License Agreement Allfax is NOT Freeware, Allfax is Shareware. You are free to use Allfax for a period of 30 days for evaluation purposes. After 30 days you must quit using Allfax and remove it from your system, or register the program. Registering Allfax allows the licensee, use of the program for a single site; however, it may be used for multiple nodes at the licensed site. Additional sites require a separate license. Registration of Allfax is a onetime registration. You will be able to use all updated versions and new releases with your current registration code. Additionally, by registering Allfax you will receive, not only technical support, but either a Fax notifying you of a new release, and where possible, (within the continetal United States a copy of the new release via direct net mail. Suggestions for improvements may be sent via net mail or fax. Those suggestions received from registered users will be given first consideration. Overview Allfax is a support utility for use with BGFAX by B.J. Guillot. BGFAX is the property of those stated in the BGFAX documents. BGFAX allows Sysops of bulletin board systems to receive both data and fax calls. Allfax is intended to be a bridge or interface with BGFAX which allows the user to view, create, move, and send faxes from a menu system rather then having to use command line parameters. Disclaimer ALLFAX and accompanying files are provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or implied. This includes without limitation the fitfulness for a particular purpose or application and any warranties of merchantability. In short, use at your own risk. While I tried to be as through as possible in preparing ALLFAX, Douglas Durrett or Bernard Wilmes shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential arising from a failure of this program or accompanying files to operate in a manner desired by the user. Douglas Durrett or Bernard Wilmes shall not be liable for any damage to data, hardware, or property which may by caused directly or indirectly by use of this program. In no event will Douglas Durrett or Bernard Wilmes be liable to you for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or incidental or consequential damages arising out of your use or inability to use the program, or for any claim by any other party. Individuals using the software bear all risk as to its quality and performance. OBTAINING THE LATEST VERSION OF ALLFAX You can obtain the latest version of AllFax from either of the bulletin boards listed below. File request the file name ALLFAX.ZIP or use the magic name AFAX. Steaming Desert bbs Fido: 1:100/615 The Sleep Robber bbs Fido: 1:114/264 INSTALLATION Allfax has been created and tested on systems using Remote Access and Front Door. Therefor, we will assume for the purpose of this proceedure, that you are setting up Allfax on the same type of system. If you are not, you may have to make some adjustments depending on your software. We would like to know about any configuration changes you needed to make under your current set up. Moreover, we are assuming that you have BGFAX installed and running, therefore we will not go into the process of setting up BGFAX. For information on configuring BGFAX consult the file BGFAX.DOC which came with your BGFAX program. Place the contents of ALLFAX.ZIP in the directory where your BGFAX program resides. To set up the .CFG file you can do either of the following. 1. Start Allfax at the command line with the configeration switch. IE: ALLFAX /C, or start the program by just typing the command ALLFAX. If you use the latter you will have to use the pull down menu labeled "setup". This is located at the top of the main menu. 2. Fill in the information in each of the configuration boxes. A. Where BGFAX is located. The full path to your BGFAX program without a trailing back slash. C:\RA\BGFAX B. Directory to move Faxes too. The full path to the directory that you would like your faxes moved to, without a trailing back slash. C:\RA\BGFAX\BGFAXIN C. Extension of Received Faxes. This can either be QFX or FAX. Do not include the "." in the file extension. D. Extension of moved faxes. This should be FXS with out the "." before the file extension. E. Sysop name. This must be exactly the same as you put on your registration application. F. Registration Number if you have one, otherwise leave the default setting. G. Video mode. In most cases this would be VGA USING ALLFAX There is two ways that the sysop can use allfax. At the command line just type ALLFAX or ALLFAX /P The /P switch tells Allfax to look for any un-processed, incoming faxes moves them to your fax in directory and finally processes them for viewing. If you include the ALLFAX /P command in your batch file that processes your incoming net/echo mail, all faxes will be proccessed at that time. MENU OPTIONS MAIN MENU You have 5 options on the main menu. VIEW/SEND FAXES, MAKE NEW FAX, ABOUT, PROCESS NEW FAXES, AND EXIT. For the most part, all menu options are self explanitory; therefor, I will only comment on the one option called VIEW/SEND FAXES. This option is your entry not only to viewing faxes, but also provides access to the send faxe sub-menu. To return from any of the sub-menus just choose the CANCEL button VIEW/SEND MENU The VIEW/SEND menu has 5 menu options and a user selection box. VIEW CURRENT FAX, SEND FAX, MAKE PCK, DELETE FAX, AND CANCEL VIEW CURRENT FAX allows you to view any one of the faxes listed in the user selection box on the left. If you do not have a fax selected you will receive a "No Fax Selected" error message. Simply, click on the fax you wish to use then click on the "view current fax" button to display the selected fax. SEND FAX provides access to the send fax menu. MAKE PCX makes a .PCX graphic file of your fax. This allows your fax to be imported into programs like Paint, Wordperfect, MS-Word etc. as a graphic image. With some deskjet printers this is the only why that you can print your faxes. DELETE FAX Simple enough. Highlight the fax you wish to delete then click on the "delete button" CANCEL Return to the previous menu. SEND FAX MENU The "send fax" menu contains 3 buttons SEND, CANCEL, and ADD TO PHONEBOOK. Additionally, 2 selection windows and 2 data entry windows are offered. FAX FILES is for selecting the fax you wish to send. PHONE BOOK is for storage of names and phone numbers that you fax most often. NOTE: The current release v1.10 will not allow you to delete a phone number. This will be an option in future releases. NAME Enter the name of the person or company you wish to send a fax to. ENTER PHONE NUMBER Enter the phone number of the person or company you wish to send a fax to. Press the "Add to Phonebook" button and this number and name will be stored for future use. MAKE FAX MENU The make fax menu is pretty much self explanatory. Select the file you wish to convert to a fax and select the MAKE FAX button.