faxserver.connect()

What should I put in the connect string if I want to connect to a
Windows 2003 shared fax? eg:

Dim oFaxServer As New FAXCOMLib.FaxServer
Dim oFaxDoc As FAXCOMLib.FaxDoc
oFaxServer.Connect(strFaxServer)
oFaxDoc = oFaxServer.CreateDocument(sFaxAttachment)
oFaxDoc.FaxNumber = sFaxNumber
oFaxDoc.Send()

I've tried "Servername", "\\servername", "\\servername\fax" and "fax"

In vb.net I get "The handle is invalid" in vb6 I get "Method send
failed in object ifaxdoc". I've tried this in XP home and XP
professional.

I have added a connection to the fax server through "printers and
faxes" and I can print to the fax from Word. I can also fax if I use
"." as the server name, but this uses my local fax driver.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Russ

FAXCOMLib cannot be used to send faxes via the remote server. For local
server you can leave the server name string as blank. If you want to connect
to remote server and send a fax please make use of Extended COM APIs. For
further details on extended COM Apis see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...inta_n_7e05.asp.


Thanks,

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"Russ" <googlegroups@russellengland.com> wrote in message
news:8570d88d.0409060036.1f86bee4@posting.google.com...
> What should I put in the connect string if I want to connect to a
> Windows 2003 shared fax? eg:
>
> Dim oFaxServer As New FAXCOMLib.FaxServer
> Dim oFaxDoc As FAXCOMLib.FaxDoc
> oFaxServer.Connect(strFaxServer)
> oFaxDoc = oFaxServer.CreateDocument(sFaxAttachment)
> oFaxDoc.FaxNumber = sFaxNumber
> oFaxDoc.Send()
>
> I've tried "Servername", "\\servername", "\\servername\fax" and "fax"
>
> In vb.net I get "The handle is invalid" in vb6 I get "Method send
> failed in object ifaxdoc". I've tried this in XP home and XP
> professional.
>
> I have added a connection to the fax server through "printers and
> faxes" and I can print to the fax from Word. I can also fax if I use
> "." as the server name, but this uses my local fax driver.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers
>
> Russ

Do you know whether the Extended COM APIs could be used in C#/.NET? I'm new to C# and even newer to COM ...