Re: flexfax: Pick on RH Linux to Hylafax

[RICK_@t-online.de (Rick)]

Mark Laurence wrote:
> 
> I use a Pick database to send faxes to an old DOS server that can
> obtain the fax number from within the text section of the document
> being sent.
> eg
> #fax#1234567      this is the fax number
> 
> This is the text section of the fax to be sent
> 
> #include#tif.file     this will attach an image to the end of the fax
> 
> The pick system can send a document to a Linux printer with no
> problems. I do not think it is capable of providing a job name or
> number.
> 
> Can anyone advise if Hylafax could be used with imbedded text
> commands.
> Or has anyone had to interface a similar text based system to a
> fax server?
> 
> Any response would be appreciated.
> 

As far as I know, HylaFAX cannot be used with imbedded text commands.
So I had to write a small C-program to do the job.

When I want to fax from within my Informix-based application, I pipe the output 
to my C-program, scan through the lines searching for something like 
"#faxno=123456789#", extract the faxnumber, pipe all other lines to a file and 
start HylaFAX with "sendfax -d123456789 <filename>"

This worked fine for me.

Hope this helps - for the first.

best regards
Juergen