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FAXGUI V1.0 FAXGUI is a Graphical User Interface for the BGFAX fax program by B.J. Guillot. BGFAX is without a question the best and most flexible fax program I have tried, that runs on a HP 100/200LX. FAXGUI uses only a few of BGFAX features and much more can be done- that's why I have included my messy source code. This is unsupported freeware and it's also undocumented. The program is a graphical user interface for a great command line fax program called BGFAX. I made it some time ago and have used it a lot. It works great for me, but I never did put together any documentation due to limited time. So this package is great for you that like to play around with your palmtop and are able to figure out how things work. Actually, it's not that difficult to set up (I hope), so you should try it! BGFAX is a command line fax program, but it's superior to any other fax program I have tried on the HP 200LX- that's why I made this GUI. If you decide to use BGFAX, which is a Shareware, you must register in order to support the author!!! There are not many programmers left which make programs for DOS and especially not programs that runs on a HP 100/200LX- so please do REGISTER BGFAX and any other shareware programs that you use on your palmtop! In this documentation I will give some basic instructions on how to install BGFAX, 2FAX and my GUI- FAXGUI. This set of files can be set up in many different ways since the programs are very flexible and as we all know- on a HP 200LX you can do anything! FAXGUI is unsupported freeware and you can do whatever you like with it. The only thing you can't do is to use the source code in making a program if you expect the users to pay you money. It was created using LXBatch 3.0 by Rob Koenis and I have included a very messy source code if you want to modify anything. If you do, I would be interested in a copy! Since the procedure for conversion of a text file to a fax file takes some memory as does the fax viewer, I recommend you to use MaxDOS if you want to run the fax program from SysMgr. MaxDOS is available at SUPER page- http://www.palmtop.net Ok, what you need is: FAXGUI.ZIP: from where you got this file which you are reading now. BGFAX170.ZIP 2BGFAX.ZIP All the above files can be found at SUPER page- http://www.palmtop.net As I mentioned earlier, this installation can be done in many different ways. But here is my way (using MaxDOS): 1. Create a directory on your C drive of your palmtop called C:\BGFAX 2. Create 3 subdirectories called C:\BGFAX\FAXGUI, C:\BGFAX\RECEIVE and C:\BGFAX\SEND. 3. Unzip BGFAX170.ZIP on your desktop and transfer the following files to your C:\BGFAX directory on your palmtop PC: - BGFAX.EXE - BGFAX.FNT - MAKEFAX.EXE - VIEW.EXE 4. Unzip FAXGUI.ZIP and transfer the following files to your C:\BGFAX\FAXGUI directory on your palmtop PC: - FAXGUI.EXE - FAXGUI.ICN 5. In FAXGUI.ZIP you can also find following files which you have to transfer to your palmtop: - BGFAX.CNF- Place this file in C:\BGFAX. - FAXGUI.ENV- Place this file in C:\_DAT. - EXTERNAL.BAT- Place this file in C:\BGFAX if you want to use some external program such as PalEdit. 6. Then you place MAKEIT.BAT, RECEIVE.BAT, SENDIT.BAT and VIEWIT.BAT in the C:\BGFAX directory on your palmtop. 7. The only file left is 2FAX.BAT. This file you have to place in the same directory as you put all the files in the 2BGFAX.ZIP file. In this case, I put the file in a A:\BGFAX directory. INSTALLATION OF FAXGUI IN SYSMGR USING MaxDOS: In SysMgr press F2- Add. Then fill in following: Name: FaxGUI Path: C:\BGFAX\FAXGUI\FAXGUI.EXE| Comments: ? (upside down- On HP 200LX press {Fn}+{3}) Icon: Press Arrow up/down until you see the FAXGUI’s icon. Then press OK- F10. Now you have installed FAXGUI but you have to add MaxDOS also. The reason why you first have to do a normal installation is so you can catch the FAXGUI icon. Now you press F3- Edit when the FAXGUI's icon is highlighted and change the path to: Path: C:\BIN\MAXDOS.COM C:\BGFAX\FAXGUI\FAXGUI.EXE| ^ This sign is {Shift}+{\} on HP 200LX This installation will take about 230Kb of space on your C drive. As you can see, I am using batch files for all the external actions and if you have limited space on the C drive, you can actually do all the work on the A drive and modify the batch files so you will get a message on screen to remove your flash card and insert a modem when it's time to send a fax. But how to exactly do this I leave for you to figure out. But please keep in mind that you need some space for faxes and also for some temp files created by BGFAX. INSTALLATION OF 2BGFAX.ZIP. You should use this program if you want to send faxes containing graphics, such as your signature. Please follow the author's instructions on how to install and use this program. I have this program on my A drive and I will here only show you how to configure FAXGUI so you can use the 2FAX program. If everything is done correctly, you should now be able to start FAXGUI from your SysMgr. When you have done so, press F9- Menu, and go to Setup. Here you can see Files, Options and Locations. Choose Files. Here you can set where your files are located and you will have one line with 2FAX.EXE. If you leave this line empty, it means that you don't want to use the external 2FAX program. If you do so and press OK- F10, a warning will pop up- "Can't Find 2FAX.EXE!". Press Enter and you will see a message "Do you have 2FAX installed?". If you don't have it and do not intend to use it, press F6- No. Everything will be ok. But if you want to use it, then install the files in 2BGFAX.ZIP on your flash card and after the 2FAX.EXE line in Menu (F9), Setup, Files should look like this (if you have made a directory on the A drive called BGFAX with all the 2FAX files): A:\BGFAX The press OK- F10. If FAXGUI can't find your installation you will receive a message. If everything ok, you will be back in the main screen of FAXGUI. SOME INFORMATION ABOUT FAXGUI AND USAGE As mentioned earlier, if you want to use an external program such as PalEdit for writing your faxes, then you have to have EXTERNAL.BAT in your C:\BGFAX directory. Please edit EXTERNAL.BAT according to your requirements and then go to Menu (F9), Setup and Options. After "External Label (F8)" you can now enter for example "PalEdit" (without quotes) and then press Ok- F10. You will now see that the F8 label has changed to "PalEdit". If your EXTERNAL.BAT file is edited correctly, a press of F8 will start PalEdit. OBSERVE that if you don't want to use any external programs, then you will have the line after "External Label (F8)" filled with "_____" ({Shift}+{-}). Otherwise all the function key labels will be shifted with funny results. In this installation document, I will not give you complete instructions how to use FAXGUI (due to limited time). But I am sure you will be able to fast figure out how it works since it's not that complicated. But I will highlight some features here. In the Menu (F9) you have "Locations" and you will always have one location in use. This refers to Menu (F9), Setup and Locations. Here you can enter 3 different locations from where you are sending a fax- OFFICE, HOME and OTHER. Here you fill in the data you want the receiver of your fax to see on the top of the fax paper. You can also fill in any Prefix which is necessary for dialing- such as a 9 to get the outside line in your office. So in Menu, Location you choose your current settings for sending a fax. Then you can see that F2- F7 have following Labels- Make, Send, Receive, Manual, View and Log. The same options are in the Menu under "File". F2- Make: Here you make your faxes- convert them from TXT format to FAX Format. You can pick several files and also view which files that has been picked so far. You can also set the name of the fax files which you want to send- OUTFAX.FAX is default. You will also see 3 buttons in the end of the form- "2FAX" (which is only visible if you have configured 2FAX to be used), "Ok" and "Cancel". If you are using a text file formatted to use graphics in the fax you want to send- press "2FAX". If your fax is a plain ASCII file, then it's enough to press "Ok" since it will then be converted using BGFAX's MAKEFAX.EXE. After you have converted a file to FAX format, you will get a prompt where you can choose if you want to view the fax or not before you send it. F3- Send: If you press F3 you will see the form where you input the data necessary to send a fax. The "Get" button will give you the information in the "To" and "Fax#" Fields, if you have a text file called C:\_DAT\CLIPVUE.TXT with information such as "Jorgen Wallgren,65-8421805" (without quotes). This can be done in many ways, but one good way is to do a customized Clip in your Phone Book and use Gilles Kohl's ClipVue. Using the "File" button will enable you to pick the FAX file you want to send (eg. OUTFAX.FAX). But if you going from making the fax (F2) to F3- Send directly, these fields will be entered by the program. Here you can also change or enter a Prefix which may be required in order to get the line. You will also be able to see which "Location" you are currently using and if wrong, you can change it as mentioned earlier. Now you have 2 ways to send your fax using either of the 2 buttons market "Manual" and "Send". If you would like to dial the number manually using the phone, then you use "Manual" and dial the number. When you hear the fax tone on the other end, hit the "Manual" button. On the other hand, you may prefer to let the palmtop dial the number as you have specified then hit the "Send" button- or just hit F10 OK. Please observe that if you have the option "Battery Warning" set to "YES" in your setup, a warning will pop up if you hit F3 and don't have an adapter connected. F4- Receive: Will set the BGFAX in a receiver mode and the palmtop will wait for someone to send you a fax. F5- Manual: If you have the palmtop connected to the telephone line and you receive a call and pick up the handset. Oh- you hear a fax signal! Now it's time to hit F5, since you will then set BGFAX in manual receiving mode and you will receive the fax. F6- View: To view Received or send faxes. F7- Log: To view your log of messages sent or received. If you have for example not received a fax yet, then you will get a message "Can't Find Any FAXIN.LOG". FAXIN.LOG is created by BGFAX and if you have send or received any faxes you will be able to view the log. If you see that some lines in your log are inverted (highlighted in black), this means that there were some problems. Normal lines will indicate a successful transmission. So that's it for now. I hope you will enjoy BGFAX as much as I have done for the past 1 year+. Yes, I know- I should be punished for not releasing this earlier!!! But I changed job, moved to a new appartement and so on- limited time you know and of course Wrong Priorities!!! Sorry about that!!! Jorgen Wallgren The Palmtop Network S.U.P.E.R Team- jorgen@palmtop.net Hint: This is unsupported software, but I have never said no to a fellow of the HP Palmtop Community- so give it a try if you are stuck. P.S. Please remember all the batch files I am using. You can edit them and do what you want. This is a very flexible set of programs!

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