Faxing from VB.NET via Windows 2003 server

[Steli Andrei]

Hello,
I do have a VB.NET application that is trying to fax
through Win 2003 Server. I do get this error: "Connection
to fax server failed" when I try to connect connect to it.
Here is part of my code:

Imports FAXCOMEXLib

Dim objFaxServer As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer
Dim objFaxDocument As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxDocument

objFaxServer.Connect(FaxServerName) 'FaxServerName is my
fax server: "\\ftdc1\fax" and this is the shared path.

This is where I get the error, right when I call "Connect".

Can anybody tell me what's wrong. Is there any code sample
out there that works !

 

[Chandrasekar [MSFT]]

Can you please try without the "\fax" at the end in the server name?? So
your server name string will look like \\ftdc1

Thanks,

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[Steli Andrei]

I have tried that, too !
The same error message. I don't know what's going on !

 

[Chandrasekar [MSFT]]

Can you check the status of the printer in the Client console??

1. To open client console Start->Run->fxsclnt
2. To check printer status Tools->Fax Printer Status.


Thanks,

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[Guest]

It says 'Online'. I don't think it's something wrong with
the fax. I can send faxes from my laptop using the wizard.
The Sys Admin gave my full rights to access the fax. If I
use the FAXCOMLib and specify Null as fax sever, it uses
the local fax server that's installed on my machine. If I
use FAXCOMEXLib and make ftdc1 as my Default printer, it
gives me the error: "Connection to fax server failed".
I don't know what to do. Again, I can send faxes using my
local fax (the one that's on my laptop) but I cannot send
faxes via a fax server that on a Win 2003 machine.

Thank you !

 

[Chandrasekar [MSFT]]

That is strange since you are saying you are able to fax via the send fax
wizard through the remote server.
What OS is installed on the client machine? Can you run the following script
and tell me whether it works??

set server = CreateObject("FaxComex.FaxServer")
server.Connect("ftdc1")
MsgBox "Connected"

Copy the above three line to some temp.vbs file and run this srcipt. Please
check whether the msg box pops up.

A few more questions:-

Thanks,

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[keithmadsen]

I have the same problem. Was a solution ever found?