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Does anybody know of VFP/Faxing software?
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>Does anyone know of some VFP/Faxing software that allows faxing from a VFP form or faxing of VFP data and/or images?
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You might consider using WinFax; it can be controlled via DDE or as a COM Server; the docs that ship with WinFax include some examples written in Fox, and WinFax operates as a Windows printer, so it will handle standard print output such as reports directly.

If your client uses Outlook (not OE), Outlook's automation model handles the creation and sending of fax messages, with nearly the same automation interface it uses for email. It includes WinFax Starter Edition with it, so the issue of managing the fax modem is covered, and it supports a wide range of devices through the Control Panel dialog, and network/Internet-based solutions as well; if the full version of WinFax is installed on the system, Outlook will take advantage of it. Outlook also works with a number of network-based fax server products, including the MS Fax Server that comes with many of Microsoft's Server products.

I suspect that both Symantec (WinFax) and Microsoft (Outlook) will be in business for the near future, and both products work with VFP already. They support most other Windows development tools, including VBA and WSH, and support a huge range of hardware and software environments.

>I currently use Elltech Development's FaxPlus 2.0 software, but I have doubts about how it works on a 56K modem vs. a 33.6K modem. And I don't know if Elltech Development is still in business. Their phone number did not work last time I tried calling it.
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>Help, please and thank you!
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