[JohnD]

The current version of WinFax only supports up to 2 modems. I would suggest looking at NetSatisfaxion by FaxBack:
http://www.faxback.com/products/index.html
I believe it will support up to 8 modems. You can also look at RightFax http://www.rightfax.com
it will also integrate with WinFax.

[JohnD]

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You’re welcome!!

[JohnD]

WinFax calls it “group” sending, you can look it up in the online help for details on group sending or follow these steps:

To perform a group send in WinFax PRO, follow these steps:

NOTE: If you want to send a fax to an entire phonebook, it is recommended that you create a group of all contacts in the phonebook, and then send to that group. If you were to send a fax to an entire phonebook, and the phonebook contained a group, everyone in the group would receive two copies, one from the phonebook and one from the group.

Create a group

1. In Message Manager, click Go, and click Phonebook.
2. Select the phonebook in which you want to create the group.
3. Select all recipients to be included in the group.
4. Right-click the selected items, and click New Group in the menu.
5. The New Group dialog box will appear with all selected recipients in the Group Members area on the right.
6. Enter a name for the group, and click OK.

NOTES: Group names are displayed alphabetically and are boldface. To select an entire phonebook, select a recipient in the phonebook and then press Ctrl+Shift+A.

Send a fax to the group

1. From the Send menu, click New Fax. The WinFax PRO 10 Send dialog box appears.
2. Select the phonebook, and double-click the Group name. The group name appears in the Recipient List.
3. Add a cover page and any attachments as required.
4. Click Send.

NOTE: WinFax PRO 10 will send the same fax to everyone in the group.

[JohnD]

here is a sample in VBA with Word 2000.

This sample code shows how to use Automation to
‘ integrate Word & WinFax PRO 9.0x
‘ EC 1999

‘ THIS CODE WILL WORK WITH WINDOWS 95/98 ONLY
‘ THE PRINTER CODE HAS NOT BEED TESTED WITH WINDOWS NT

‘ This sample will open a Word document.
‘ set some options in Word
‘ Print it to the WinFax PRO printer driver
‘ and send it immediately without any prompts.

‘ Define variable to hold original printer settings.

Dim OldPrinter As String

‘ Define variables to use with WinFax automation.

Dim strRecipient As String
Dim strFaxNumber As String

‘Open an instance of MS Word
Dim objWord As Object
Set objWord = CreateObject(“Word.Application”)
‘ Contact Microsoft for list of available
‘ methods for Word/Office

‘ Have Word appear on the screen?
objWord.Application.Visible = True

‘Open an instance of WinFax
Dim objWinFaxSend As Object
Set objWinFaxSend = CreateObject(“WinFax.SDKSend8.0”)
objWinFaxSend.SetClientID (“Client Name”)

‘Open temp file set font and setup page
objWord.Application.Documents.Open “F:somefile.doc”

‘ change the font , size etc.
objWord.Application.Selection.WholeStory
objWord.Application.Selection.Font.Name = “Courier New”
objWord.Application.Selection.Font.Size = 8

‘ Set to landscape option
‘ objWord.ActiveDocument.PageSetup.Orientation = wdOrientLandscape

‘Begin Recipient Settings

strRecipient = “Symantec Corporation”
strFaxNumber = “416-555-2323”

‘ RetCode = objWinFaxSend.LeaveRunning()

RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetTo(strRecipient)
RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetNumber(strFaxNumber)

‘ Begin Job Settings

‘ RetCode = objWinFaxSend.ResetGeneralSettings()
RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetResolution(1)
RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetDeleteAfterSend(1)
RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetUseCover(1)
‘ RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetQuickCover(1)
RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetCoverText(“Hello this is a test”)
RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetCoverFile(“c:program filessymantectalkworkscoverbasic1.cvp”)

RetCode = objWinFaxSend.AddRecipient()

RetCode = objWinFaxSend.SetPrintFromApp(1)

RetCode = objWinFaxSend.Send(1)

RetCode = objWinFaxSend.ShowSendScreen(0)

‘ this routine waits until “IsReadyToPrint” returns a Non-zero
‘ value (ready)
‘ this loop will wait but allow background
‘ processing to continue

Do While objWinFaxSend.IsReadyToPrint = 0
DoEvents
Loop

‘ Get the original printer settings before altering them.
OldPrinter = objWord.Application.ActivePrinter

‘ Set the active printer to WinFax PRO printer driver.
‘ NOT TESTED WITH WINDOWS NT. (may not print properly)

‘ make sure that the port for WinFax is set to FaxModem, or
‘ change this accordingly

objWord.Application.ActivePrinter = “WinFax on FaxModem”

‘ print the current document in Word to WinFax.
objWord.Application.PrintOut

‘ Set Printer back to original settings.
objWord.Application.ActivePrinter = OldPrinter

‘ Wait until the EntryID is ready before moving on.
‘ the Send(1) you specified before is used here.
‘ We don’t care what the EntryID is,
‘ we just want to know that is it ready.
‘ this loop will wait but allow background processing to continue
‘ when ready IsEntryIDReady is not = to 1

Do While objWinFaxSend.IsEntryIDReady(0) <> 1
DoEvents
Loop

‘Close temp file and set winfax object instance to nothing

objWord.ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges

‘ Close instance of MS Word
objWord.Application.Quit SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges

‘ Close it down.
Set objWord = Nothing
Set objWinFaxSend = Nothing

[JohnD]

WinFax SDK will allow you to do it.
http://www.symantec.com/winfax/sdk.html
there are also links to sample code by clicking on the Downloads section of http://www.getfaxing.com

[JohnD]

one option would be to customize the cover page in WinFax’s cover page designer. Have all the appropriate fields already configured for your company. For example, your company name will not change — so just add it to the cover page without using a variable.

[JohnD]

no, the cover page variables are filled in by winfax at the time the cover page is generated.

[JohnD]

Harvey,
FXM files do not work properly as attachments, only the first page is transmitted when you use a multipage FXM file.

Regards,
John

[JohnD]

harvey,
What type of attachment are you adding??

[JohnD]

Hi Higgie,

What you need to do on the old computer is install a printer driver (no need to really have a printer installed, just install the driver) usually, installing an HP Laserjet works fine. To do this, you will need your Windows CD ROM. Go to the Control Panel, Printers icon. Then click Add Printer. Follow the steps to add a “Local” printer. Select from the list, HP Laserjet. Follow the on screen prompts. You will need your Windows CD at this point.

Once you have the driver installed, then go ahead a reboot the system and continue to install WinFax PRO 10.

Here are some Symantec documents on this problem:

Problem Installing after a cancelled install:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT&#8230;.7092704

Problem installing with no printer driver:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT&#8230;.2002104

Problem installing with no LPT1 port on your PC:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT&#8230;.0474104

Hope this works out for you!

[JohnD]

have you tried using multiple attachments, then use the Send(1) entry Id to wait until WinFax is done processing the fax(es) before destroying the send object?

[JohnD]

there is no SDK to download, as the functionality is built into WinFax PRO 8.03 and higher versions. You just need to download the sample code, and documentation from here;
Download Files

Edited By JohnD on July 16 2002 at 07:01

[JohnD]

What type of attachments are you trying to add??

[JohnD]

There are a few options…

Turn off ECM mode in WinFax
Switch modem to CLASS 2 or 2.0 (if your modem supports it) — this also eliminates ECM mode since it is only available to CLASS 1 modems.
Switch modem to another brand.
Change initialization string to one recommended by the modem manufacturer or Symantec.

[JohnD]

No, there is no way to do this. The application associated with the attachment file will, in most cases, take over and appear during the conversion.

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