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NE T W O R K I NG D Y NA M I C S C O R P O R A T I O N C om puF ax User M anual N e tw ork i ng D y na m ic s Corpor a tion 101 N o r t h G ar d en A ve n u e, Su i t e 220 C l ear wat er , F lo r i d a 33755 Phone 727.446.4511 • F ax 727.446.4252 www.
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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.
T able of C ont ent s PREF ACE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... IX O VE RVIEW ................................ ...
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 .
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