scripting & fax

[Peter Fiedler]

Using windows 2000's fax printer and windows scripting
capabilities is it possible to Print to Fax and supply a
file name and the recipient's name and fax number in the
script?
I would like to set up scheduled task to fax a document
before office hours each morning.

 

[Raghavendra R [MSFT]]

[...from an earlier post in the same newsgroup]

You could look at COM interfaces (on Windows 2000) or the extended COM
interfaces for Windows XP and above.
You can find more information on the COM interfaces at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fax/faxlegacy_9lf4.asp
For information on extended COM interfaces, check
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fax/faxabout_699l.asp
For some fax service extended COM samples see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fax/faxabout_2ckz.asp

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[Peter Fiedler]

Thanks Raghavendra
I have been lookng for clues on the microsoft site and
basically I can't get anything to work.
I am not a programmer and don't have VB or C++ but had
found at microsoft an example of a macro that is meant to
work in Office2000 with windows2000.
Unfortunately i get a message that the FaxDoc.Send method
is not supported.
What I am hoping is that there may be a method using
VBScript to call the necessary service, create the fax
from a file and send the fax to a supplied phone number
and recipient.

This article was very promising but I fail at the
faxdoc.send stage
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/08/faxserv/defa
ult.aspx

I have followed the advice and put the macro in word to
try to fax a gif image which gets opened in Photo Editor.
I end up with Photo Editor hung.
If I open the gif image in Photo Editor , then File->Print
to fax and fill in the wizard it works fine.

-----Original Message-----
[...from an earlier post in the same newsgroup]

You could look at COM interfaces (on Windows 2000) or the extended COM
interfaces for Windows XP and above.
You can find more information on the COM interfaces at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp? url=/library/en-us/fax/faxlegacy_9lf4.asp
For information on extended COM interfaces, check
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp? url=/library/en-us/fax/faxabout_699l.asp
For some fax service extended COM samples see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp? url=/library/en-us/fax/faxabout_2ckz.asp

--
Raghavendra R
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.'

Using windows 2000's fax printer and windows scripting
capabilities is it possible to Print to Fax and supply a
file name and the recipient's name and fax number in the
script?
I would like to set up scheduled task to fax a document
before office hours each morning.

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