JCo IDoc: SAP Business Connector required?

On my searching for the error IDOC_ERROR_METADATA_UNAVAILABLE i have found this thread:
BC 4.7 -IDOC_ERROR_METADATA_UNAVAILABLE
"As of SAP BC 4.7 the SAP Adapter (the piece dealing with the SAP system(s)) uses the new SAP IDoc Java API which uses other function modules to retrieve the definition data of the IDocs.
You need new permissions in the SAP system, especially
S_IDOCDEFT:EDI_TCD=WE30,ACTVT=03,EDI_CIM=,EDI_DOC=
S_CTS_ADMI:CTS_ADMFCT=TABL"
Does JCo Idoc require the Business Connector installed to execute the JCoIDoc.createDocument() method? I guess not, but i can not see other reasons for the error message. If i read it correctly, the BC needs the permissions in SAP, but the JCoIdoc library does not depend on the BC.
Mike

No, it is not required.  At my company we use a third party software to handle all faxes.  Really it is setup SAP as an output device, so it is just like printing to a printer.  THe only differences is we need to have a header page in the sapscript which gives all of the details of the fax to the third party software.  This software then strips off this first page and faxes the rest of the pages.
It is called RightFax and it runs on a separate server.
Regards,
Rich Heilman

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