Changes between BGFAX 1.50 and BGFAX 1.47 THU 17 AUG 95 ========================================= ============= NOTE: If you receive faxes in a directory other than your BGFAX directory, you must move FAXIN.LOG into the directory where all the faxes are received before installing 1.47 Beta!!! MAKEFAX.EXE show now properly handle page breaks (Ctrl-L) when converting ASCII files to FAX. New Features in VIEW.EXE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. VIEW supports XMS memory now! 2. VIEW can now view TIFF Class F (Faxworks, Word Perfect, QLII *.REC, etc) files, as well as 2-color PCX and DCX files. 3. Some new magnification factors have been added. Use Alt-S to cycle through the scales when viewing a fax. BGFAX starts in full mode (no on-screen compression) Alt-S once, makes the image 1/3 width Alt-S twice, makes the image 1/3 width "bold" Alt-S thrice, makes the image 1/2 width Alt-S 4 times, makes the image 1/2 width "bold" Alt-S 5 times, cycles back to the original full mode (no width compress) The "bold" is just a different algorithm for the on screen compression, which sometimes makes it easier to read, other times, it makes it harder to read. (That's why I leave both options in VIEW.) 4. When you are viewing the fax, if you want to print a particular page rather than the whole fax, simply press Ctrl-Enter to print the page you are currently viewing! 5. VIEW would detect the video adapter on startup, and on many systems would identity it as "SVGA" (800x600), but would fail to display images. Since I have not yet been able to debug this, I am now making VIEW only auto detect up to VGA adapters. To use 800x600 mode, use /SVGA on the VIEW command line. To use 1024x768, use /1024. New VIEW.EXE command line switches... /P39 Use PCL (laser printer) 150x150 dpi mode. Useful with laser printers with small (512K) memory, and for people who want super-fast printing. (/P40 PCL mode is 300x300 dpi). Only 1/4 the amount of data sent in /P40 mode is sent in /P39 mode. /DCX VIEW filename.fax /DCX will convert the fax to a multipage DCX file. DCX is nothing but a black-and-white multipage PCX file. See the BGFAX.DOC for a quick description of the DCX format. Also, at the VIEW main menu is available for FAX->DCX. /HS When VIEW creates PCX or DCX files, it will "half size" them so that they are only 864 pixels wide (similar to the way Quick Link II performs FAX->PCX) instead of the normal 1728 pixels wide. /LP Select legal paper size during printout (Ex: VIEW /P40:LPT2 /LP) Only valid if using laser printers (/P39 or /P40 mode) /A4 Select A4 paper size during printout (Ex: VIEW /P40 /A4) Only valid if using laser printers (/P39 or /P40 mode) /NF If you are using the NFAX.COM TSR program, if you place the /NF switch on the VIEW.EXE command line, if any "FAX" message appears on the screen, it will turn it off. (Same as FAXOFF.COM program.) New Features in BGFAX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Improved Class 1 performance. (BGFAX now follows the timing specs in T.30 better.) 2. Improved BGFAX/2 screen write speed significantly. Fixed a bug in BGFAX/2 /HOST mode which caused Maximus/2 users problems when downloading files. 3. In /HOST mode, if a non-error correcting call came in, the "%4" variable in the DOBBS.BAT file was not being set to anything. Now, non-EC calls will have that variable set to "N/A". I think this is the way FD and IM do it. Let me know if this is wrong. Note: You _might_ have to adjust your FBBS.BAT files regarding this, depending upon BBS software. 4. A new BGFAX.CNF entry for /HOST mode... Example: vm=CONNECT VOICE If the "CONNECT VOICE" string is encountered, BGFAX will exit with an errorlevel of 8. You can also use this will distingtive ringing modems, i.e., vm=RING B to have BGFAX exit with errorlevel 8 if it encounters the second RING cadence pattern (must have a distingtive ringing modem and feature from the phone company, as well as some kind of voicemail application that supports a "hot" port.) 5. If you are using a ZyXEL 2864I (ISDN) and want to /SEND faxes, you will need to put a "ss=AT&O0" in your BGFAX.CNF file. That will tell BGFAX to send using the Fax/Modem DTE channel instead of the ISDN DTE channel. New BGFAX.EXE command line switches... /SP:nn Tells BGFAX to start sending pages from page number nn. Example: BGFAX /SEND OUTPUT.FAX 555-1212 /SP:14 Tells BGFAX to send the OUTPUT.FAX file, starting at page #14. /C2 For modems such as the ZyXEL, forces BGFAX /SEND mode to use Class 2 mode for fax sending instead of Class 2.0 mode. Examples: BGFAX /SEND OUTPUT.FAX 555-1212 /C2 The /DW and /OU switches have been removed.