Submit FAX to remote server?

[Richard Ehemann]

I found a remark on the Microsoft website that basically says you can't submit a
fax with Microsoft Fax to a remote server through VB. Is this correct? Also,
it says that you cannot connect to a Windows 2000 fax server. Is this correct?
If so, does anybody know of a fax solution for users on a Windows 2000/Windows
XP platform that can handle submitting faxes to a fax server? I can't imagine
telling all of my users that they have to put fax modems in their workstations
and upgrade to XP.

Thanks!
Rich Ehemann

 

[Subhashni Meesala]

Yes. You cannot connect to a remote Windows 2000 Fax server since Fax is
not Shared in W2k .

In SBS2000 /Windows 2003 / SBS2003 , Microsoft fax can be shared . You can
use one of these machines as remote servers to which w2k/Xp clients can
connect

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[Ridwan Moosa]

It is possible to submit a fax remotely using VB.
Reference the faxcom dll and try the following:

Dim FaxServer As FaxServer
Dim FaxDocument As FaxDoc

Set FaxServer = CreateObject("FaxServer.Faxserver")
FaxServer.Connect ("\\SEVER_NAME")
FaxServer.ArchiveOutboundFaxes = 1
FaxServer.ArchiveDirectory = "c:\Faxes_Send"
FaxServer.Retries = 5
FaxServer.RetryDelay = 1

Set FaxDocument = FaxServer.CreateDocument("C:\test.txt")
FaxDocument.FaxNumber = "004032423"
FaxDocument.DisplayName = "Display Name"
FaxDocument.FileName = "C:\test.txt) "
FaxDocument.Tsid = "Whatever"
FaxDocument.Send

Good Luck!!