Under "feature request" i saw that faxcover support is planned for the next version.
I would like to encorage you to please implement this feature. Your client for hylafax is imho the best around and the most future-proof one. Including faxcover support would be one more unique feature to complete all the benefits hylafax offers.
Hylafax ist still a very good solution for our paperless (and therefore) faxless offices in this digital world ;-))
As faxcover support is crucial for my project to implement a fax solution in our government, could you mention when this feature might be available? Of course you can count on me as a beta tester ;-)
Thank you very much for your effort on this software. It is very appreciated.
Best regards
Alexander
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LOL. You may also learn C++, purchase an IDE from Embarcadero that's worth $3K or so, then spend over two months writing open source software.
BTW do you know where have those money gone? https://www.gofundme.com/mujhmrng
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Hi Alexander,
thank you for your appreciation. I wish you a stunning 2016, too.
I have suspended development on this project. I receive many requests, no help at all (despite the project being open-sourced) and very scarce donations (less than $50 in two years). I can't afford development anymore if users do not contribute sufficiently.
Best regards
- Lorenzo -
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I understand your thoughts very well. Unfortunately most people have a wrong idea of open source. They think "open source" = "no money to pay". They don't realize, that they DO pay for their closed software apps - with their data being stored and analyzed ...but they just don't care. They are all sheeps ;-))
To make a first concrete step to maybe change your mind, let me suggest the following:
I talk to my boss for spending money on faxcover support. This is not that easy because we are not a commercial company, but a municipal authority. Our law environment is not very usable for supporting open source software. But I will give it a try.
Let me know, if I can support your work regarding translation (English/german), testing in our environment with detailed reports if things are working or not, documentation, etc. . My programming skills are poor, but maybe there are some other things I can do for your project.
I really think it would be a big loss, if your project would stop...
Ok so, let's draw the big picture.
Just to see how terrible is the beast.
What do you think "cover page support" should look like?
What would you expect from such a feature?
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on server side, one can have a faxcover template file. This is a postscript file with placeholders filled in by the “faxcover” program. “faxcover” is invoked by “sendfax”. The possible placeholders are explained in http://www.hylafax.org/man/4.4.6/faxcover.1.html.
At client side there should be:
A check box “Use faxcover”
If checked, unghost the possible placehoders to fill in what the user want to:
To
From
Comment
Etc.
I think the “Use faxcover” check box toggles the “-n” parameter of the “sendfax” binary. If faxcover is checked, the client should deliver the contents of the inputs above to the corresponding parameters of sendfax (http://www.hylafax.org/man/4.1.2/sendfax.1.html) like:
- -U / the sender’s voice number
- -W / the sender’s fax number
- -X / the sender’s company name
- Etc.
As a bonus it would be nice, to have some values stored at user’s profile, like company, sender's fax-number, sender's voice number, etc…. So the user won’t need to type this things again and again …
I think, this would be a big improvement.
Thank you very much!
Best regards
Alexander
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Hi Lorenzo,
have a healthy and successful 2016.
Under "feature request" i saw that faxcover support is planned for the next version.
I would like to encorage you to please implement this feature. Your client for hylafax is imho the best around and the most future-proof one. Including faxcover support would be one more unique feature to complete all the benefits hylafax offers.
Hylafax ist still a very good solution for our paperless (and therefore) faxless offices in this digital world ;-))
As faxcover support is crucial for my project to implement a fax solution in our government, could you mention when this feature might be available? Of course you can count on me as a beta tester ;-)
Thank you very much for your effort on this software. It is very appreciated.
Best regards
Alexander
You have to Pay $ if you want new features ;)
LOL. You may also learn C++, purchase an IDE from Embarcadero that's worth $3K or so, then spend over two months writing open source software.
BTW do you know where have those money gone? https://www.gofundme.com/mujhmrng
Hi Alexander,
thank you for your appreciation. I wish you a stunning 2016, too.
I have suspended development on this project. I receive many requests, no help at all (despite the project being open-sourced) and very scarce donations (less than $50 in two years). I can't afford development anymore if users do not contribute sufficiently.
Best regards
- Lorenzo -
Hi Lorenzo,
I understand your thoughts very well. Unfortunately most people have a wrong idea of open source. They think "open source" = "no money to pay". They don't realize, that they DO pay for their closed software apps - with their data being stored and analyzed ...but they just don't care. They are all sheeps ;-))
To make a first concrete step to maybe change your mind, let me suggest the following:
I talk to my boss for spending money on faxcover support. This is not that easy because we are not a commercial company, but a municipal authority. Our law environment is not very usable for supporting open source software. But I will give it a try.
Let me know, if I can support your work regarding translation (English/german), testing in our environment with detailed reports if things are working or not, documentation, etc. . My programming skills are poor, but maybe there are some other things I can do for your project.
I really think it would be a big loss, if your project would stop...
Have a nice weekend!
Best regards
Alexander
Ok so, let's draw the big picture.
Just to see how terrible is the beast.
What do you think "cover page support" should look like?
What would you expect from such a feature?
Hi Lorenzo,
on server side, one can have a faxcover template file. This is a postscript file with placeholders filled in by the “faxcover” program. “faxcover” is invoked by “sendfax”. The possible placeholders are explained in http://www.hylafax.org/man/4.4.6/faxcover.1.html.
At client side there should be:
I think the “Use faxcover” check box toggles the “-n” parameter of the “sendfax” binary. If faxcover is checked, the client should deliver the contents of the inputs above to the corresponding parameters of sendfax (http://www.hylafax.org/man/4.1.2/sendfax.1.html) like:
- -U / the sender’s voice number
- -W / the sender’s fax number
- -X / the sender’s company name
- Etc.
As a bonus it would be nice, to have some values stored at user’s profile, like company, sender's fax-number, sender's voice number, etc…. So the user won’t need to type this things again and again …
I think, this would be a big improvement.
Thank you very much!
Best regards
Alexander