FACSys Offers Many Ways To Send a Fax

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With FACSys, you can send faxes in many ways. Depending on the way you work and the applications you use, you can send faxes from the FACSys Desktop, a Windows application, an e-mail application, and a drag and drop procedure. FACSys also supports sending faxes via a DDE command interface, embedded codes in a print stream, the Internet, and custom applications developed with the FACSys Active Fax Messaging object model.

Because FACSys is easy to configure and maintain, you can use more than one method to send your faxes. For example, you might alternate between sending your faxes from your Windows word-processor and your email application. Regardless of the methods you use to create faxes, FACSys will transmit and track all faxes that you send.

The table below summarizes the faxing methods supported by FACSys. For detailed procedures on using each method, refer to the source indicated.

Fax Method	Setup
Fax from the FACSys Desktop.	To open the FACSys New Fax Message window, choose the File | New | Message command. Specify the fax destination addresses, file attachments, cover page, schedule and priority. Then click the Send toolbar button.
Fax from your email application.	In any email application supported by FACSys, you can send a fax from your email message window by simply entering a fax address as the message destination. Optionally define email address destinations and add file attachments. Use the FACSys Administrator to configure a FACSys mail gateway.
Fax from your Windows applications.	To fax your active Windows document, choose the application's Print command. When you print to the FACSys Fax Printer, the New Fax Message window is displayed. Define your fax, and click the Send toolbar button. Print to the FACSys Fax Printer.
Fax with the FACSys Mail Printer.	The FACSys Mail Printer gives Outlook Exchange and Lotus Notes users access to the "print to mail" features and benefits of the FACSys Desktop program without requiring the FACSys client to be installed. Print to the FACSys Mail Printer. The FACSys Desktop Client and FACSys Mail printer can not be installed on the same computer. You choose to have one or the other. Contact your FACSys Administrator.
Fax using drag and drop.	The FACSys Desktop program icon serves as a drop point for drag and drop file transfers from the Windows Explorer. To quickly schedule and fax selected file(s), drag and drop the files onto the FACSys Desktop shortcut.    The FACSys Desktop shortcut must be on your Windows desktop. The FACSys Desktop background process must be running.
Fax using a custom DDE program.	Using the FACSys software development kit (SDK), you can develop a DDE interface to FACSys for easy access to external databases. Use the supported DDE commands to develop your DDE program. FACSys SDK or Support Bulletin on the FACSys Web site.
Fax using a custom applications.	Using the FACSys software development kit (SDK), you can develop custom object-oriented applications and software components that adapt FACSys to your organization's unique requirements. Use the FACSys Active Fax Messaging (AFM) object model to develop your custom application.
Fax using embedded codes.	Using the FACSys software development kit (SDK), you can develop a utility that places embedded code information in the print stream when a document is printed. FACSys will extract the appropriate coded data from the print queue and use it to prepare outbound faxes automatically. Use the supported embedded codes to develop your custom utility, and install the queue monitoring programs provided with the FACSys SDK.
Fax from the Internet.	The FACSys Enterprise Browser gives you the ability to send faxes from any remote location. Using Internet Explorer browser, you can connect to your Internet server to access your fax files and send faxes. Install and configure FACSys Enterprise Browser on your Internet server.