Append Document Pages

This Fax tool provides the ability to use Adobe Acrobat Reader to create faxes. Any file that can be loaded into Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 and printed can be converted into a fax using this tool step.

Inputs

Fax Page List

Fax page list created with Create Fax Page List or Create Empty Fax Page List.

Path to page source

String containing any path/filename accepted by Adobe Acrobat Reader. (See Comments below)

Desired resolution

Resolution of the created fax. Can be either 98 for Standard resolution or 196 for Fine resolution.

Desired resolution

Paper size of the created fax. Can be either 0=Letter, 1=Legal, or 2=A4.

Timeout for the Document Renderer to PrintTo

This is the maximum time to wait for Adobe Acrobat Reader to render the fax document in seconds (Default is 3600 seconds or 1 hour). Keep in mind that the size of the document impacts how long it will take for the Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 to render the document so make sure to make this value long enough to render the largest Adobe Acrobat Reader document desired.

Exit Paths

Success

This path is taken if the fax is successfully created.

Failure

This path is taken if the operation fails. Check the Event Viewer for details of why this tool step failed.

Comments

This tool step requires the CIC Render Server to be installed.

This tool step can require Adobe Acrobat Reader to be installed on the CIC Render Server depending on CIC Render Server configuration in Interaction Administrator. For more information about CIC Render server configuration in Interaction Administrator, see Fax Server in Interaction Administrator Help. For more information about the CIC Render server, see the CIC Render Server Technical Reference in the PureConnect Documentation Library.

The Path to page source input can be anything accepted by the Adobe Acrobat Reader file input dialog. If a relative path is provided then it will be relative to the Resource directory.

The Adobe Acrobat Reader file is not converted into a fax until the Create Fax tool step is executed. Therefore, the Append Document Pages will succeed even with erroneous input values, but the Create Fax tool step will fail. When the Create Fax tool step fails, a Fax event will be logged in the Windows Event Viewer detailing the reason for the failure.