Re: [hylafax-users] What is best Windows fax client for this scenario?

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 05:49:06PM +0000, networkguy@att.net wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 04:39:35PM +0000, networkguy@att.net wrote:
> > > What's the best Windows fax client for this scenario?
> > > 
> > > - Users are send-only
> > > - Sending to print queue via Visual Foxpro application
> > > print command
> > > - Ability to retrieve fax logs from Hylafax server to
> > > import into Visual Foxpro database
> > > 
> > > I need an answer yesterday ;->
> > 
> > Mr. Peabody, set the wayback machine.  :-)
> > 
> > I don't see any reason why you can't use WHFC, as long as the *user*
> > can be trusted to specify who the fax is going to.
> > 
> > If you need the fax number picked up out of the job text, you might
> > prefer SambaFax (I think is what we call that these days).
> > 
> > On the log front, what are you after; being able for the VFP app to see
> > the status of faxes? 
>
> Yes, the status of all faxes being sent from the Hylafax 
> erver.

Ok, I apologize, maybe I didn't make the question clear enough:

You are, correct, trying to make the *program* capable of catching the
status of specific fax jobs it has generated?  Cause if you are, you're
going to have to break down and do all the hard work from your app -- I
don't know of anyway to get *any* of the windows based clients to
return the job number to their caller -- and you'll need that to do
what you want.

It's not that hard -- it's a slightly modified FTP style transaction;
several toolkits exist, including one in Java -- can you call Java from
your VFP program?  Last time I touched FoxPro it was on a Mac.

Cheers,
-- jra
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