Using MSFax from other software

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Please have a look at the MSDN documentation for fax APIs:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ [...] t_18s3.asp

Depending on Windows OS you are using, you can use Fax Service Extended COM
API or Fax Service Client API for programmatically sending fax.

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"Charles Freeman" <charlie[at]aeromed[dash]software[dot]com> wrote in
message news:#0xDz0caEHA.3596@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I'm a programmer writing a new Windows program to replace the function of
an
> old DOS program. The DOS program was a fax server. It was handed a
document
> and a telephone number, and it faxed the document to the phone number.
>
> In Windows, it's easy to hand the document to MSFax, of course: Just print
> it. However, I need to have a totally unattended way to hand the phone
> number plus the document to a tool, hopefully MSFax, and have it go from
> there.
>
> I can easily shell a program using command line options, or call hooks in
> other DLL's from within my code. I was hoping that MSFax would have quick
> and dirty hooks to do this.
>
> Anyone know where I would learn about this? Searching the M$ web site
leads
> to zillions of documents that have nothing to do with what I need.
>
> Many thanks for any hints,
>
> Charlie
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

Ref :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ [...] g_4yxz.asp

It is best to write a simple VB or C/C++ program to do this. The above
mentioned link contains a simple code to send fax. You can check in the same
section, some VB code as well.


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"Charles Freeman" <charlie[at]aeromed[dash]software[dot]com> wrote in
message news:#0xDz0caEHA.3596@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I'm a programmer writing a new Windows program to replace the function of
an
> old DOS program. The DOS program was a fax server. It was handed a
document
> and a telephone number, and it faxed the document to the phone number.
>
> In Windows, it's easy to hand the document to MSFax, of course: Just print
> it. However, I need to have a totally unattended way to hand the phone
> number plus the document to a tool, hopefully MSFax, and have it go from
> there.
>
> I can easily shell a program using command line options, or call hooks in
> other DLL's from within my code. I was hoping that MSFax would have quick
> and dirty hooks to do this.
>
> Anyone know where I would learn about this? Searching the M$ web site
leads
> to zillions of documents that have nothing to do with what I need.
>
> Many thanks for any hints,
>
> Charlie
>
>