Visual FoxPro and WinFax

[generlam]

Can anyone fill in the specifics for Winfax in the code from a previous thread?

oFaxObject=CreateObject('MyFaxSoftware.MyFaxObject')
SET PRINTER TO NAME 'MyFaxPrinter Name'
REPORT FORM MyReport TO PRINTER
REPORT FORM MyReport2 TO PRINTER
oFaxObject.FaxNumber='5555555'
oFaxObject.Send

Do I need to do anything else but add this code to my program in order to send faxes?
I am replacing DOS FoxPro 2.6 code run from a .bat file that sent faxes via DataFax software to our vendors overnight. We have over 700 vendors and store the fax numbers in our vendor table. I can re-use most of the code to create the documents, and hopefully just change the section that would send each doc to the queue.
I'm in urgent need of this info, since the Novel server housing the DataFax is migrating to NT within a few weeks.

If I start the WinFax controller and set the printer to 'WinFax" I can do the 'report form abcd to printer' and it gets sent to Winfax, but I still have to manually enter the phone number. I need to be able to send the fax programmatically using the phone numbers retrieved by the code.

 

[ramani]

Have a look at the thread... this could help you...

http://www.universalthread.com/wconnect/wc.dll?UniversalThread~2,54,Forum=5,28,1283

ramani :-9
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LET KNOW IF THIS HELPED. ENOUGH EXPERTS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU OUT! BEST OF LUCK

 

[vhc]

oFaxObject=CreateObject('MyFaxSoftware.MyFaxObject')
SET PRINTER TO NAME 'MyFaxPrinter Name'
Use Vendor
Go Top
Do While !Eof()
mFaxno=Allt(Fax_Number)
REPORT FORM MyReport TO PRINTER
REPORT FORM MyReport2 TO PRINTER
oFaxObject.FaxNumber=mFaxno
oFaxObject.Send
Skip
Enddo
I hope this will be help or correct with your question.
Chuong,

 

[generlam]

I have tried the above code and come up with an error message whenever I get to oFaxObject.FaxNumber=mFaxno which says "OLE error code 0x80020006: Unknown name" I get the same error number even if I hardcode the fax number in.

 

[jonscott8]

IIRC, WinFax doesnt expose the properties directly to the client. They provide methods to query/set the properties like so:

oFaxObject.SetFaxNumber(mFaxNo)
oFaxObject.SetSubject("Testing&quot
oFaxObject.Send

? oFaxObject.GetFaxNumber()
? oFaxObject.GetSubject()

Similar to the way VFPers expose protected properties.
FWIW, it's been about a year since I've worked with WinFax, so this is a vague recollection. You may wanna download their SDK including the documentation and samples in VB & VC++. Try

http://www.symantec.com/winfax

. Jon Hawkins

 

[generlam]

Thanks. I'll check it out, but at this point, I'm trying to convince the users to go with e-mail. It's a whole lot less complicated.

 

[generlam]

I ran the code and still got the same error message when it hit oFaxObject.SetFaxNumber(mFaxNo). I didn't get an error using oFaxObject.SetNumber(mFaxNo)but have a problem looping through my code to fax multiple vendors.