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