The notes below explain the file-naming conventions and file extensions used by CopiaFacts.
All CopiaFacts programs support long filenames but in some cases filenames are truncated in logs or reports. To use a filename with embedded blanks in a CopiaFacts command file, surround the pathname with double-quotes.
The extensions and names in the following list are either treated specially by CopiaFacts or are conventionally used for a specific purpose:
| .1, .2, etc | May be used for successive pages of a document image when no multiple-page-per-file format is available. The file extensions have no leading zeros. This convention is deprecated and if possible .TIF file extensions should be used instead. |
| .ASC | Causes a document file to be processed as a text file. |
| .CDX | Extension for FoxPro index file. |
| .CVR | Generated by CopiaFacts for cover sheets, and causes a document file to be processed as a text file. |
| .DBF | Required extension for dBASE data files. When the filename portion is a date of the form YYYYMMDD or YYMMDD, the file is the CopiaFacts daily log file. |
| .DCX | Conventionally used for Intel DCX format files (no longer supported by CopiaFacts). Such files can also be recognized when they have other file extensions. |
| .FS | 'Fax' Send files, generated by CopiaFacts for fax-on-demand requests, broadcasts, and client outbound operations. Required extension for externally-generated broadcasts and outbound fax, poll, e-mail and voice operations. You must ensure that the filename portion is unique at all times when CopiaFacts is processing these files. Long filenames of any valid length are supported, but only the last 14 characters of the filename part are displayed on the status screen and reported in the log. |
| .FS? | Extensions starting with .FS are reserved for future use by CopiaFacts. |
| .FST | Conventionally used for .FS file templates in supplied programs which generate .FS files. |
| .FSX | Used to indicate an error condition in a .FS file. The file is renamed from .FS and a note describing the error may be added as a comment in the contents of the file. |
| .FT0, .FT1 etc. | Generated by CopiaFacts for the daily-cycled trace files enabled with the 'trace to file' setting in the FFTRACE program. The filename part is normally the node name. The FFTRACE program receives trace and debug messages from CopiaFacts programs other than the main engine. |
| .FXR,.FXS | Causes a document file to be processed as a Symantec Winfax format image. |
| .G3 | Causes a document file to be processed as a Brooktrout Fax Group 3 document file. |
| .GTT | Identifies a TIFF file in which the contents of a Graphical Customization Template are embedded in a spare tag. The 'watermark' file is the enclosing TIFF file. |
| .HWL | CopiaFacts hardware and license control file controlled by FFHWL. |
| .IDX | Extension for FoxPro index file |
| .IPK | Causes a document file to be processed as a Brooktrout Infopkt file. Generated by CopiaFacts for Brooktrout cover sheets, and for color fax files received on a Brooktrout TR1034 board. |
| .JCF | Job control file containing a list of the FS file names (without path) comprising the job instance. |
| .JPF | Job control file containing a list of the FS file names (without path) associated with internal worker box operations for a job instance. |
| .JST | Job status file containing just the numeric value of the status of the job instance (see Appendix J). |
| .JCX | Job control file containing a list of the FS file names (without path) for any Proof or Report transmissions associated with a job instance. |
| .LST | Causes a document file to be processed as a text file, normally with fields separated by the Windows delimiter character (in the USA: a comma), for FFBC and JOBADMIN. |
| .MBX | Required extension for faxmail mailbox files. The filename portion must be numeric, with leading zeros. |
| .MCF | Generated by CopiaFacts for fax mail received files and for the 'accept' line operation. The filename portion must be numeric, with leading zeros, except that the first character of the filename may be changed to 'P' to indicate that the document has been printed. |
| .MSG | Generated by CopiaFacts for voice messages recorded by callers. The filename part is the call number. |
| .NDX | Required extension for dBASE index files. |
| .NTX | Extension for Clipper index file. |
| .OMA | Generated by CopiaFacts for the Operations Monitor Alert file written every 15 seconds. Enabled with the OMA option in the COPIAFACTS program and monitored by OMACHECK. The filename part is the node name. |
| .PCX | Conventionally used for Z-Soft PCX format files (no longer supported by CopiaFacts). Such files can also be recognized when they have other file extensions. |
| .SMR | Conventionally used for Smart Retry override parameter files. |
| .SUM | Text file containing the summary totals of the sent/failed/retried items in a job instance. |
| .TAB | Tab-separated-fields in a file used for Job broadcast lists or result data extracted for a job instance. |
| .TFS | Temporary extension used while a .FS file is actually being written, to prevent an incomplete file from being accessed. Formerly a temporary extension of .$$$ was used, but some virus-checkers were unable to exclude such files. |
| .TIF | Conventionally used for TIFF/F document files. Such files can also be recognized when they have other file extensions. |
| .TR0, .TR1 etc. | Generated by CopiaFacts for the daily-cycled trace files enabled with the 'trace to file' setting in the COPIAFACTS program. The filename part is the node name. |
| .TLS | Causes a document file to be processed as a text file, normally with tab-separated fields for FFBC and JOBADMIN. |
| .TXT | Causes a document file to be processed as a text file, normally with tab-separated fields for FFBC and JOBADMIN. |
| .UJP | Job properties file. May be 'system', 'owner', 'jobtype' or 'job instance' properties. This file contains a superset of the user profile commands. |
| .VOX | Required extension for image description files which are found automatically along with the document files. Other extensions can be used if explicitly specified as an image description. Default extension for Standard Voice Prompt messages SVPn.VOX. |
| .WAV | Dialogic and Console Simulator only. Optional extension for image description files which are found automatically along with the document files. Extension for Standard Voice Prompt messages SVPn.WAV. If both .WAV and .VOX are present, only the former is used. See also the entry in the Features section describing the use of WAV files. |
| .XLS | Excel worksheet used for FFBCor JOBADMIN broadcast list. |
| 00000000.* | Reserved for the prefax document. The file extension depends on the file type. |
| 99999999.* | Reserved for the suffax document. The file extension depends on the file type. |
| FAXMSG.* | Former required filename for system messages, with numeric extension corresponding to the system message number (without leading zeros). Now superseded by SVPn.VOX or SVPn.WAV, but still supported. |
| Image Files | The filename portion of document image files, infoboxes, and voice description files must either be entirely numeric (with leading zeros making an eight-digit filename) or alphanumeric with from 1 to 8 characters. Alphanumeric filenames cannot be selected directly by a fax-on-demand caller, but can be selected indirectly using infobox commands. |
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