Quick Link II Fax  (250-3027B)  Automating Quick Link  Faxback Doc. # 3228
                                  II Fax - Windows

Quick Link II Fax has several advanced features which can make your online
communications sessions quicker and easier to manage by automating various
functions.

    Logging on to online services automatically

    Macro Keys

    Scripts and the scripting language

Online services quick access

Quick Link II Fax can quickly connect you to your accounts on the major
online services.  Before it can do this, however, you must set Quick Link
II Fax with the proper information.  When configured, you can connect to
Dow Jones, CompuServe, and GEnie with just one mouse click.

Services setup

SERVICES SETUP, accessed from the SETUP menu allows you to specify
account information for the Dow Jones, CompuServe, and GEnie online
services.  Choosing SERVICES SETUP from the SETUP menu calls the SERVICES
SETUP dialog box, which is where the actual account information is keyed
into Quick Link II Fax.

Follow the appropriate section(s) for your online service account(s).

Connecting to online services

Once the account information is keyed in, simply pulling down the CONNECT
menu and selecting the appropriate Online Service will automatically dial
your modem, log you in, and enter your password.

Macro keys

The Macro Key function allows you to define a custom meaning or sequence
of keystrokes to the selection of function keys, F1 through F12.  These
Macro Keys can cause a user defined literal string (series of characters)
to be transmitted or they can be used to launch a script file.

Choosing MACRO KEYS from the SETUP menu calls the MACRO KEY definition
dialog box, which allows you to enter a literal string you want
transmitted when each of the function keys are depressed, or to specify a
Script file name if you want a Script file launched when the function key
is pressed.  If you wish the edit field to contain a script file name,
check the Script checkbox next to the edit field and a file selection
window will appear allowing you to automatically select the script file.
The next box may contain either a literal string or a script file name,
but not both.  In the example below, note that the definition for F1 is
defined as a literal string while the definition of F2 is a Script File.
Additionally the "CHECK SYMBOL" in the definition for F1, instructs Quick
Link II Fax to send a Carriage Return after typing out the characters.
Clicking OK saves the macro keys for future sessions.

Scripts

Scripts are miniature programs-within-a-program, and can totally automate
your online sessions (the ONLINE SERVICES module of Quick Link II Fax is
actually a script file, for example).  Properly programmed, a script can
call a BBS, log on to it, and automatically read your mail, and log out,
all by pressing a single key.

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