Conference 7.286::digital

    I'm sure the local equivalent of the Department of Redundancy
    Department has It available.
    

VTX IR, document CS001N

	Steve

    In VTX IR.  Then select option 4.  Then enter CS001N.  You can then mail
    whichever format you would like... .DOC .PPT or PS back to yourself.
    
    

    So...  for the permanently VTX-traumatized like me, would someone
    explain how one is told to select option 4, and to select CS001N?
    
    ... and is there a intranet IR-via-Web option yet ... ?
    

    You ask a friend who is not VTX-traumatized to help you out.  There is
    a web-VTX interface but it hasn't worked too well for me yet (still
    under development).
    
    			Steve

    .5> a web-VTX interface
    
    I thought I'd heard (perhaps wishful thinking?) that what was on tap
    was a direct link between the Web and the IR database itself.
    
    I, for one, see little point in "a web-VTX interface" because, to
    borrow a term from Maths, that would be like "reducing the problem to
    one that has already been solved -- and badly."  Or at least antiquely.
    
    Clarifications will, I am sure, be forthcoming from Those In The Know.
    

    I'm not "in the know" but I was an "Authorised Beta Tester" of IR
    access via the Web (note - no VTX involvement). It worked OK for me.
    Versus VTX it had some advantages and some disadvantages, rather
    depending on your environment and preferences. Apparently it wasn't
    ready for prime time yet. I hope it'll be ready soon.

Try http://asewww.zko.dec.com/ir/irquery.html and enter "fax form" (with 
the quotation marks) in the search field and select title in the:

Search for word/phrase in: 
         o title 
         o abstract 
         o document contents

You will then see:

Information Repository Search Results


The selected databases contain 3 documents matching your query: 


1: Digital FAX Form 
     Date last modified: 28 Feb 1995, Pages : 1 , Object ID: CS001N

2: Digital BitFax FAX form 
     Date last modified: 01 Mar 1995, Pages : 3 , Object ID: CS001Z

3: Digital FAX Form in A4 Format 
     Date last modified: 03 Aug 1995, Pages : 2 , Object ID: CS002E

Have fun.

If you want a WINfax Pro form, send email to Kevin Ryan @MTO or SAHQ::RYANKE 
or [email protected] and I will email it back to you.

    You boundah, sir, you cad! You've given the secret URL away! Now I'll have
    to share the system with other people! Knowledge is power, and all
    that, too :-)
    
    Seriously: if folks do plan to use this, PLEASE help to save time and
    CPU and disk cycles by changing your search to search only the "title"
    rather than the abstract, if you know roughly what you're looking for.
    Otherwise it'll be slower responding to your query than you'd want, and
    it'll slow down others too, for the lack of a sensible default (field
    test software: it's allowed a few rough edges). Also bear in mind that
    the content was snapshotted several weeks ago and hasn't been updated,
    and that the field test ended at end March and presumably the facility
    may go away. But I look forward with interest to the REAL one.
    
    regards
    john

    Am I the only person here who sends FAXes directly from a PC?

    It would seem sensible to provide the Official Digital FAX cover sheet
    in appropriate formats for most common FAX software programs.

    Whilst we are waiting for something official you will find the
    "Official Stuart Rance attempt to render the Digital FAX Cover Page for
    the Microsoft at Work FAX - this is the one you use with Exchange" at

    	http://vivian.hhl.dec.com/wow/forms/digital.cpe
    	OR
    	\\vivian\wow\forms\digital.cpe
    	OR
    	VIVIAN::[WOW_DATA.FORMS]DIGITAL.CPE

    Before using this form you need to configure your Exchange client to
    provide the information that gets filled in on the cover page,
    I had to take some liberties with the user information.  The field
    headed Office Location gets transferred to the cover page as internet
    address, and I had to leave out the two DTN telephone number fields.

    You also need to add your FAX recipients to the address book so that you
    can provide their Telephone Number and Title for the cover page.


    StuartR

� Am I the only person here who sends FAXes directly from a PC?

I send my faxes from my OpenVMS workstation, Macintosh and Windows NT systems
via a DEClaser 3500 fax card.  It's a great alternative to using a corporate fax
gateway.

Paul