This toggle gadget allows the user to toggle between Fine (200 DPI) and Standard (100 DPI) vertical resolution, when creating AFax files. Standard resolution takes half the space, and half the time to transmit, of Fine mode, but Fine looks MUCH nicer !!
This is the intended recipient of the Fax. It may be just a phone number, or it may be an alias. When you enter a string and press return, if the first character is a digit it will be treated as a number, otherwise it will be checked for aliases. If no aliases are found, the string is removed, otherwise the number of aliases found is shown. Refer to section
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for more information on aliases.
This is picked up from the LocalID field in your Config file, if present. You may override this value. It is a 20 character string sent to the remote Fax to identify you as the sender, usually your phone number for return faxes.
This is the name of the fax source document, usually an AmigaFax command (.FCOM) file, although plain text or ILBM files may also be used. If you press return with an empty string, and ARP is installed, a requester will prompt you for a filename.
This is the name for the actual fax file. The system will usually pick a name for you, but you may wish to override it. Note that the AFAX file name will be reserved, but not actually created, until time to send the Fax. You may force creation with the "Make" gadget if you wish to test that it is created correctly. If a document is to be faxed to multiple recipients, only one copy of the AFAX file will be made. It is automatically deleted when all recipients have been reached.
The maximum number of times to try to get a fax through to a specific recipient if problems are encountered, such as remote phone being engaged. Defaults to three.
The Fax will not be sent until after this time. An empty field means send at any time. Fill in as hh:mm, (24 hour format) then press return. The system will interpret the time, and display the result. Time can only be in the future, past time is rounded up by a day.
Create a new Fax document, and edit it using your configuration editor. The file pointed to by the configuration entry "Template" will be used as a fax pro-forma. The system will pick a default document name for you, which you may keep or override.
Edit a Fax document, using your configuration editor. Note that you may set both a text and a graphic editor in your config file.
The system will attempt to build an AFAX file from your source document. This is not necessary when sending faxes, but does allow you to check whether the document will appear as you wish.
Invokes the AFAX viewer program, so you can preview the completed document.
Your facsimile document will be queued for sending to the appropriate recipients. If the fax-spooler is not running, you will be asked if you wish to start it.
This gadget will bring up the queue check window, to monitor the progress of outgoing Faxes. From here it is possible to requeue Faxes that have exceeded their error allowance, and to remove the spool files for faxes that have been successfully sent, or that are still queued for transmission.