Compare the five ElectraSoft fax programs

Good reasons for using an ElectraSoft fax software program

• Compare the five ElectraSoft fax programs



• Bulk Faxing Software for the Internet and Fax Modems: Free fax software trial before you buy.



• 32bit Internet Fax: Send fax via your Internet connection using our built in fax API. If your fax recipient has an email address, this fax software program will fax email it to them by attaching the fax to an email and do an email fax to them in TIFF or PDF format. Free fax software trial before you buy.



• ElectraSoft's network fax software is the best network faxing server in the world.



• If you need a Windows NT fax service, you can run most of the ElectraSoft fax programs as Windows NT fax services.



• Sending Fax: Send Fax in the background.



• Receiving Fax: Receive Fax in the background.



• With ElectraSoft Fax Software, you no longer need a fax machine. Your computer and built in fax modem become your fax machine, sending faxes and receiving faxes in the background, while you are using other software in the foreground.



• Give the ElectraSoft Fax Software a fax number or list of fax numbers, and let it fax your resume, in the background, while you use your computer for other things.



• If you need an Internet Fax Service fax program, you will want to use 32bit Internet Fax.



• Built in fax cover sheet editor.



• Free fax cover sheet logos.



• Broadcast fax software.



• Optionally: No fax coversheet, Add a fax coversheet, or Send fax cover page only.



• ElectraSoft fax programs can be used to send an occasional fax or for fax broadcasting with the ElectraSoft fax blasting software. The ElectraSoft fax blast software can send four faxes simultaneously.



• The ElectraSoft fax broadcasting software, 32bit Internet Fax, can broadcast fax using your fax modem, or over your Internet connection through a fax gateway.



• If you are sending faxes and receiving faxes using a modem on your computer, of all the fax broadcasters, the best fax software to use is FaxAmatic.



• 32bit Internet Fax is the best fax program because, not only can it send faxes and receive faxes using a modem, but it can also send faxes over the Internet.



• ElectraSoft makes five of the very best fax programs in the world.



• Targeted fax advertising can be a very effective form of advertisement.



• Like with Winfax Pro, Mighty Fax, Microsoft Fax, HF-Fax, Biscom FAXCOM Fax, Just The Fax, FaxWave, etc, the ElectraSoft fax software programs will let you fax directly from MS Word and any other program that has printing capabilities. Select and download one of the following fax software program downloads:

Send Faxes Programmatically
Send Faxes Using Your Program's FaxBook system (API)
You can use our free fax API to send faxes programmatically from the
programs that you write, by using the following [Fax API] source-code.

If you want to create your own send fax program the simple and easy way,
just write your own simple fax program and let it take advantage of our
free fax API. This API has over 30 man years of development.

In just a few minutes from now, you can write a send fax program that
takes advantage of our powerful Fax API.

If you want to write a fax program using our [Fax API] with one of our fax
programs, and want more help than what is included in this manual, you can
buy our [Extended Fax API]. The [Extended Fax API] includes many easy to
use functions and sophisticated source-code. Just call Jon Krahmer at
281-499-8246, or email him at
eMail Jon Krahmer
or
eMail ElectraSoft
and you will receive the [Extended Fax API] kit and personalized
tech-support for only $499.99.

There are two methods to use this API...

Method 1, the simplest method:
Read Item 12 - Faxing, [Convert/Forward Document to Fax and Send...]
You will need to create a comma delimited file called:
?:\faxmailn\data\DocToFax.del
Where the ? is the drive that you installed FaxMail Network for Windows
on. The DocToFax.del file can have as many lines in it as you want. One
for each recipient.
Code example:
LOOP:
 o CREATE the ?:\faxmailn\data\DocToFax.del file
 o Copy document into ?:\faxmailn\data\DocToFax
 o WAIT until FaxMail Network for Windows deletes document from
   ?:\faxmailn\data\DocToFax
 o If done EXIT else back to LOOP
EXIT:

Method 2:
You will need to create a comma delimited file called:
?:\faxmailn\send2fax.del
Where the ? is the drive that you installed FaxMail Network for Windows
on. The send2fax.del file can have as many lines in it as you want. One
for each recipient.

send2fax.del Format:
3, 5 or 6 field comma delimited file with the following format:
"Y/N(header at top of fax)","Recipient","FaxNumber"
or:
"Y/N(header at top of fax)","Recipient","FaxNumber","Scheduled Date",
"Scheduled Time"
or:
"Y/N(header at top of fax)","Recipient","FaxNumber","Scheduled Date",
"Scheduled Time","Subject"
HeaderYN:
A 1 character field consisting of either Y or N
Recipient:
A 31 character field consisting of the Recipient
FaxNumber:
A 46 character field consisting of a Fax Number
The next 2 fields are optional...
Scheduled Date:
A 10 character field consisting of the day to send the Fax
Scheduled Time:
A 10 character field consisting of the time to send the Fax
Example:
"Y","Jon Krahmer","1-281-499-5939"
or:
"Y","Jon Krahmer","1-281-499-5939","07-15-2002","10:30:00am"
or:
"Y","Jon Krahmer","1-281-499-5939","07-15-2001","10:30:00am","Subject"

FaxMail Network for Windows must be running in the background. The
?:\faxmailn\send2fax.del file must be create in the FaxMail directory.
Print to the ElectraSoft Print to Fax. The ElectraSoft Print to Fax will
create a ?:\esfax\fax file. FaxMail will see this file, convert it to a
fax and call the Send Fax box. The Send Fax will see the
?:\faxmailn\send2fax.del file and instead of it's normal routine, it will
work invisibly to send the fax as per the ?:\faxmailn\send2fax.del file
and then delete ?:\faxmailn\send2fax.del. The next time you load the Send
Fax box, it will work as normal.

Code example:
LOOP:
 o CREATE the send2fax.del file
 o PRINT document to: ElectraSoft Print to Fax
 o WAIT until FaxMail Network for Windows deletes send2fax.del
 o If done EXIT else back to LOOP
EXIT:

//============================== StartData ==============================
char szStr1024[1024];
char szSend2Fax_Del[]={ "c:\\faxmailn\\send2fax.del"};
char szFaxToThisRecipient1[1024]=
{
  "\"Y\",\"ElectraSoft\",\"1-281-499-5939\""
};
char szFaxToThisRecipient2[1024]=
{
  "\"Y\",\"ElectraSoft\",\"1-281-499-5939\",\"2001-06-15\",\"10:30:00am\""
};
char szFaxToThisRecipient3[1024]=
{
  "\"Y\",\"ElectraSoft\",\"1-281-499-5939\",\"2001-06-15\",\"10:30:00am\"",\"Subject\""
};
int iNumOfDocsToFaxToThisRecipient=3;
//=============================== EndData ===============================

//=========================== StartPrototypes ===========================
void MyProgramsFaxProc(void);
BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
                                           char* pszFaxToThisRecipient);
BOOL PrintJobToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iJob);
BOOL WaitForElectraSoftPrintToFax(void);
BOOL CreateSend2Fax_Del(char *pszFaxToThisRecipient);
static void DelayMs(DWORD dwMs);
//============================ EndPrototypes =============================

//============================== StartCode ===============================
  //======================================================================
  //| Example of what a call to PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax may
  //| look like.
  //======================================================================
void MyProgramsFaxProc(void)
{
char szErrorMessageCption[]=
{
  "MyProgramsFaxProc return value"
};
char szReturnedFalse[]=
{
  "MyProgramsFaxProc returned FALSE"
};
char szReturnedTrue[]=
{
  "MyProgramsFaxProc returned TRUE"
};

  //======================================================================
  //| Remove comments and replace with your application specific
  //| source-code.
  //======================================================================
  //Init MyProgramsFaxProc() and get set vars.
  if(PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(iNumOfDocsToFaxToThisRecipient,
                                           szFaxToThisRecipient1)==TRUE)
  {
    ::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),szReturnedTrue,
                 szErrorMessageCption,MB_ICONSTOP|MB_OK);
  }
  else
  {
    ::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),szReturnedFalse,
                 szErrorMessageCption,MB_ICONSTOP|MB_OK);
  }
}
//========================================================================
//| BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
//|                                        char* pszFaxToThisRecipient);
//|=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
//| BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
//|                                        char* pszFaxToThisRecipient);
//| will send(put in SendQueue) 1 or more documents to
//| pszFaxToThisRecipient.
//|
//| In this example, the FaxNumber is hard-coded to szFaxToThisRecipient1.
//|
//| You, as a programmer, will replace szFaxToThisRecipient1 with a
//| variable. If sending 1 or more documents to a list of 1 or more
//| FaxNumbers, incrementally set szFaxToThisRecipient1 to a different
//| FaxNumber in the list, and call PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax
//| once for each FaxNumber that you want to send the fax/faxes to.
//========================================================================
BOOL PrintTheseDocsToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iNumOfPrintJobs,
                                           char* pszFaxToThisRecipient)
{
BOOL bRet=TRUE;

  //====================================================================
  //| LOOP
  //====================================================================
  for(int iJob=1;iJob<=iNumOfPrintJobs;iJob++)
  {
    //====================================================================
    //| CREATE the send2fax.del file
    //====================================================================
    if(CreateSend2Fax_Del(pszFaxToThisRecipient)==FALSE)
    {
      bRet=FALSE;
      break;
    }
    //====================================================================
    //| PRINT document to: ElectraSoft Print to Fax
    //====================================================================
    if(PrintJobToElectraSoftPrintToFax(iJob)==FALSE)
    {
      bRet=FALSE;
      break;
    }
    //====================================================================
    //| WAIT until FaxMail Network for Windows deletes send2fax.del
    //====================================================================
    if(WaitForElectraSoftPrintToFax()==FALSE)
    {
      bRet=FALSE;
      break;
    }
    //====================================================================
    //| If done EXIT else back to LOOP
    //====================================================================
  }//End------for(int iJob=1;iJob<=iNumOfPrintJobs;iJob++)
  //====================================================================
  //| EXIT
  //====================================================================
  return(bRet);
}

BOOL CreateSend2Fax_Del(char *pszFaxToThisRecipient)
{
int iSend2Fax_Del;

  if((iSend2Fax_Del=_open(szSend2Fax_Del,_O_CREAT|_O_TRUNC|_O_BINARY|_O_RDWR,_S_IREAD|_S_IWRITE)) < 0)
  {
    sprintf(szStr1024,"Could not create:\n"
                     "%s"
                     ,szSend2Fax_Del);
    ::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),
                 szStr1024,szAppsMsgCaption,MB_OK | MB_ICONSTOP);
    return(FALSE);
  }
  if(_write(iSend2Fax_Del,pszFaxToThisRecipient,
            (WORD)strlen(pszFaxToThisRecipient)) !=
            (int)strlen(pszFaxToThisRecipient))
  {
    _close(iSend2Fax_Del);
    return(FALSE);
  }
  _close(iSend2Fax_Del);
  return(TRUE);
}

BOOL PrintJobToElectraSoftPrintToFax(int iJob)
{
  //======================================================================
  //| Remove comments and replace with your application specific
  //| source-code.
  //======================================================================
  //if(Your Print Routine Fails)
  //{
  //  return(FALSE);
  //}
  return(TRUE);
}

BOOL WaitForElectraSoftPrintToFax(void)
{
  for(int iWait=0;;iWait++)
  {
    if(_access(szSend2Fax_Del,0)!=0)
    {
      break;
    }
    //===============================================================
    //| 100 ms X 300 loops == 30000 ms == 30 seconds to time-out.
    //===============================================================
    DelayMs(100);
    if(iWait==300)
    {
      if(::MessageBox(GetForegroundWindow(),
            "Last print job not done."
            ,"Apps Caption"
            ,MB_DEFBUTTON1|MB_ICONQUESTION|MB_RETRYCANCEL)==IDCANCEL)
      {
        return(FALSE);
      }
      iWait=0;
    }
  }
  return(TRUE);
}

static void DelayMs(DWORD dwMs)
{
static MSG msg;
static struct _timeb timebCurTime;
static DWORD dwCurTime,dwStopTime,dwSleepTime;

  dwSleepTime=(dwMs/10);
  if(dwSleepTime<1) dwSleepTime = 1;
  if(dwSleepTime>100) dwSleepTime = 100;
  _ftime(&timebCurTime);
  dwStopTime=(((timebCurTime.time * 1000) + timebCurTime.millitm) + dwMs);
  do
  {
    Sleep(dwSleepTime);
    if(PeekMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE)!=FALSE)
    {
      TranslateMessage(&msg);
      DispatchMessage(&msg);
    }
    _ftime(&timebCurTime);
    dwCurTime=((timebCurTime.time*1000) + timebCurTime.millitm);
    if(iTimeChangeFg>0)
    {
      --iTimeChangeFg;
      break;
    }
  }while(dwCurTime < dwStopTime);
}
//=============================== EndCode ================================