Problem Faxing using Outlook 2002 / MS Access / Windows 2000

[donkeytrain]

I am attempting to develop a tool in microsoft access 2002 / VB for
Applications / Microsoft Fax Service / Windows 2000 professional to fax

all of our clients notification of a service change.


The following code sends the fax:


DoCmd.SendObject acReport, "FaxReport", acFormatRTF, _
"[fax: " & "1234567890" & "]", , , , , False


Where FaxReport is a report that contains a single page of information
to send to our clients.


The fax email will appear in the outbox in outlook no problem, however
when send/receive is run I get the following error:


Task 'Fax Mail Transport - Sending' reported error (0x800C8100):
'Unknown Error 0x800C8100'


I get this error when send/receive is run automatically in the
background, and when I run it manually.


However, if I open up the message manually from the outbox, and click
the "Send" button manually, the fax will go through without a problem.


I have Symantic WinFax basic edition 10.0 (The one that comes with
norton systemworks) installed on this computer, however I do not
believe that it should be related to this issue in any way. Might this
be conflicting with the send/receive process? If so, why can I open the

message manually from the outbox and send it successfully?


I would appreciate any help I can get!

What I would like to do is be able to send alot of faxes from an access
report, and leave it overnight if possible.


thank you,


Evan

 

[Renu Bhattar [MSFT]]

I tried reproing the problem. But wasnt able to.

Just try out a few things and let me know the result:
1. Set up an email account. Send a email using Outlook.
2. Using Access and VB send a email using the code that was used to send
fax.

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[donkeytrain]

Thanks for your response.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but the fax modem keeps trying to
dial "hotmail.com" when I try to email my address. (In the fax monitor:
"Dialing hotmail.com"...) and of course that does nothing.

I added an email account (Tested it, I can send an email manually).

DoCmd.SendObject acReport, "FaxReport", acFormatRTF, _
"<[email protected]>", , , , , False

is the code I used.

I have a new development however. I was able to successfully send a fax
automatically using the following code:

DoCmd.SendObject acReport, "FaxReport", acFormatRTF, _
"[fax:customer@604-684-9749]", , , "Test", "Test" ,
False

However, it adds an annoying cover page with "test" and "test" as the
_only_ contents.

If I remove the subject and the message body, it goes back to the old
error.

Thank you again for your time!


Evan

 

[donkeytrain]

Hmm, after searching through outlook.fax and win2000.fax, it seems that
this is a well known issue (the blank page issue).

I am going to reformat my fax so that it is suitable to have a first
and second page, and add a note into the first page.

If i can't get rid of it, I might as well use it!!!

Thank you for your help,


Evan