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Fax Forward 1.0
Forward Faxes from a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 PC with a
fax/modem to another PC on the workgroup.
Legal stuff (Disclaimer)
Fax Forward is freeware. It may be distributed freely. But
be aware:
The Copyright Owner hereby disclaims all warranties relating
to this software, whether express or implied, including
without limitation any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The
Copyright Owner will not be liable for any special,
incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due
to loss of data or any other reason, even if The Copyright
owner or an agent of The Copyright Owner has been advised of
the possibility of such damages. The person using the
software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of
the software.
Fax Forward is almost complete, except for the Help and
About menus. I sadly lost the code to the main form of Fax
Forward two days after writing it (in one afternoon!). I
hope to some day rebuild it, but you may want to try it on
your own. You really only need the MAPI VBX with the
professional version of Visual Basic 3.0.
From a VB point of view, all Fax Forward does:
- Starts a MAPI Session for the Receiving station
- At a given interval, checks the InBox for unread messages.
It then steps through as many messages as it got (now in
its Read buffer), and looks for "Fax" as the first three
letters of the originator's address.
- If it sees "Fax", it then puts the message in the Compose
Buffer, and forwards it to the address specified in the
Settings dialog. It simultaneously adds the fax message to
the listbox on Fax Forward's main form, and to the log file.
From a operational point of view, the first time your run
Fax Forward, it won't know what the receive station is, or the forward
station. Go into the Settings menu option, and enter the name of the
fax/modem's station, the forwarding station, the interval to check
(1 - 59 minutes are OK numbers). Fax Forward fills in a file name to
log to; if you want to turn off logging, just clear all text out of
the Log To File box. You can enter a different file name, but do not
put a new path. Fax Forward always puts the log file in its own
directory, and uses that knowledge to run Notepad.exe to show you
the log file. Now close Fax Forward and relaunch it with its proper
settings. If you get an error message, you may not have the correct
name for one of the stations - check them and try again.
Note that the List of forwarded faxes is cleared out every
time Fax Forward is closed. So the log file keeps a list of all
forwarded faxes since Fax Forward was installed (unless you delete/edit
the file), and the list box just shows faxes forwarded this session.
That's it. I hope it works on your system. It works like a
charm on our small workgroup. If nothing else, I hope it
can get you over the shock that Microsoft didn't build this
feature into W4WG 3.11.
Paul Kaliciak
CompuServe: 70242,3375
Internet: paul.kaliciak@canrem.com