PMDF System Manager's Guide

21.2.1 Configuration

No special configuration steps need to be taken to configure the FAX addressing form. Unlike the CCSO or LDAP/X.500 forms, the FAX form can be used without creating an option file. Customizing the form for another language is discussed in Section 21.2.1.2.

See Section 21.1.1.1 for details on configuring PMDF to recognize a name other than FAX-FORM for invoking the form.

21.2.1.1 Option Files

Various aspects of the FAX form can be controlled through the use of an option file. By default, no option file exists for the form. Should you want to create an option file, it must have the name fax_form_option and be stored in the PMDF table directory (i.e., PMDF_TABLE:fax_form_option. on OpenVMS). The option file must be world readable. The file fax_form_option.sample in the PMDF table directory is a sample option file which specifies the default values used by the pop-up form.

Each line of the option file contains the setting for one option. An option setting has the form:

option=value

where the valid option names and option values are given below.

DEFDMN (text string <= 40 characters long)
Specify the default value to place in the "FAX gateway address" field when the PMDF_TEXT_FAX_DOMAIN logical is not defined.
DEFRTE (text string <= 40 characters long)
Specify the value to use as a source route when the PMDF_TEXT_FAX_ROUTE logical is not defined.
HELPFILE (text string <= 252 characters long)
Specify a file whose content is to be displayed when help is requested. A full path to the file must be specified; the file must be world readable.
NEXT (K, L, N, or P)
Specify the control character which can be entered to move to the next address (when more than one address is being entered). By default, CTRL/N (NEXT=N) is the control character keystroke used. This option is ignored by the DECwindows version of the pop-up form.
PREV (K, L, N, or P)
Specify the control character which can be entered to move to the previous address (when more than one address is being entered). By default, CTRL/P (PREV=P) is the control character keystroke used. This option is ignored by the DECwindows version of the pop-up form.

21.2.1.2 Changing Languages

The file fax_form_option.sample in the PMDF table directory is a sample option file which specifies the default option values used by the pop-up FAX form. In that option file, there appear a large number of options beginning with STR_ or ending with _LABEL or _COMMENT. Those options, which are not documented here, can be used to control the text appearing in labels, prompts, and messages. They allow customization of the form for use with languages other than English. See also the description of the HELPFILE option in Section 21.2.1.1.

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