I D the me s sa g e ap p lie s t o . U s er act io n : A s spe ci fi ed for th e re mai nd er of th e m essag e.
70 p r o t ectio n is su ch t hat u sers are allo wed r ead act i o n. I LLN U M M e ssag e: %F A X- F-I LL N UM , I l l eg a l phone number D e s c ri pti on: I ndi ca te s tha t a phone number w as sy nta c ti ca l l y ille ga l e it h e r a s s p ec if ie d wit h / N U M BE R= or a s r e turne d by the da ta bas e.
71 IV D E V IN D M e ssag e: %F A X- W -IV D EV I N D , Inv a l i d de v i ce i ndex nn i g nore d D e s c ri pti on: A n out of ra ng e de v ice ind ex was sp eci f ied . U s er act io n : D e v i ce i ndi c es ar e i n the ra ng e 1 to the number of fa x de v i c e s s upporte d.
72 MB XW RI T E E RR M e ssag e: % F D B - F -MBXW RI T E E R R , E r r o r wr it i n g t o m ailb o x xxxx D e s c ri pti on: I n d icat es an un ex p ect ed er ror h as oc curre d wri t i ng. U s er act io n : R e port thi s e rr or a l ong wi th any i nforma ti on a v a i l abl e a bout the ci r c ums ta nc e s to N D C produc t s upport.
73 ha d bee n pre v i ousl y sa v ed. U s er act io n : S e e the doc ume nta ti on on the FD B routi ne s for a des cr i pti on of s tre a ms a nd c onte x ts .
74 wh il e a f ax is b ein g sen t with th e V M S M ail i n t er f ace, ch eck t h at t h e pr o ces s h as T M P M BX pri v . NO M A T C H M e ssag e: %F A X- E -N O M A T CH , N o data ba s e ma tc.
75 M e ssag e: %F D B -F- N O S T R E A M , S pe ci fi ed da ta bas e s tre am not ope n D e s c ri pti on: A n at te mpt w a s ma de t o re fe re nc e a da ta bas e s tre am tha t i s not c urre ntl y ope n. U s er act io n : T he da taba s e a ppl i c a ti on shoul d c l os e out a ny i nter na l c onte x t a ss oc i a te d wi th the st r eam .
76 in t he ser ver o p tio n s f il e h ave b een chan g ed sin ce t h e l ast t im e t h e server was st ar t ed . U s er act io n : D elet e t h e f ile FAX$D I R: F AX.Q U E U E an d r es t ar t t h e server. QS I Z M I S M A T M e ssag e: %S Q -F -Q S I ZM IS M A T, S ta ti c que ue pool si ze mi sma tc h.
77 D e s c ri pti on: I ndi ca te s the Com puFa x s e rv e r ha s s uc ce ss ful l y i ni ti a l i z e d a nd i s runni ng . U s er act io n : N one . S H UTDO W N M e ssag e: % F A X- I - S H U T D O WN , Co m p u F a x s y s t em s h u t d o w n b y u ser xxxx D e s c ri pti on: Co m p u Fa x shut dow n by use r.
78 P r og r am m i ng I nf or m a t i on C om puF ax provides t w o fac ilit ies t o c ust om iz e it s user int erfac e: • D at abase Int erfac e • C allable C om m and Int erfac e.
79 routi nes . The f orma t a nd use of the l ook up k ey i s l e ft e nti re l y up to the data ba s e appl i c a ti on. I t i s pa s s e d fr om the s ourc e ( com ma nd proc e ss or or doc ume nt fi l e ) di re c tl y to the da ta bas e .
80 8. W a i t for a nother re que s t us i ng FD B _G ET . 9. W h en n o m o re m at ch es exist f o r a p ar t icu lar key , ei t h er u se F D B_ N O M AT CH o r FD B_ CLO SE to re tu rn thi s s ta tus to the re qu e stor . 10. 1. 3 C om puF ax D at abase F unc t ion Libr ar y 10.
81 [, u ser n ame ] [, p r i o r i t y ] [, st at u s] [, a st r t n ] [, a st pr m] Arg u m e n t s name : s tr e am _id ty pe: long wo r d s ig ne d access: wr it e on ly m e c h a n i s m : b y re f e re n c e O n com p l et ion , t h is co n tain s t he d atab as e st r eam id en tifier f o r t h e r eceived r eq u est.
82 T h is is th e add ress o f an o pt io n al AST pr o cedu re t o execu t e w h en a req u es t i s receiv ed . I f th i s par am et er is not pa ss e d or i s pa ss ed a s z e ro, F D B _G ET ope ra te s sy nchr onous l y . T he re for e i t doe s not re turn unti l a req ues t is received .
83 T h is p ar am et er gi ves t h e ad d r ess o f t h e co n t ext d ata area in t h e us er p r o gram th at is t o r eceive th e saved u ser co n t ex t .
84 T h e e f f ect o f s e t t in g t h is p ar am e t er F AL SE will b e t h at a n y ac t ive lo o k u p s will b e s t ar t ed f r o m t h e b egin n in g each t im e t h e d atab ase i s r est ar t ed .
85 T h is p ar am et er gi ves t h e ad dr ess o f t h e con text d at a ar ea in th e u ser p ro gram . T he co n t en ts o f th i s area are c ompl e te l y use r de fi ne d. nam e: s iz e ty pe: wo r d unsi g ned acce s s : r ead only m e c h a n i s m : b y re f e re n c e T he s i z e i n by tes of the use r c ontex t.
86 10. 1. 3. 9 F D B_ S E ND _ D A TA T hi s r outi ne i s us e d to s e nd to the re que s tor a me ss a g e tha t ha s be e n bui l t w i th the fdb_s e t_* func ti ons. I f the s ta tus r e tur ne d i s a s uc c es s, the n at l e a s t the phone numbe r m ust ha v e be en se t.
87 m e c ha nis m : by des cr iptor fixe d le ng th s tr ing des c r ipto r T hi s i s the fi e l d na me . Thi s na me i s c ompar ed w i th the fi el d name the s e nder has e mbe dde d i n the doc ume nt an d if t h er e is a m at ch t h e fiel d value is in ser t ed in t h e do cum en t.
88 T hi s i s the me s s a g e obj e c t tha t w as pre v i ousl y al l oc ate d w i th f db_st a rt _ms g . nam e: phone num ber ty pe: char acter c oded text str ing acce s s : r ead only m e c ha nis m : by des cr iptor fixe d le ng th s tr ing des c r ipto r T he v a l ue of the phone numbe r for thi s da ta ba se re c ord.
89 n ame : mess a ge ty pe: uns ig ned lo ng access: wr it e on ly m e c h a n i s m : b y re f e re n c e O n su cc es s f u l c o m p let io n , t h is co n t ain s t h e m es s age o b je c t t h a t will b e p as s ed t o t h e o t h er f db_ f unc ti ons .
90 10. 2 T he C om puF ax C al l abl e Int erfac e 10. 2. 1 C allable C om m ands T h e Co m pu F ax co mm an d in t er f ace is avai lable as a sh areab le image t h at m ay b e cal led f r o m u ser- writ t en prog ra ms .
91 T he use r c ondi ti on handl e r ma y forc e the comm a nd proc e s s or to e x i t by modi fy i ng the se v er i ty of the fi rs t s t a t u s v alu e in t h e s ign al a r r ay t o b e SE V E R E a n d c allin g F A X_ CMD _ FO R C E _ E XI T b ef o r e it r e t u r n s.
92 Ca llin g Seq u e n ce: F A X _CM D _SE T_O U TP U T [ output_pr oc ] A rg ume nts nam e: o utput_pr oc ty pe: e ntr y m as k access: cal l m e c h a n i s m : b y re f e re n c e T h is r o u t in e w ill b e es t ab lish ed as t h e o u t p u t p ro ce d u r e f o r F AX_ CMD _ O U T P U T .
93 10. 2. 1. 7 Link ing Modules T h e u ser ap p l icatio n wo u l d li n k with a linker o p tio n s f ile sp ecify in g th e com man d pr o ces so r as a sh areab l e image.
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95 A ppendix A Re le a s e No t es A. 1 R el ease 3. 1. 00 C hanges 1. Co m p u F ax h as b een co n vert e d t o r u n Alp h a AXP in ad d it io n to VAX. F u n ct io n al ly Co m p u F a x is i de nti c a l on both s y ste ms, al thoug h each m ach i n e req u i res its o wn execu t able.
96 S ee FA X > H E L P FIL E _DIR E C TIV E POS ITIO N _C U R S OR 3. Fi l e B re a k up. M a ny us e rs ha v e s oftw a re tha t g e ner a tes l ar g e te x t fi l e s, s uc h a s f i na nc i a l re ports , w hi c h the n nee d to be brok en i nto s mal l e r uni ts a nd fa x e d to di ffe re nt des ti na ti ons.
97 A. 4 R el ease 2. 2. 00 C hanges D isk Space Lim itat io n . T h e n ew Cl as s 2 FAX m o d ems, wh ich Co mp uF ax n o w s upports , re qui re bi t ma pped fi l e s i n T 4 forma t. T he s e fi l es ca n ta k e up l a rg e am ounts of di s k sp ace and can q uickly f ill u p a d isk, if t h ey a re a l l ow e d to queue unc he ck e d.
98 2. The i ns ta l l proc e dure now as k s for the di s k to i nsta l l CompuF a x on. Thi s s houl d be a di s k tha t i s mounte d a nd a v a i l abl e dur i ng sy ste m st a rt up. 3. A j ourna l fi l e of a l l fa x e s se nt ma y now be g e ne ra te d by C ompuFa x .
99 A. 6 R el ease 1. 2. 04 C hanges 1. Th e / D EL ETE op t i on ma y no w be u s e d o n t he V M S PR INT c om m a nd w h e n i t i s us e d t o s e nd FA X e s . A new di re ct ory , FA X $ S C R ATC H i s use d as a hol di ng a re a for PR I N T e d fi l e s unti l the y ca n be s e nt.
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101 G lo ssar y access m eth od A w a y to g e t to a nd use C ompuFa x . A l pha-A X P A com pute r ty pe , bui l t by D i g i tal E qui pme nt C orpor a ti on, on w hi c h CompuF a x i s de si g ne d to run. S e e a l s o VAX. AS C I I A n a cr ony m for A me ri ca n S ta nda rd C ode for I nfor ma ti on I nter c hang e .
102 A fi l e tha t ha s be e n ma de sm a l l e r tha n a n unc ompre ss e d bi tma ppe d fi l e by counti ng g roups of bl a ck a nd w hi te dots a nd re pre se nti ng thos e wi th spe ci al s hort ha nd c odes , r a the r tha n stor i ng the i ndi v i dual dots.
103 fax An elec t ro n ically t r an sm it t e d f ac s im ile o f a d o c u m en t . A m ach in e t h at will t ra n sm it an d r eceive su ch doc ument s.
104 heade r line T he l i ne of te x t ri g ht a t the top of a fa x , w hi c h c onta i ns i de nti fy i ng i nfor ma ti on, s uc h a s da te a nd ti me of tra ns mi ss i on, s e nder 's f ax phone number , pa g e numbe r, e tc . HE L P T h e co m m and to t y p e w h en y o u n eed o nline as sist an ce.
105 null s tr ing A n abs enc e of t e x t w her e tex t ma y be e x pe c ted or re qui re d, us ua l l y i ndi ca te d by a pa i r of quota ti on ma rk s ( "") . ov er lay I n image t h at is p laced o ver an o th er image, su ch t hat t he t wo images mer ge in t o o n e.
106 r ecor d A col l e cti on of da ta el eme nts g roupe d tog e ther by s ome c ommona l i ty . re m o t e s e rv e r I n C ompuFa x , a prog ra m w hi ch s ends c omma nds a nd i nforma ti on a c r.
107 A f il e u s ed as a m o d el f o r creat i n g o th er files, s u ch as f o r t h e cr eat io n o f a co vers h eet . T h e p u r p os e o f a te mpl ate i s to si mpl i fy th e ta sk of c rea ti n g th e fi nal doc ument. te xt fi le See A S CI I fil e.
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109 Pl ea se f eel f r ee t o r ep o r t a ny o t h er d if f i cu lt ies en co un t er ed w it h t h i s p r o d uct t o: P roduct S uppor t M ana g er N e t w or k i ng D y nami cs Corporati on 101 .
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté NDC comm CompuFax c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du NDC comm CompuFax - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation NDC comm CompuFax, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le NDC comm CompuFax va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le NDC comm CompuFax, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du NDC comm CompuFax.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le NDC comm CompuFax. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei NDC comm CompuFax ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
