Q130: Macintosh client for HylaFAX


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Q.
New Release of MacFlex - Macintosh client for HylaFAX!

A.
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:20:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Rob Newberry <rob@eats.com>
Subject: New Release of MacFlex - Macintosh client for HylaFAX!

Hello again, HylaFAX and Macintosh users!

I have finally, after about a year (maybe more, it's been so
long I've forgotten), completed most of the work on a new
release of MacFlex.  This release has quite a few new features,
plus lots and lots of bug fixes.  I've done a good bit
of testing on this release, and I think it should be quite a
bit more stable on folks machines.

New features:
  * the FAX Builder lets you "build" a FAX from multiple
    print jobs
  * a FAX viewer that lets you view and print FAXes 
    received via HylaFAX (it even supports rotation)
  * new better looking U/I, courtesy of a rewrite in PowerPlant
  * notification of successful sending of FAX (the most
    requested new feature)

Bug fixes:
  * preference file problems (I think I REALLY got 'em this time)
  * cover sheet problems (I tested several that people sent me)
  * crashes when printing or imaging FAXes
  * problems updating the queue status

This release is not ABSOLUTELY perfect, but I've fixed all the
problems that I can successfully reproduce.  

I have tested it on several machines, including a PowerMac 7500, a 
PowerMac 7200, and a Quadra 630, using applications like 
MS Word 5.1a, MS Word 6.0.1, MS Excel, Netscape Navigator 2.02, 
the Finder, Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Graphic Converter, and 
SimpleText.  Still, I'd like to hear about any problems folks 
have.  Several of the programs produce log files, and if you run 
into a problem, please send me anything you find there.

This beta release can be found at:

   http://www.eats.com/MacFlex/

        or

   ftp://ftp.eats.com/pub/MacFlex-15b1.sea.hqx

Thanks to all who have tried MacFlex, and I hope that this
release fixes many of your problems.  After fixing this
round of bug fixes, it will probably be a while before I
add more features; I'm simply too busy at my real job.  But
I do intend to iron out the bugs in this release so that 
people have a reliable HylaFAX client on the Mac.

Rob Newberry
rob@eats.com


Note: Some of the hyperlinks (e.g. for the man pages) can only work, if the HylaFAX software and the full documentation are installed on your system.

Matthias Apitz / guru@softcon.de ; (07:34:58 AM 01/27/97)