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- Documentation for MAKEFAX, version 1.60
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- MAKEFAX is Copyright (C) 1993-1996 B.J. Guillot. All Rights Reserved.
-
- MAKEFAX is designed for use with the BGFAX shareware fax receiving/sending
- program for DOS and OS/2. http://www.blkbox.com/~bgfax/
-
-
- Description
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- MAKEFAX.EXE (DOS version) and MAKEFAX2.EXE (OS/2 version) will convert
- ASCII text files, PCX files, or DCX files into FAX image format so that
- BGFAX /SEND mode is able to send the information.
-
- MAKEFAX will not run without the font file, BGFAX.FNT. If the BGFAX
- environment variable ("BGFAX") is set, the font file will be looked for
- in that directory. Otherwise, MAKEFAX will search the current directory.
-
- MAKEFAX will handle form feeds (Ctrl-L, ASCII-12) in ASCII files, causing
- a page break to occur, just as in a printer.
-
- Usage
- ~~~~~
-
- MAKEFAX file1[+file2[+file3[+...fileN]...]]] outfile.fax [switches]
- MAKEFAX @filelist outfile.fax [switches]
-
- ************
- * Switches *
- ************
-
- /80 use 80-column mode when converting ASCII files
-
- /100 use 100-column mode (this is the default)
-
- /132 use 132-column mode when converting ASCII files
-
- /SP SHORT PAGES--the fax will end at the last line of text rather
- than padding it out to a full length fax--saves thermal paper
-
- /PL:nn PAGE LENGTH--in number of text lines on a piece of paper.
- The default is /PL:66 for US-sized paper. I do not know
- what the A4 is, but I would guess you need /PL:70
-
- /HR force MAKEFAX to make HIGH-RESOLUTION faxes
-
- /LR force MAKEFAX to make LOW-RESOLUTION faxes (this is the
- default for ASCII files, but sometimes PCX graphics are
- made for low-resoultion)
-
- /F0 Uses "computer looking" (jagged-edge) font rather than
- nice font when converting ASCII files. See FNTEDIT.EXE
- (font editor) for a view of the fonts. I can think of
- no need for using this unless you are just curious.
-
- /PID:nnn ProcessID number. Useful if you are running multiple copies
- of MAKEFAX in a multitasking environment. The nnn will be
- used when creating any needed temporary files so that there
- is no kind of sharing violation. (See BGFAX.DOC for more
- details on this. This switch is not needed unless more than
- one copy of MAKEFAX is running on the computer at once.)
-
- /2D DO NOT USE, for testing purposes only
-
- EXAMPLES
- ~~~~~~~~
- (a) MAKEFAX hello.txt hello.fax /sp
- The ASCII text file HELLO.TXT is converted into HELLO.FAX (100-cols),
- but short pages to save thermal fax paper on the remote machine.
-
- (b) MAKEFAX coverpg.txt+hello.txt output.fax /80
- COVERPG.TXT is the first page, HELLO.TXT is the rest, and they
- are converted into the file OUTPUT.FAX (80-columns)
-
- (c) MAKEFAX coverpg.txt+bodymsg.txt+lastpage.txt out.fax /132 /hr
- Same as above, except three ASCII files used
- Use 132-columns and high resolution!
-
- (d) MAKEFAX cover.PCX+porder.txt+thankyou.pcx sendme.fax /132
- This time, the first page is a graphics file rather than ASCII.
-
- (e) MAKEFAX @list.dat output.fax /80
- The file "LIST.DAT" is used to determine which files are to be
- sent. Each line of the LIST.DAT file represents a SINGLE filename.
- Only one file is listed per line. Each line is terminated with a
- standard <CR><LF> (regular ASCII file). Example LIST.DAT:
- cover.pcx
- porder.dcx
- c:\bgfax\premade\thankyou.txt
-
- Additional notes
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- At present, there is no way to mix text and graphics easily onto the same
- page with MAKEFAX. If you need to do this, look at the public domain
- program "2FAX163.ZIP" available off my BBS and web page. It allows you
- to mix multiple fonts, text, graphics, etc. Very nice utility and comes
- with C source code. MAKEFAX is suiting for most jobs, but if you need
- to add some spice to your outgoing faxes, grab 2FAX. It was designed
- specifically for use with BGFAX.
-
- Regards,
- B.J. Guillot
-
-