Hoctoplus News

Greetings,

May is the last opportunity before the Summer holidays when nothing can really happens. If you want to be ready for September, you should think about it today!
In this Hoctoplus News issue, you will find a brief summary of our solutions:

FaxStar Advanced Server: the universal fax server,
Lasernet: the Output Management application,
MAX/400: the application that can boost your iSeries.

Then, you'll have the chance to discover the new software we're currently working on. It's a tool that will help your users to easily send faxes from their Windows PC.

best regards,

Jean Martel.

This month we've decided to show your or at least remind you our main Solutions:

FaxStar Advanced Server
FaxStar Advanced Server is a modulary and centralised application that can send and received any faxes. Send your faxes from any source (Windows, Unix, iSeries...) and save your money by centralizing all the outputs. Give to your users the possibility to retrieve their received faxes directly in their email client.
Using FaxStar you'll save time and money ; less paper to print, less sending times, less lines and modems to deploy.
FaxStar Advanced Server is changing everyday. A lot of applications and pluging are designed to help customers for particular demands.

Lasernet
Lasernet is an output management software that will design your outputs. Automatically convert your prints (from your AS/400, SAP, JDE, Movex...) into beautiful PDF files with logos, tables, sums...
With Lasernet you can select your Outputs: prints, faxes, emails, PDF, XLM? Everything is possible. The Designer interface is simple to use and in case of problem you can ask us for answers.
Lasernet is available in modules. Just buy what you really need. No need to pay for features you'll never use.

MAX/400
You own an AS/400 or an iSeries? You think it's a bit slow? You want to change it but you're waiting for some money? MAX/400 may be a Solution!
MAX/400 is a very small software easy to install that frees all the interactive power of your machine. You should try it and see the difference.
MAX/400 is simple to uninstall too, just delete the library if you do not need it anymore. There's no physical change in your machine, nore the microcode. Try it free for 1 week and you'll love it.

Want a demo or more informations? Call us at +33 1 30 92 83 55 or by mail at infos@hoctoplus.fr.

As you know, selling good softwares is not enough. It's important to always provide new software, new options, new features. And that's what we're doing, this time we're working on a new way to send faxes from Windows PCs.

Our older customer may have heard or used an application named "FaxStar Windows" which has been replaced few years ago by the FaxStar MailGateways. FaxStar MailGateways are fantastic: simple unique installation, no clients needed ; but in some specific case, the FaxStar MailGateways can not fully answered the needs.
For instance, a french customer is using Lotus Notes but it's domino server is hosted by his headquarters in Sweden. This customer says it's not possible at all to install a Lotus Notes Gateway on this Domino - he won't be allowed to. It's difficult to work in such a context.

Difficult yes, but not impossible ! We're currently working on a software you'll have to install on users side that will route the documents from the user to the server. All your users will have to do will be to print their documents (Word, PDF, Excel...) on a dedicated FAXSTAR printer to bring a small fax sending sofwtare. Then the files will be sent to the FaxStar Advanced Server using Host mode of MailGateway mode.

Here are the main features:

fax sending to 1 or more recipients,
bulk sending using a .CSV file,
Local and shared phonebooks,
compatible with Host license or MailGateway license,
Coverpage,
Possibility to add other files to the main fax,
no database (only ini files),
Compatible with Traffic Manager or FaxStar Assistant,
Compatible TSE.

Development is nearly done, and here is some fresh screenshots:

When you use the "Poll Directory" function, you're placing the files you want to send in a different folder than the "Poll Directory" which is the one that received the .txt file. This .TXT file includes a **XATTACHPDF that declares where the attached files are stored.

Note that there's a new command. Using the **PATTACH and **PATTACHPDF you can now place the files you want to fax in the "Poll Directory".

Of course, this command is only working with latest versions of FaxStar.