Siggy
Thanks for all your help on this, it sounds just what I need. I would
certainly like to have a look at the piece of code that sends the
faxes.....it means I won't have to go searching elsewhere for it.
Thanks again
Andy
"Siggy = Sigurd Bruteig" <s-brutexxx@online.no> wrote in message news:<bF8oc.691$eH3.29093@news4.e.nsc.no>...[color=blue]
> Andy!
>
> In our office we have used Winfax to send and receive fax for several years.
> Before converting from W 98 to W XP, Winfax was not stable in network, but
> with Windows XP I have not experienced any problems. I was previously using
> code to send reports directly to Winfax from Access, but lately all our
> report is sent by e-mail, hence, I am not quite updated on this. As
> mentioned
> the Winfax is configured with one host and one or more clients. When you
> send a fax from the client it will go trough the host, regardless of it is
> sent by code or Winfax user interface. If you are interested, I will
> probably be able to "dig up" the code I previously used for this task.
>
>
> Sigurd Bruteig
>
www.made4u.no
>
> "Andy Rigby" <ecol1111@yahoo.co.uk> skrev i melding
> news:d7d8dd25.0405110046.64ae8adf@posting.google.c om...[color=green]
> > Siggy
> >
> > Winfax 10.02 sounds good...are you sure that all the PC's running the
> > client software can send faxes via VBA procedures, and not just the
> > host PC?
> >
> > Is Winfax a fairly stable product? I was a bit worried to see that
> > Google no longer indexes the group
> > symantec.support.network.winfax.general. I assume that the product is
> > still being developed and supported?
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> > "Siggy = Sigurd Bruteig" <s-brutexxx@online.no> wrote in message[/color]
> news:<01Tnc.639$RL3.8028@news2.e.nsc.no>...[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > Hi
> > > Actually, the Winfax version running on Windows XP is 10.02 Winfax can[/color][/color]
> be[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > run in network, and it is no difference if you code your own procedures,[/color][/color]
> or[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > use Winfax GUI. When you install and configure Winfax you have to set[/color][/color]
> one[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > computer as host, and the other computers in the network as clients.[/color][/color]
> Winfax[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > can't be run on all ISDN cards, check Symantec supported cards.
> > >
> > >
> > > ____________________________
> > >
> > > Sigurd Bruteig
> > >
www.made4u.no
> > >
> > >
> > > "Andy Rigby" <ecol1111@yahoo.co.uk> skrev i melding
> > > news:d7d8dd25.0405100720.d90ea12@posting.google.co m...
> > > > I'm setting up a small network of 3 WinXp Pro machines and a shared
> > > > Access database.
> > > >
> > > > I need to be able to send faxes from the copy of Access that's running
> > > > on any of the machines, using VBA.
> > > >[/color]
> >
> >
> >[color=darkred]
> > > > I've established that the WinXP fax software does not allow sharing,
> > > > so I'm thinking about using Winfax 10 (apparently this version works
> > > > on XP). I've not had any experience of WinFax.
> > > >
> > > > Question: I want to be able to load Winfax on one PC (the one that's
> > > > got a modem attached) and then, on the other PC's, just load some
> > > > WinFax 'client' software so that Access can 'print' to the shared fax
> > > > 'printer' and send faxes.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone done this with Access and Winfax? In particular, I need to
> > > > be able to pass the recipient phone number via DDE or whatever so that
> > > > the fax gets sent automatically.
> > > >
> > > > Andy[/color][/color][/color]
