I was going to try to automate it so it was oblivious to the user. In fact that is what I thought the SDKK kit would do. However, I have changed my mind and now stuff the fax number into _cliptext, programitcally call the printer driver and have the user to enter the fax number into Faxpress using CTRL-C. Then the only thing left is to click on send as the report is already attached.

Thanks for recommending Faxpress. I feel it will save considerable employee time standing at a fax machine and faxing them manually. The client feels he will recover his cost in a short period of time.

Thanks
Gaylen





>It's been about 6 years since I worked on it... what type of errors are you getting? All the faxing I did was outbound for the system I was working with - and I never really experienced any problems. You can look at the logs (from what I recall) and see the status of faxes.
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>To answer your question... that's exactly what it is. They are creating a string and RUNning it at the command prompt. Is your plan to just use the command line like this? Or try and automate it?
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>>Wayne - just installed the Castelle SBC server. Installed without much problems. In looking at the code to run from a program all the examples are in VB, which I am not conversant with at all.
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>>One of the examples is EXCSTR$ = "SUBMITFAX /s" +myFaxpress + "lu" Myaccount etc etc.
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>>The next command is shell(excstr$). Is that nothing more than the run command in VFP. I thought the SDK would be more like creating an object and then manipulating the properties and events.
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>>How did you handled err's in your system?
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>>Gaylen
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>>>>I have a client who wants to automate faxing letter(quotes,denials etc)from within VFP. Currently a letter is printed by the VFP program - someone runs over to fax machine and send it. The clients network is W2k server, desktop are some 98's,w2k and XP pro. Volume is several thousand a week coming from about 14 workstations. Anyone have any experiences they could share in my research for the best way to do this. I would like for it to be as tranparent to the user as possible with VFP doing all the work. I have looked at some prior threads and am somewhat conflicted in which way to go. I have also read several white papers, but am more interested in real life experience using VFP report writer to generate the letters. Anyone have any experience with "faxination" and VFP as someone is recommending that to the client as a possible solution.
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>>>>Thanks in Advance
>>>>Gaylen
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>>>With that kind of volume, I would suggest a fax server... take a look at http://www.castelle.com/products/faxpress/default.htm
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>>>I used this a few years ago... you just plug it into your network, and phone line(s). There is a simple interface for the user, or you can embed it in your code. Take a look at the technical docs.