PROCOMM PLUS provides an external program called FAXSTAT.EXE that allows you to automatically monitor your fax modem, alerting you to incoming, outgoing, and received faxes. You can load this program automatically on Windows startup by setting PROCOMM PLUS' Answer mode to Fax or Fax & Data, and copying the FAXSTAT icon from your PROCOMM PLUS 2.0 group to your Windows Startup group.
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$_Features
For quick hints on what each Action Bar icon does, just place the pointer over the icon. A message on the Status line will display the function of that icon. Be sure to turn on "Icon labels" in the Setup menu.
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$_Support
Help is available in the DATASTORM Forum on CompuServe and on the DATASTORM BBS system. You can also call for technical support. Make sure you have registered your program electronically (it's toll-free!) or by sending the PROCOMM PLUS Registration Card. DATASTORM must have your registration on file in order to provide you with technical support.
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$_ConfigPortSettings
If you connect to another computer from the Terminal window without using the Dialing Directory, select the parity and data bits settings used by the host computer. In almost every case, you'll only need to switch between No parity, 8-data bits or Even parity, 7 data bits.
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$_Default
Do you find these hints useful? You can create your own custom set of hints by editing the HINTS.TXT file. Edit, add, and delete entries using a text editor, but make sure you respect the usage of the special characters! Corporate and MIS personnel will find this an easy way to help new users of PROCOMM PLUS get up to speed by providing hints specific to their jobs. You can even add or change the topic headings by editing the category list at the top of HINTS.TXT. See HINTS.DOC, available from the DATASTORM BBS, for details.
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$_UsingDirectory
Want to queue up multiple calls in your Dialing Directory? You can choose several entries in sequence by holding down your mouse button and moving the mouse up or down through the entry names. If the names are not next to each other, you can select them individually by clicking on each while holding down the CTRL key.
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$_Setups
You can create an empty Meta Key file from within the Editor facility, but often it's easier to select an existing file with a large number of similar keys -- this will become the "foundation" for the new file. You can then enter the Editor, make the necessary changes and use the Save As... command to save the edited file under a new name.
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$_ASPECT
If you'd like to automatically run a certain script each time you launch PROCOMM PLUS, simply name the script "STARTUP.WAS", compile it, and place it in your script directory. PROCOMM PLUS searches your script directory for a script with this "reserved" name and runs it each time you start the program. To continue this hint display (which is called by your existing STARTUP.WAX), see HINTS.DOC, available from the DATASTORM BBS.
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$_Features
You can change your terminal emulation quickly by clicking the current terminal name on the Quick Select line. This brings up a list of terminals. Just pick one and click!
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$_Advanced
Enable the Remote Commands feature to allow another computer to control yours using remote script commands. You can also set password access.
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$_UsingDirectory
Remember, if only a single entry is highlighted when you click on Edit Entry>> in the Dialing Directory, any changes you make while editing an entry affect only that entry! In order to make global changes across multiple entries, make sure all of the entries you want to edit are highlighted.
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$_ConfigPortSettings
You can specify a custom baud rate with an entry in the PW2.INI file. For additional information on the PW2.INI file, see Appendix E at the back of your user manual.
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$_Setups
PROCOMM PLUS supports "Distinctive Ring" messages in modems that provide that feature. Check your modem's user guide for more information. To use this feature, your phone company must offer this service and you must subscribe to it.
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$_Features
Clicking on your current connection on the Quick Select line brings up a list of available ports. Just choose one and click to select a new default instantly.
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$_Advanced
If your modem recognizes Caller ID (and your local phone company supports it), PROCOMM PLUS can recognize incoming calls and display the name or number of the calling party.
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$_ConfigPortSettings
If characters appear twice (lliikkee tthhiiss), set Duplex to Full. If you type something that should be displayed in the Terminal window and it doesn't appear, set Duplex to Half.
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$_ConfigKeyboard
To display the sequences and characters mapped to each key in each terminal emulation, just click on Help, Keyboard, "101 Key Terminal Keymaps" or "84 Key Terminal Keymaps".
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$_Default
If PROCOMM PLUS reports CRC errors on a high-speed connection with hardware flow control enabled, add the following to your PW2.INI file, under the [Options] line: DropRTSAroundDiskWrites=1. This forces PROCOMM PLUS to drop the RTS hardware flow control signal while writing data to disk, as in previous versions of the program. Without this option set to 1, PROCOMM PLUS does not drop the RTS signal, which improves the speed of file transfers.
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$_UsingDirectory
Group your Dialing Directory entries in any way you like. Select New Group... or Edit Group... from the Dialing Directory entry window.
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$_Support
If you're a member of the CompuServe Information Service, the DATASTORM forum is available round the clock. You can post a question to Technical Support and receive an answer within 24 hours. You'll also find many experienced users there ready to lend a hand. Finally, you'll find technical bulletins, program patches and extensions, example scripts, and third-party files there to enhance your use of the program. Simply type "GO DSTORM" at any CIS prompt.
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$_Display
The Window Colors dialog lets you change the color appearance of the Terminal workspace, scrollbar, and the Monitor Mode send and receive windows.
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$_ASPECT
The PROCOMM PLUS Host script turns your PC into a remote bulletin board system, or "BBS", which remote users can call. It even provides your callers fax back capability. You can modify the operation of Host mode any way you like by modifying the Host source file and recompiling a new .WAX executable script.
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$_ConfigPortSettings
Most on-line services expect full duplex; the GEnie on-line service, however, requires half duplex.
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$_Features
Clicking on your current line settings on the Quick Select line brings up a list of parity and data bit choices. Just choose one and click to select a new default.
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$_WorkingProtocols
If you've installed Dynamic Link Protocol (.DLP) modules in the PROCOMM PLUS home directory, these protocols will appear as selections in the Dialing Directory Protocol drop-down list box. For technical information on writing .DLP modules, please call the DATASTORM BBS.
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$_Setups
If you are unable to find a modem which supports the Distinctive Ring feature, call the DATASTORM BBS and download the file DISTRING.EXE. Then execute the file to unarchive a text list of modems which do support Distinctive Ring. To use this feature, your phone company must also offer this service and you must subscribe to it.
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$_Default
Network users: your connection throughput will vary depending on your network's current load. During periods of high traffic, the speed and responsiveness of your connection may drop, but performance should return to normal when the network is not as heavily loaded.
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$_UsingDirectory
Since the speed of any Windows operation depends largely on your serial card (or internal modem), baud rates above 19,200 will not work reliably without a 16550 UART. The UART is a chip that controls and buffers the data coming in through a serial port, and the 16550 version of this chip is especially designed for high-speed communications.
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$_WorkingProtocols
You can use the ASCII translation options to add or remove carriage returns and line feeds on uploaded and downloaded text files. This is especially handy if you need to convert a text file created on a computer with a different operating system.
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$_UsingTools
The PROCOMM PLUS GIF File Viewer is a convenient utility that lets you view CompuServe format graphics as you download them. The viewer may also be run as a standalone utility, even if you're not running PROCOMM PLUS. To access the viewer from within PROCOMM PLUS, click on the Tools menu and select GIF Viewer.
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$_Features
Click on the rightmost field(s) on the Quick Select line to select from a list of configurable display options. Just choose one and click to select a new default for that box.
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$_ConfigKeyboard
The Keyboard Editor allows you to redefine most of the keys that don't send a letter, numeral, or symbol from the "typewriter" keyboard -- this includes the function, cursor, and numeric keypad keys, as well as the six "gray" positioning keys found on the 101/102 extended keyboard.
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$_Advanced
You can assign WAV file sounds to important online events. You can use any valid WAV file from the default beep to clips of voice recordings you've made yourself. Note: each field has a "Browse..." button that lets you search directories on your hard drive for WAV files.
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$_Setups
PROCOMM PLUS saves any changes you've made in Setup when you click OK to return to the Terminal window; if you'd like to confirm these changes, enable the Prompt User for Setup Changes checkbox from the Advanced Options dialog.
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$_Features
You can quickly select a different transfer protocol by clicking the default on your Quick Select line. Just pick a new one from the pop-up list.
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$_UsingTools
Use the PROCOMM PLUS Action Bar Editor to choose the orientation for the Action Bar - along either side, the top or the bottom of the screen, or even "floating" in a separate window.
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$_Support
If you have questions or problems, try calling the DATASTORM BBS. You can post a question to Technical Support 24 hours per day, seven days a week and receive a response from a qualified technician Monday through Friday. You'll also find technical bulletins, program patches and extensions, sample scripts, and third-party files there to enhance your use of the program. The number is (314) 875-0503 with N81, full duplex line settings.
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$_ASPECT
If you're a member of the MCI Mail service, PROCOMM PLUS provides a Windows ASPECT script package, MCIMGR, that will greatly simplify your MCI Mail sessions.
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$_Features
Clicking on your current baud rate setting on the Quick Select line brings up a list of baud rates. Just choose one and click to select a new default.
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$_Setups
If you are using Caller ID, do not set "Rings to answer" equal to 1. It must be set to at least 2 to give the phone company time to send the Caller ID information before PROCOMM PLUS answers the call.
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$_UsingDirectory
Click on Statistics... to display connection statistics for the highlighted entry. PROCOMM PLUS displays a Statistics window including the date of the last successful connection, the total connect time, and total number of successful connections you've made to this system.
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$_Features
With a PROCOMM PLUS NetBIOS connection, you can access another PC acting as a NetBIOS server anywhere on your LAN as if it were attached to your local PC. NetBIOS functionality requires a network with NetBIOS capability - or, for those networks without NetBIOS capability, a NetBIOS emulator must be loaded and resident before you run Windows (Win 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups only).
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$_UsingTools
Use the PROCOMM PLUS Fax Cover Sheet Editor to create original fax cover sheets that include your company name and logo. You can edit, rearrange, and modify any of the fax cover sheet templates supplied with PROCOMM PLUS. If you've ever used a Windows drawing program, you'll find the editor easy to use.
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$_WorkingModem
You can install a new modem by clicking the Install New Modem or Connection button. Use this dialog to quickly update an existing modem/port combination or to install either a new modem or COM port setup.
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$_Advanced
If you need to send your modem an extra dial command to reach an outside line each time you use a particular connection, add it to the end of the tone dial prefix. If you use the same outside line sequence for all of your connections, set it as part of your Dialing Options.
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$_UsingDirectory
If you need to make a single call to a host system that's not in your Dialing Directory, click on Manual Dial. PROCOMM PLUS will prompt you for the number to call. This number is dialed until a connection is made, the specified number of attempts is exceeded or you cancel dialing. This is a convenient method of quickly calling a system without building a new Dialing Directory entry.
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$_WorkingFax
You can create a file to be faxed (with a ".FAX" extension) within PROCOMM PLUS. You can also send a fax directly from another Windows application by "printing" the document to your fax/modem.
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$_ConfigMouse
You can send characters and words from the Terminal display to the COM port (with or without an ending carriage return), to the Windows Clipboard, the File Clipboard, a capture file, a disk file, or the system printer, or you can insert them in an email message (using a MAPI-compatible email system).
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$_Setups
You can create files containing custom settings for many of the option groups you access through the Setup dialog - they're called "Option Sets". You might want to set up specialized Terminal Options, for example, and save them under a unique name that you can use with one or more of your Dialing Directory entries.
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$_WorkingFax
To set PROCOMM PLUS to answer all incoming calls in fax mode, select Auto Answer from the Setup menu and click on Fax. If your modem supports Adaptive Answer or Distinctive Ring, you may also be able to receive data calls.
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$_Features
To use the NCSI/NASI support in PROCOMM PLUS, you'll need an installed Asynchronous Communications Server on your network. This can be ACS2 from Network Products Corporation, NACS from Novell, Inc., or a NCSI/NASI compatible ACS. You'll also need to load the NCSI or NASI resident program before starting Windows (Win 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups only).
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$_UsingDirectory
Long distance Phone Card calls are easy. Just enter your phone card information in the Phone Card setup window, then edit appropriate directory entries to use the phone card when you dial.
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$_WorkingProtocols
It is very important that you enable Line Translation only when receiving ASCII text files with the KERMIT protocol! PROCOMM PLUS will also add carriage returns to binary files, which will likely corrupt any binary (program, spreadsheet, or word processor) file you receive.
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$_ConfigMouse
From Setup, Left Mouse Button, you can choose what character(s) PROCOMM PLUS sends as the end of line character when you click and drag the left mouse button to highlight characters in the Terminal Window. You also can select a "paste prefix" option, which automatically inserts a string in front of the characters you're sending out the port.
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$_WorkingFax
To create a new cover sheet, click on the File menu and select New. To load an existing cover sheet (ending with the .CVR extension), select File, Open and choose a filename from the files list box.
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$_ConfigKeyboard
PROCOMM PLUS offers 40 Meta Keys you can use on-line from the Terminal window; with these keys, you can send a text string, run a script, or execute another Windows application or DOS program. You can access the Meta Key Editor from the Setup or Tools menu options. From the Setup menu, click on Extended Menu, then click on Setup Files.
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$_UsingTools
You can view a received fax directly from PROCOMM PLUS with the Fax Viewer utility, which allows you to "zoom in" on a portion of the fax page, flip or reverse the image, and change the scaling factor. Of course, you can print received faxes from the Fax Viewer as well.
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$_UsingDirectory
Are your Dialing Directories getting so large it's hard to find a particular entry? Just click on Search... to locate all the entries that contain specific strings in the Name:, Company:, Area Code: or Country Code: fields.
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$_WorkingModem
You can use the "Install New Fax Modem" button to quickly update an existing modem/port combination or to install either a new fax modem or COM port setup.
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$_ConfigMouse
The "Paste Prefix" option (Setup, Left Mouse Button) is useful when quoting text from a previous on-line session. It lets you insert prefix characters before each line of text, such as ">>".
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$_Display
To select a font from the Setup window (under Terminal Fonts), click on the font name or enter the name in the text entry box. To select a font size, click on the desired number in the Size list - all sizes are in points. Click the OK button when the settings are correct to accept them; PROCOMM PLUS will load the font when you return to the Terminal window.
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$_UsingTools
The PROCOMM PLUS Scheduler is a convenient utility that can run any DOS or Windows application - including PROCOMM PLUS itself - at the date and time you specify, or at a certain regular frequency. You can add any command line arguments available for the program as well, allowing you to modify its operation just as if you had typed in the command yourself. Scheduler also features built-in support for CISMGR, MCIMGR, and other ASPECT programs.
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$_WorkingProtocols
Using the "Seconds until download time-out" in ASCII Options, you can set the number of seconds PROCOMM PLUS will wait between received characters during an ASCII download. If the connection remains idle for this number of seconds (PROCOMM PLUS hasn't received any characters), the transfer will automatically end and the file will be saved to disk. This option is especially helpful if you're performing unattended downloads of ASCII files; since most host systems pause at a command prompt after transferring a file, PROCOMM PLUS will automatically end the download by itself!
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$_ConfigPortSettings
If you're using a high-speed or error-correcting modem, you'll probably need to use hardware flow control. PROCOMM PLUS will set this value automatically when a modem that requires it is installed.
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$_ConfigMouse
From Setup, Right Mouse Button Options, you can choose whether to control cursor positioning or terminal menu pop-up actions using the right mouse button.
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$_ASPECT
If you're a member of the CompuServe Information Service, PROCOMM PLUS provides a Windows ASPECT script package, CISMGR, that will greatly simplify your CompuServe sessions.
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$_Support
If you call DATASTORM for technical support, it's best to be at your computer with the program loaded. And be sure to have your program's serial number handy when you call. You can find it in the "About PROCOMM PLUS..." information box, which can be found under the Help menu in the Terminal window.
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$_Features
PROCOMM PLUS supports Interrupt 14 and EBIOS redirection, providing compatibility with systems and devices (such as network communications servers) that use those drivers to communicate. Be sure you have installed the correct Int 14 or EBIOS redirector before loading PROCOMM PLUS (Win 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups only).
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$_UsingTools
PROCOMM PLUS includes a stand-alone text editor, PWEDIT.EXE, which was designed with the Windows ASPECT programmer in mind. It offers a number of powerful functions that help you create and modify scripts, including auto-indenting, context-sensitive help, and direct access to the Dialog Editor and the User Window Editor. You can even compile Windows ASPECT scripts from the editor!
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$_WorkingFax
PROCOMM PLUS supports the Windows 3.1 "drag and drop" standard; simply select the documents you want to send from the File Manager and drag them to the Fax Status dialog or the FaxStat icon. You can also drag and drop files from the File Manager to the Terminal window, which automatically initiates a file transfer.
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$_WorkingProtocols
The EBCDIC character set is used exclusively by IBM mainframes, and a "text" file you download from the mainframe will contain these characters. By enabling the IND$FILE ASCII Translate option, the EBCDIC characters are converted to ASCII during downloads; during uploads, the mainframe converts the ASCII characters to EBCDIC. Note: Do not enable ASCII translation if you'll be transferring binary files! The translation will modify the data, making it unusable.
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$_ASPECT
Most script applications are quite straightforward. For example, scripts that automate log-ons or file transfers are usually simple sets of keystrokes that are repeated each session. For these repetitive procedures, use Record mode to save each prompt from the host system and each keystroke you type as script commands in a Windows ASPECT source file. Once the file has been compiled, you can use it to perform that same procedure automatically!
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$_Support
If you haven't been able to solve a problem by searching the program's Help system, look for a solution in your user's manual in the appendix titled "Common Questions".
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$_ConfigKeyboard
To display the Keyboard editor dialog, select the Keyboard Editor item from the Tools menu. PROCOMM PLUS displays the Keyboard Editor facility with the Keymap file for your current emulation already loaded.
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$_UsingTools
Use the PROCOMM PLUS Action Bar Editor to specify the number of buttons on the bar, customize each button to perform almost any program function, or choose an icon image for each button.
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$_WorkingModem
The configuration of modems and COM ports can be very confusing, especially when you use more than one modem. PROCOMM PLUS simplifies this process with the Setup Modem/Connection dialog, which works much like the familiar Windows Printer Setup.
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$_Support
Make sure you have registered your copy of PROCOMM PLUS in order to receive technical support services and announcements of new products, upgrades, and special offers.
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$_UsingDirectory
You can import names, phone numbers, and other directory information from Winfax Pro, WinComm, Telix, QMODEM, HyperAccess, and USBBS by selecting File, Import from the Dialing Directory window.
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$_Features
Do you "chat" real-time with others by computer? Select the Chat Mode script from the Script File list box for a handy split screen displaying outgoing and incoming characters in different locations.
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$_UsingTools
Not all keyboards are created equal! PROCOMM PLUS lets you remap (or "redefine") most of the keys to transmit different codes, which changes the effect of the keystroke. You can create specialized keyboard "templates" for different terminal emulations and applications on the host, or simply redefine a few keys to match your personal preference.
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$_WorkingFax
If you know an incoming call is from a fax machine, you can instruct PROCOMM PLUS to answer the call and receive the fax. Select Answer Fax Now from the Fax menu. You can also answer a fax call from the Fax Status dialog Receive menu.
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$_ASPECT
You can run a script in three ways inside PROCOMM PLUS. From the menu, select the Run command; PROCOMM PLUS displays the standard file selection dialog box with an extension of .WAX. From the Action Bar, click on the drop-down list box titled "Script name", and PROCOMM PLUS will display all compiled scripts in the default script directory you've specified in the Setup window Options... Paths dialog. Click on the script name you wish to run. In the Dialing Directory, you can automatically execute a compiled script each time you call an entry by specifying it in the entry's Script field.
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$_WorkingModem
The "Choosing Answer Options" dialog provides a variety of answer options, including settings for Distinctive Ring Action and Call Waiting. You can set up Distinctive Ring options for data transmissions only, fax only, or both data and fax. Additionally, you can specify Windows ASPECT scripts to be activated by any of four distinctive ring options.
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$_UsingDirectory
Want to export your Dialing Directory entries to an external database? Choose File, Export from the Dialing Directory window. You can export the fields in any order, using any field delimiter. You can even export fields directly to Clipboard.
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$_Features
Curious to see all the characters you're receiving? The Monitor window gives you just that. Available from the Online menu option, you can view escape sequences and other non-printing characters in addition to your normal screen display. It's especially handy for debugging unexpected display problems.
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$_WorkingProtocols
If you're calling a PC or a PC-based bulletin board and you're using KERMIT, the default values should provide the fastest and most efficient transfers; we recommend that you do not change the KERMIT protocol default values unless modification is absolutely required.
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$_UsingTools
Customize your Action Bar! Using the Action Bar Editor, you can custom-configure up to five action bars and place them along all four sides of the terminal window, plus one floating action bar. Virtually any of the commands in PROCOMM PLUS can be added to a toolbar, so you can create point-and-click access to your most frequently used tasks.
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$_ASPECT
By running the Login script, you can quickly automate your access to favorite online systems, including 21 of the most popular online services and mail systems, PROCOMM PLUS Host, and the DATASTORM BBS.
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$_Display
By employing one of the selection methods in Terminal Colors, you can quickly change the foreground color, background color, and attribute display of one or several display attributes.
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$_Features
While you're online, the Scrollback Buffer is always active, keeping track of the screen pages that have scrolled off the Terminal Display. The number of pages you can access is determined by the value you set in the Setup Options, General Options dialog. This can be as many as 1300 pages (depending on available memory); the default is 100. Use the scrollbar at the right edge of the Terminal window to move back through the pages.
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$_WorkingProtocols
KERMIT is typically used for file transfers with mini- and mainframe systems, and there are many different revisions of KERMIT for most computers. To determine the values to use in the KERMIT dialog, consult the system administrator for the system you'll be calling.
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$_UsingDirectory
In addition to grouping Dialing Directory entries, you can sort them too, by name, area code, company, baud rate, date last called, and total number of calls.
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$_WorkingFax
The PROCOMM PLUS "polling" list allows fax callers to automatically receive fax documents and binary files from your PC. The polling process is automatically negotiated between the two machines; if polling is allowed, the caller can request that all fax documents you've designated in your list be sent. You can specify whether fax documents you receive are automatically added to the polling list. PROCOMM PLUS will automatically remove those files from the Poll list after transmission if you choose.
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$_ConfigMouse
The Mouse Button Action drop-down list box lets you choose to send a word or character (with or without a carriage return) when you double click the left mouse button in the Terminal window.
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$_UsingTools
Meta Keys are powerful tools for speeding up your work. The Meta Key editor allows you to map actions to a special set of buttons which you can invoke by clicking or pressing ALT plus a number. You can send text, with or without echoing it, run a script or external program, send a terminal function sequence or execute any menu command. And you can easily transmit unprintable characters with Meta Keys, using decimal or hex codes.
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$_Default
How do you restart these hints once you've turned them off? Select "hints" from the Script File drop list and enable the "Display at startup" option. Note that if you have created and compiled your own STARTUP.WAS file, this option will be grayed; in this case, you can modify your STARTUP to reactivate the hints script.
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$_Features
File Playback is a convenient way to replay a session you've captured from the PROCOMM PLUS Terminal window. You can adjust the speed of a playback, too, from the Setup, Advanced Options window.
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$_UsingDirectory
You can print out your Dialing Directory entries, choosing any of 33 fields to print in any order you choose.
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$_WorkingFax
After you have received a fax, you can view or print it from the default Action Bar (click on the Received Faxes button) or by selecting Received Faxes... from the Fax menu.
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$_ConfigMouse
Click your right mouse button to display a pop-up menu with up to ten menu selections. Alternately, you can set it to "Dbl Click Positions Cursor". Your right mouse button then sends cursor control codes to the host system to move the terminal cursor to the character position under the mouse pointer. Note that if there are tabs in the text, the cursor might not position properly the first time you double click - simply continue to double click until the cursor moves to the desired point.
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$_Features
Do you need to communicate through a network communications server? PROCOMM PLUS includes support for four major network transports, including NCSI/NASI, NetBIOS, Int 14, and EBIOS.
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$_Display
Do you want to display more or less text during online sessions? You can tell PROCOMM PLUS how many rows and columns you prefer your Terminal window to display, from the Terminal Options window.
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$_Support
In addition to the DATASTORM BBS and the DATASTORM forum on the CompuServe Information Service, you can contact us for technical support via fax and receive a response via fax during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. Make sure you include as much information as possible about the problem you are experiencing, your serial number and your return fax number. The Technical Support fax number is (314) 499-1552 and will accept faxes at up to 14,400 bps, 24 hours per day.
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$_UsingDirectory
Need to import names and phone numbers from an external database into your Dialing Directory? Choose File, Import, Generic from the Dialing Directory window. The database fields can be in any order, and you can use any field delimiter. There's no need to export Windows databases to text files, either; you can import directly from Clipboard.
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$_Default
If you connect to a host computer that sends remote print commands, you may occasionally need to prevent the host from sending those codes (e.g., when your printer is offline). Just disable host printing from the Terminal Options window.
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$_Advanced
The Long Filename support in the File Clipboard allows the File Clipboard to recognize long filenames, such as those used in Windows NT or OS/2. If checked, the File Clipboard will recognize filenames like TEST1.WORD.DOC.FREDG as valid.
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$_Setups
For fast access to the setup screen for any option on the Quick Select line, just position your cursor on the option and click your right mouse button.
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$_Features
The Doorway Mode command allows those using a remote PC host "doorway" program to send the actual key codes generated by the keyboard. While Doorway Mode is enabled, PROCOMM PLUS will not recognize Alt-key sequences you type (it sends them out the COM port instead), so you'll have to use the mouse to control the program.
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$_WorkingFax
Click on MemoFax from the Fax menu to send a simple memo fax document. MemoFaxes are convenient for quick messages, and you can import ASCII text into a MemoFax.
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$_UsingDirectory
You can associate each of your Dialing Directory entries with its own capture file, script, protocol, and terminal emulation. You can also capture information and start a script automatically upon connection for each entry.
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$_Features
MAPI-compatible mail users: you can send information by email with the Edit, Screen To or Scrollback Buffer To options; by marking text and clicking the left mouse button; with the Receive or Schedule Faxes option; and from the CISMGR and MCIMGR scripts.
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$_ASPECT
When compiling ASPECT scripts, select Compiler Options to specify error message levels, compile for debug, create a map file, specify the number of errors before aborting the compile, and add any other compile options or macro definitions you need.
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$_UsingDirectory
Traveling with your PC? If you plan to be online while outside your normal area code, use the Dialing Directory's Dialing Options... Adjust button. PROCOMM PLUS will automatically adjust your directory entries, adding area codes to your local calls, and removing the area code prefixes from entries in your new location. Switching back is just as easy, and next time you travel, PROCOMM PLUS remembers the changes you'll need.
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$_Features
Need to change your modem speaker volume on the fly? Just enter the volume commands for your modem (usually "ATL" plus some number) in the Advanced Modem Commands window. Then select Modem Speaker Volume... from the Setup menu to change it.
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$_UsingDirectory
Dialing Codes allow you to preface or follow a phone number with additional modem commands - handy if you need to add phone system access codes to dial a particular number.
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$_Advanced
Using WAV files for online sounds can make an online session more entertaining and informative, but long WAV files can abort a file transfer or cause loss of characters in the Terminal window - especially when played using the PC speaker driver instead of a sound card.
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$_WorkingFax
You can schedule faxes to be sent at any time and date. If you choose, you can delay scheduled faxes and then release them for transmission at your convenience.
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$_Features
Call Waiting is a great convenience, but it can disrupt your online sessions. If your phone company supports the option, you can turn off Call Waiting for the duration of your modem call. Just enter the proper commands in the Disable Call Waiting section of the Advanced Modem Commands window.
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$_Setups
Do you need a custom baud rate? Edit the PW2.INI file, under [Options], and add "BaudRate=14400" or whatever baud rate you wish. This replaces the 110 baud setting throughout PROCOMM PLUS with the specified value. The new baud rate is limited to values of 32000 or less. Note that for some PCs, this figure could be rounded to the nearest even divisor or rejected entirely. The new baud rate will appear within Setup, the Quick Select Line and the Dialing Directory.
