Many of Biscom’s APIs interface to a FAXCOM Queue Service such as FAXCOM Suite for Windows, FAXCOM for Domino or FAXCOM for NDS. Using these APIs, developers submit faxes to be sent, and retrieve completion status messages and received faxes. The FAXCOM Queue Service queues fax jobs for delivery to the FAXCOM Server, retrieves fax job status messages and received faxes from the FAXCOM Server, and manages retries. With these APIs, your custom application does not need to incorporate these functions – it is all done for you.

API’s that interface to our FAXCOM Queue Services include:

COM
The COM API provides an easy interface to the fax queue service from Visual Basic, C/C++ or any other programming or scripting language that supports COM objects. Because the COM API supports programming to standardized Windows programming environments, developers have an easy-to-use API with which to write their own applications or simple macros.

Java
The Java API enables developers to interface their Java applications to the fax queue service. Biscom's Java API works with any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) running on any platform.

SMTP
Biscom’s FAXCOM for SMTP queue service, which is a component of FAXCOM Suite for Windows, allows users and applications to send faxes generated via SMTP mail. Mail messages are addressed using the T.37 standard for fax delivery via SMTP. For example: FAX=1-978-250-4449@aspfax.ma.biscom.com. The body of the email message, and any attachments, are converted to TIFF and delivered via fax. A completion status message is returned via email.

MAPI
Simple MAPI (from Microsoft) includes functions for developers to make applications mail-aware and to facilitate building custom applications. Simple MAPI contains functionality for sending, addressing, receiving and saving messages. A MAPI program (or client) can be created using either Microsoft C or Microsoft Visual Basic.

Envelope Specification
The Envelope Specification is a ‘file-drop’ API, whereby an application locates the file or files to be faxed, as well as the fax destination details, in a specific directory within the fax queue service. The fax queue service retrieves the Envelope, or file containing the fax destination details, and the attachments, or files to be faxed, and packages these together for delivery to the FAXCOM Server.  

FAXCOM Command Language, also called FCL, offers a powerful API that interfaces directly to the FAXCOM Server. Because of this direct interface, FCL is platform independent, and offers powerful imaging capabilities.