Hi Colin
I just dropped in this. Is this fax server you developed in pure VFP and can I have a look at it?
>Gaylen
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>I looked at this problem for a very long time. I played around with all sorts of expensive software and in the end I wrote my own faxserver. The principle is simple. The workstations send 2 pieces of information to a faxserver database on the faxserver.
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>1. What record on the main database to access
>2. What report to run
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>The faxserver polls the faxserver database every 5 minutes abd runs the required report using the central database record supplied. VFP reports are converted to faxes using a single copy of Winfax.
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>It took me 2 days to write and it had been running without a problem for the last 2 months.
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>Cost - almost zilch!!
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>Colin Northway