Fax Services on Windows 2000

[John Wright]

I have two devices setup on my Windows 2000 server and the fax printer is
installed. However I cannot share it nor can I connect to it via the
Extended COM library from visual basic. Is it possible to connect to this
server? I checked permissions and they are set for everyone to use the
server. When I connect I get a Run-time error '-2147023174(800706ba)':
Connection to fax server failed. The code to connect is

Dim x As FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer
Set x = New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer
Dim y As FAXCOMEXLib.FaxDevice
x.Connect ("\\slfax01")

I can ping the server so I have connection to it. Any help is appreciated.


John

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP S/U]]

Not possible under Windows 2000, server or otherwise. The only sharable Fax
service available from Microsoft comes with Small Business Server and
Windows 2003 Server. The Fax service supplied with all versions of Windows
2000 is the same as the Windows XP service, not sharable, single user only.

Hal
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