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Many
of Biscom’s API’s interface to a FAXCOM Queue
Service such as FAXCOM Suite for Windows, FAXCOM for Domino or
FAXCOM for NDS. Using these API’s, developers submit faxes
to be sent, and retrieve completion status messages and received
faxes. The fax queue service queues fax jobs for delivery
to the FAXCOM Server, retrieves fax job status messages and received
faxes from the FAXCOM Server, and manages retries. With these
API’s, your custom application does not need to incorporate
these functions – it is all done for you.
API’s that interface to
our FAXCOM Queue Services include:
.NET & Web Services
The .NET API includes a .NET library that can be accessed by any programming language that supports Visual Studio Common Language Runtime. The API includes Web Services sample code for connecting to a FAXCOM Queue to send a fax and then retrieve a transmission status on the sent fax, and also C# sample code for accessing message status collection, the pending queue, and received faxes.
COM API
The COM API provides an easy interface to the fax queue
service from Visual Basic, C/C++ or any other programming
or scripting language that supports COM objects. Because
the COM API supports programming to standardized Windows
programming environments, developers have an easy-to-use
API with which to write their own applications or simple
macros.
The COM API has been used by Diamond Head Software to
create the Diamond View application with which users
fax and view documents managed by DOCS Open from PC DOCS.
JAVA API
The Java API enables developers to interface their Java
applications to the fax queue service. Biscom's Java
API works with any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) running
on any platform.
ENVELOPE SPECIFICATION
The Envelope Specification is a "file-drop" API,
whereby an application locates the file or files to be
faxed, as well as the fax destination details, in a specific
directory within the fax queue service. The fax queue
service retrieves the Envelope, or file containing the
fax destination details, and the attachments, or files
to be faxed, and packages these together for delivery
to the FAXCOM Server.
SMTP
Biscom's SMTP fax gateway which is a component of FAXCOM Suite
for Windows, allows users
and applications to send faxes generated via SMTP mail.
Mail messages are addressed using the T.37 standard for
fax delivery via SMTP, for example: FAX=1-978-250-4449@aspfax.ma.biscom.com. The
body of the email message, and any attachments, are converted
to TIFF and delivered via fax. A completion status message
is returned via email.
MAPI
Simple MAPI (from Microsoft) includes functions for
developers to make applications mail-aware and to facilitate
building custom applications. Simple MAPI contains functionality
for sending, addressing, receiving and saving messages.
A MAPI program (or client) can be created using either
Microsoft C or Microsoft Visual Basic. The MAPI 1.0 specification
can be obtained by mailing mapi@microsoft.com.
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