DP Tool Club 12/CD_ASCQ_12_0294.iso/vrac/makefax.zip/MAKEFAX.DOC

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Thank you for using MakeFax 1.0.  Makefax is a simple program
that I wrote to automatically handle the raw .fax files that
BinkleyTerm generates.

First off, Makefax is free and is therefore supplied as is
with no warranty whatsoever.  All I can say is that it works
for me and will occupy space on your hard disk.  If you like
Makefax please send me a postcard or just a quick netmail so
I can see people are using it which might encourage me to add
new features.

Here is how Makefax works.  When Binkley receives a fax it
seperates every page into a seperate file named pagexxxx.fax.
Makefax combines these files into one Zfax format fax file.
The files are stored in a subdirectory of your Binkley fax
directory which MUST be called receive.  For example, on my
system faxes are stored by Binkley in "c:\bt\fax" and the
processed fax files are stored in "c:\bt\fax\receive".  After
the fax is processed the raw .fax files are deleted.  The
Zfax format file is named MMDDYYYY.### where MM is the current
month, DD the day of the month, YYYY is the year, and ### is
the nth fax for the day.

I have included both a 32-bit DOS and 32-bit OS/2 2.x version
of Makefax.  I have also included a sample dofax.cmd and
dofax.bat file that is called from Binkley.  I use makemsg to
send myself a message whenever a fax arrives.  To keep things
simple Makefax assumes that all of its files and the .fax files
are in the current directory.

To install Makefax copy (unzip?) all of the makefax files into
the directory where Binkley places incoming faxes.  Modify the
.cmd or .bat file as appropriate so that the makefax .exe file
is run from the correct directory.  Create a subdirectory in
the Binkley incoming fax directory called "receive".  Have
Binkley call makefax or dofax whenever a new fax is received.
An incoming fax is easily detected by testing for an errorlevel
or checking for .fax files in the Binkley incoming fax directory.

If you find any bugs please contact me at the address bellow.
Also, if you have formats for other fax programs beside Zfax
send them to me and I might just add them into a future version
of Makefax.

Philip Polstra
Sysop the Hangar/2 BBS Fido 1:201/100 FlyNet 196:7050/2
BBS and FAX [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]
Snail Mail: PO Box 2, Otterbein, IN 47970-0002