Has anyone used the FaxCom.dll?

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I am debating writing a stand-alone fax solution vs using someone elses API

Before I get started, is it safe to assume there is a real good reason why no one seems to be using the MS Fax Client Object?
 
I dont belong to experts exchange and the other references Microsofts SDK by an outdated link, although I have read it before.

I have read the usual MS Yeah, rah, rah! Works like a charm! stuff - what I was looking for is someone who has tried this to see if there are some pitfalls I need to be aware of
 
Does it worths the effort to build your own code from scrach??

Sumantecs WinFax PRO 10 only costs $99.95 and with it you have an excelent fax tool!
With it comes a COM control that you can implement... no pain...

When cutting costs is the first thing to consider, doing everything from scrach isnt allways the best solution...

Alex :p
 
Could care less about cutting costs - WinFaxPro isnt a very good program and Symantecs customer support and APIs are usually wanting.

Anyone who has ever tried to write something to run alongside Sales Logix will tell you, they will swear up and down that something works, and it simply wont. If you bring it to their attention they are quick with a nod and slow with a solution.

There ARE other alternatives I am looking at, like FaxMan. Before deciding to go down that road, I am trying to see if anyone had played successfully with the faxcom.dll
 
Im just going to tell you about the experience I had develloping a Fax related program...

In fact was a document management application...
The documents came from various inputs like Exchange Server (eMails), users folders (MSOffice docs), Scanner repository and the server Fax.

This Fax is only connected to one of the servers, receiving faxes from about 20 numbers. This fax devise in conjunction with the server do the whole work distributing the fax docs into seperated folders depending of the incomme number.

What my program does is just identify the fax doc number on an attached file on each file repository and add the doc to its process. Take it from that general folder, moving it to its right folder...

This is all to tell that this implementation never needs any dll reference into the program... its just a matter of managing files.

By the way, the files it creates are multipage Tiffs... so are plenty free editors available...

Alex :p
 
So where do you GET the faxcom.dll?

Thanks - that is the advice I was looking for

Second question - how do you GET the faxcom.dll?

I tried the platform sdk - it doesnt contain it
 
I didnt tryed it but I believe this is it...

Alex :p

[edit]Attachement removed - No binaries allowed in attachements. - mutant[/edit]
 
Again what I think may help you!

This may sound a little strange but this compiler comes with that faxcom.h library...
I really dont know how you can take it out but I think that if you install it, the file have to be somewhere inside the installation folder... I hope! :D

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/

Alex :p
 
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