Newly Re-released
Fax Cover Page Generator SDK/ActiveX
The newly enhanced and
re-released Black Ice Fax Cover Page Generator
SDK/ActiveX toolkit allows developers to include a
powerful, dynamic cover page generator with their
application. Cover pages are ideal, if not
essential, for all varieties of fax applications,
and can also be used in non-fax programs such as
report and invoice generating applications.
About Cover Pages
While cover pages are
not required when sending facsimile transmissions,
they are widely used and provide a professional
touch to transmitted faxes. In cases where
confidential information is being faxed, inclusion
of a cover page prevents prying eyes from
accidentally perusing the enclosed material.
Dynamically generated cover pages will benefit your
customer base by increasing overall productivity (no
more manually entering contact information for every
fax) and greatly reducing the number of incorrectly
addressed fax transmissions (automatic cover page
filling leaves no room for human error). Adding
cover page support to your application also provides
an additional degree of professionalism to your
developed application, and the use of dynamic cover
pages will help your application outpace the
competition.
The Fax Cover Page
Generator SDK/ActiveX provides both a DLL and
ActiveX control which provide two distinct
functionalities: A cover page template editor and a
cover page filler.
Template Editor
Cover page templates can
be designed by the developer using the included
template editor, or developers can include the
template editor functionality in their application
and allow their users to design and modify their own
cover page templates.
The Template editor
allows users to add a variety of objects to a cover
page template, including the following:
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Image:
This option allows you to add images or logos in
TIFF or Bitmap format
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Field Text:
Dynamic Field Text will be filled in by the
cover page generator based on information
supplied by the developed application.
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Static Text:
Static text is text that will not change for
each transmission. The same text will be on
every cover page
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Line:
This option allows for the addition of lines to
the cover page template.
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Rectangle:
This option allows for the addition of
rectangles to the cover page.
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Ellipse:
This option allows for the addition of ellipses
to the cover page.
In next month’s newsletter, we will detail the use
of the cover page filler as well as some benefits to
using the Fax Cover Page generator SDK/ActiveX
toolkit. In the meantime, developers are encouraged
to download a fully functional evaluation version of
the toolkit to try for themselves:
http://www.blackice.com/coverpage.htm