How to send a report thru Fax

[Mota]

Hi;
When i use DoCmd.SendObject to send a fax,my report will go to Outlook and
ready to send.Since it need outlook to be configured to use Microsoft Fax,i
cant count on it in users computers.
Is there a way to send a report by fax thru a loop,without using Outlook?
Thank you for your help.

 

[Al Camp]

Mota,
SendObject is for EMail, not faxing.
A FAX is just like a printer. When you design the report, set it up to always go to
the FAX "printer"... instead of your default printer. From there, your Fax program will
take over.

 

[Mota]

Dear Al;
Thats fully right.
But when i want to fax that report for over 40 Fax No (with 40 different
title),this opens 40 instance! of my fax software thru a loop that i use to
put different data in my report for each recipient.So,im looking for a more
practical way,i.e. sending them through 1 opened fax program.Can you help me
please to do that?I will be grateful to you.
Thanx.

 

[Al Camp]

Mota,
Since your fax probably uses your email address book, you could create a Group in your
address book with all 40 addresses, and fax to that group in one fax.

 

[SA]

The problem with this approach is that if each recipient needs different
information from the report (e.g. their own unique data,) the report must be
filtered and the Group won't work. If you are using MS fax, which is built
in to Windows 2000 and above along with Outlook, then take a look at this KB
article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299016/en-us

The issue here is the Outlook security prompt and the need to install the MS
Fax transport as a service provider (no issue, just a step.)

If on the other hand you want to use a program like Winfax to send the
faxes, then take a look at our Winfax integration library for Access. Easy
to use; in the developer tools area of our web.

 

[Mota]

Yes,I had mantioned this as an alternate solution.But i have to make this
Outlook settings (making a group and configuring Outlook to send fax,that is
my main problem and coused this post!) in all users systems.
anyway,Thank you.