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In the faxinstall.bat file, there is a command

rundll32 fmprint4.ocx,InstallFaxManPrinter %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8

However, I cannot find any documentation regarding the parameters.
Does anyone know these parameters? Thank you

Hi,

Usage

faxinstall.bat <Path To Your Fax Application> <Printer Name>

or

faxinstall.bat <Path to Config File>

By passing both the Application Path and Printer Name to the batch file the printer will be installed with the specified name and with a default set of printing properties. Using the Ini file method allows you to specify printing defaults for paper size, resolution and orientation as well as the name of the driver and the associated executable path.

The configuration ini file must be an ASCII text file in the following format and must have a .ini file extension:

[FaxInstall]

PrinterName=FaxTest Printer

AppPath=C:\Program Files\FaxMan3\Samples\Vbapp\Faxtest.exe

Resolution=2

PageSize=2

PageOrientation=1

The parameters which can be specified in the ini file include: 

PrinterName

limit 24 characters

User friendly printer driver name

Default = "Fax Driver"

AppPath

limit 255 characters

full path name to application associated with driver

No Default

Resolution

1 = Low

2 = High, default

PageSize

1 = Letter, default

2 = A4

3 = Legal

PageOrientation

1 = Portrait, default

2 = Landscape

ReplaceFiles

0 = Replace All files

1 = Replace non-system files only, default

2 = Replace no files only copy if files not present

3 = Do not copy any files

Thank you for your reply. Actually I already saw that in the help file and within the .bat file.

I asked because there are 8 parameters until %8 but your .bat file contains only 2 parameters. I was wondering where the additional parameters can set papersize, resolution etc but apparently it cannot. Papersize is particularly important because only in USA that they still use letter size. Elsewhere in the world, they are using A4.

Hi,

The bat file has more placeholders than we actually support. To set things like the papersize, etc you'll need to create an ini file with the options and then pass the name of the ini to the bat file.