[mp6]

Hi, I am also trying to do the same thing. Is there any further (more current) developments on this.

I am using crystal reports and winfax pro 9 on win2k and xp.

As it was suggested to do a set showsendscreen(0), you cant do this if you’re just doing a print from crystal reports to winfax because you’re not using the winfax object at all.

As for using Word VBA… this doesnt sound like a solution for automating the process. (I couldn’t find the link which was referred to either)

I am in two minds as to whether 1) print the report from crystal reports by just setting the printer name to winfax OR 2) use the winfax object and try to attach the report.

Both of these pose a problem.

Number 1 requires the fax number to be passed on from crystal report to winfax and crystal report does not have the functionality (method/properties) to do this. The only possible way would be to use DDE to communicate the fax number to winfax simultaneously (DDE info and sample code is in the winfax help) and that’s quite ugly as there are intermittent problems whereby the send dialogue appears during transmissions of some reports within a batch.

Number 2 hogs up CPU when it loads up Word,etc to convert the file for winfax – causes probs for big report batches. An extended problem I have to this is trying to fax report attachments in landscape – anyone have any idea for this ?

Which way’s best and allows for efficient faxing of large batch jobs?

Cheers, mp6

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