RightFax 8.5 Service Pack 5 for VIM and MAPI Printer Drivers

This document provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the RightFax documentation. Service packs are the means by which RightFax product updates are distributed from the Captaris Web site. A service pack may contain updates for system reliability, program compatibility, performance improvements, and more. All service packs are cumulative. Each contains new fixes plus all the fixes from previous hot fix and service pack releases.

This document describes the current update to this version of the RightFax VIM and MAPI printer drivers. It provides installation instructions and a brief description of problems fixed with this release.

By the time you receive this software, updates to other RightFax software may be available. To obtain updates, go to http://www.captaris.com/customer_support.
 

Please Read This First

This service pack should be installed only on computers running the RightFax 8.5 VIM and MAPI printer drivers.
 

Contents

  1. Identifying Computers with the VIM and MAPI Printer Drivers

  2. Installing Service Pack 5 for VIM and MAPI Printer Drivers

  3. Software Fixes in Service Pack 4

  4. Documentation Additions and Corrections

Identifying Computers with the VIM and MAPI Printer Drivers

This service pack should be installed on computers that are running version 8.5 of the RightFax VIM and MAPI printer drivers. Follow these steps to confirm that a computer has this version of these printer drivers installed.

  1. From the computer desktop, navigate to C:\Program Files\RightFax. If the VIM and MAPI printer drivers are installed, this folder will contain the files faxsend.exe and prnt2fx.exe. If these files do not exist, the VIM and MAPI printer drivers have not been installed and you should not install this service pack.

  2. If these files are present, right-click on either file and select Properties from the shortcut menu. If the Created date is earlier than July 25, 2002, the installed printer drivers are not version 8.5 and you must upgrade to version 8.5 before installing this service pack. If the Created date is July 25, 2002 or later, the installed printer drivers are version 8.5 and you should install this service pack.

Installing Service Pack 5 for VIM and MAPI Printer Drivers

To update your software, Microsoft Windows Installer will patch your existing RightFax installation by replacing existing files with updated files and installing new files. There are two components to updating the RightFax VIM and MAPI printer drivers for service pack 5:

Updating the VIM and MAPI printer drivers in the client installation folder on the RightFax server

The RightFax server installation includes a folder from which you can run the VIM and MAPI printer drivers installation on users' computers. This lets you install the RightFax VIM and MAPI printer drivers from your network without having to use the RightFax installation CD-ROM. After you have installed service pack 5 on the RightFax server, you can update the server's printer drivers installation folder using Service Pack 5 for VIM and MAPI printer drivers. You should update the install folder on the RightFax server if:

To update the VIM and MAPI printer drivers installation folder on the RightFax server:

  1. Log on as an administrator to a RightFax server on which Service pack 5 has already been installed.

  2. Select Run from the Start menu to open the Run dialog box.

  3. Run the following command, using the correct full path to the service pack executable file and the correct path to the RightFax client folder on the server:

"[full path]\RightFax 8.50 SP5 MapiPrinter Patch.exe" /V"/a C:\Progra~1\RightFax\Client\VIMMAP~1\VIM-MA~1.Msi"

Updating installed RightFax VIM and MAPI printer drivers

RightFax 8.5 VIM and MAPI printer driver installations on users computers can be updated in two ways:

To update a VIM and MAPI printer drivers installation using the service pack executable file:

  1. On the computer you are updating, run the program RightFax 8.50 SP5 MapiPrinter Patch.exe that you extracted from the downloaded .zip file.

  2. At the introductory screen, click Update. A status bar will indicate the progress of the installation.

  3. When the installation is complete, click Finish.

To update VIM and MAPI printer drivers from the administrative install on the server

  1. Log on to the client computer you are updating.

  2. Select Run from the Start menu to open the Run dialog box.

  3. Run the following command to repair the VIM and MAPI printer drivers installation, using the correct path to the RightFax client folder on the server:

Msiexec /fvomus “\\[Servername]\Program Files\RightFax\Client\850\VIMMAPI Install\VIM - MAPI Printer.Msi”

Software Fixes in Service Pack 4

Captaris Tracking Number

Module

Problem

Solution

8894

MAPI printer driver

Error deleting file C:\WinNT\Lanfax.tif when using the MAPI printer driver during a Windows Terminal session.

In this update, the error is corrected by giving the temporary local file lanfax.tif a unique file name and storing it in the Windows \temp folder.

32019

MAPI printer driver

The RightFax VIM and MAPI print driver are not created on Windows XP.

In this update, the VIM and MAPI print drivers are created.

 

 

 

 

Documentation Additions and Corrections

For a list of additions and corrections to the RightFax documentation, refer to the file ReadMe.Server.htm or ReadMe.Financial Server.htm (depending on your server type) included with the Service Pack your RightFax server software.