Albert -

>Dear Kile,
>
>Yes all the quote's can drive you crazy in the DDE.
>I went around that by building the phrase step by step into a viable and than execute it.

My final approach was similar. Break it down into the very basics, and build up from there, (sometimes I forget that is what programming is all about!)

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>Concerning the RTF i have no idea, i only use it for files i print to disk first, and they are plain ascii.

My question was not so much with the .RTF, as it was with how to get rid of it after the fax was sent. If the sequence of code in the Fax routine runs, even though I have the command to send the fax before the command to delete my temp .RTF, it takes a little while for the fax to convert the attachment and get sent, so the .RTF file gets deleted before the entire result of the previous command is complete.

I tried using the DDERequest/Status function, but I haven't figured out how to make it tell me when the fax is complete.

>If the file is an RTF file why not print it to the faxmanager direct?
>I assume it is not a file comming from VFP.

This was my first design, and it worked fine until I noticed that all documents were being printed Portrait, regardless of the built in print layout. This was the only problem with this approach, but it was pretty signifigant.


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>Not much help here....uhhh
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>Rgds,
>
>Albert

Thanks for your input!