Send an customer order to a fax machine

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charalampos

Could you please inform me,

how is it possible to send a customer order to a fax machine?

I am writing a C# pocket pc application

thanks
 
You could use your built-in modem, connect it to a phone socket,
generate the facsimile encoded document and "send it" out the modem
comm port.

Oh, you haven't got a built in modem? Give us a bit more info about
your setup and perhaps we can give you a bit more info. If you have a
GPRS device maybe you could use one of the many 'on-line' fax service
providers.
 
In most cases if you have a network connectivity, you can have a web service
that knows how to send faxes (on the server), and in your CF app you can
just call this web service
 
Thank you Chris and Alex for your response.

Chris, we have 2 scenarios, in the first one we have a ruggedised
device with built in gprs and in the second one we have an ipaq that
connects via bluetooth with a gprs mobile phone

Alex, we we do not have network connectivity.

So what is better, to use modem connectivity to send the order directly
to the fax machine, or via gprs using the 'on-line' fax service
providers?

How easy are the above solutions? there is any site that gives samples
for CF?

thanks again
 
In that case use GPRS connection for a call to an online fax service. Most
of them have HTTP or web service interfaces
 
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