>I would like to utilize VFP to automate the faxing process for several faxes each day. I know I can use WINFAX and COM technology (Foxpro Advisor April 2001) but would like to avoid that if possible. Any ideas ?

WinFax supports both DDE and COM, and it comes with sample Fox code in the on-line help file for WinFax. There are any number of fax products capable of working with WinFax. I use MS Outlook (not Outlook Express) which willsend documents as either a fax or an email using the automation interface - you create whatever type ofmessage in Outlook, which then handles sending itusing whatever fax product is installed (as long as Outlook is able to support it; by default, it comes with a simplified version of WinFax, and will work with t ialerver products such as the MS Fax Service from SBS and Win2K Server.).