fax question

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billsahiker

Can I send faxes using fxscomex.dll without being on a network?

Examples I have seen are like: objFaxServer.Connect("LAB1-STU15"),
which appears to be the name of a network fax server. If it requires
a network, does XP Pro have anything else I could use?

Bill
 
XP comes with a fax server that acts like a printer, i.e. send a document to
the Fax printer and the fax setup dialog comes up.

You can connect to this fax server on a non-connected PC, however it would
need to have a phone line connection via modem in order to actually send a
fax.

Rick
 
On XP all I see under Printers and Faxes is ability to add a printer.
I have a dialup connection to the internet, but I do not have a fax
machine, I was assuming that fxscomex.dll is a fax server that would
operate on a local machine to send faxes by giving it a file name and
phone number. If that is correct, then I am still stuck on what to
enter for the Connect method. Also, I need to send the fax to someone
else's fax machine, not to their computer. Is this possible from VB?

Bill
 
The faxcomex.dll give you the ability to send faxes from your PC, however
you still need a modem installed so you can dial out and connect to another
fax.

No network connection and no modem = no fax. Simple.

You can read in the XP help about installing the fax printer which you need
to do to use the faxcomex library.

Rick
 
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