example usage of FAXCOMEXLib in csharp dotnet

[kagorami]

G'Day,

I am searching for an example of using FAXCOMEXLib in csharp.

The COM interfaces are documented on msdn.microsoft. com however the
examples are for VB and c++.

Following up on a previous topic, FAXCOMEXLib is not in
FAXCOMEXLib.dll , but rather Interop.FAXCOME XLib.dll

I added a reference to c:\windows\syst em32\fxscomex.d ll to the project,
and it must translate to the above Interop.FAXCOME XLib.dll

I am a little confused about adding a recipient to a fax document.

I have the fax document object, but the recipients member is
read-only?? So there must be another avenue for adding recipients that
I am yet to discover.

Here is my paltry code (based on code in another newsgroup for
FAXCOMLib)
<code>
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Componen tModel;
using System.Collecti ons;
using System.Runtime. InteropServices ;
using System.Diagnost ics;
using System.Threadin g;
using System.Windows. Forms;
using FAXCOMEXLib;

namespace csFaxComponent
{
public class csFax
{
protected FaxServer ofs = null;
public static void Main()
{
int JobID = 0;
csFax objcsFax = new csFax();
JobID = objcsFax.FaxDoc ument("C:\\Temp \\any file.txt", "911");
}

private int FaxDocument(Str ing TheFile, string faxnumber)
{
int JobID=0;
FAXCOMEXLib.Fax Server faxsrv = new FAXCOMEXLib.Fax ServerClass();
try
{
faxsrv.Connect( "");
//Pick up the new changed document and fax it out.
FAXCOMEXLib.Fax Document faxdoc = new
FAXCOMEXLib.Fax DocumentClass() ;
faxdoc.Body = TheFile;
//Name the document
faxdoc.Document Name = "Fax Transmission";
faxdoc.ReceiptA ddress = "bob@doe.co m";
FAXCOMEXLib.Fax Recipients frs = new
FAXCOMEXLib.Fax RecipientsClass ();
frs.Add(faxnumb er, "John Doe");
faxdoc.Recipien ts = frs;
faxdoc.Connecte dSubmit(faxsrv) ;
}
catch
{
}
finally
{
faxsrv.Disconne ct();
Marshal.Release ComObject(frs);
Marshal.Release ComObject(faxdo c);
Marshal.Release ComObject(faxsr v);
}
return JobID;
}
}
}
</code>

I was able to send a fax using FAXCOM but I could not seem to get a
good status reply.

I will be faxing out several hundred documents generated by a mail
merge and if there is a problem faxing, then we want to fall back to a
printed/posted document. So the status/jobid is important.

Thanks,

Kim Groves
Accidental

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

Re: example usage of FAXCOMEXLib in csharp dotnet

There is no need to release the COM wrapper object explicitly - garbage
collector copes with it just fine.

Adding recipients:
strig Phone = "333 555-7676";
FaxRecipient rcpt = faxDoc.Recipien ts.Add(phone, "Bob Recipient");

Finally, you'll find it very helpful to catch an exception and print it
instead of swallowing. For the period of initial debugging you might even
want to do away with try/catch and let the Studio to break on exception.
This way you know exactly where it happened

--
Alex Feinman
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"kagorami" <digicate@netsp ace.net.au> wrote in message
news:1121054851 .454339.292530@ g14g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> G'Day,
>
> I am searching for an example of using FAXCOMEXLib in csharp.
>
> The COM interfaces are documented on msdn.microsoft. com however the
> examples are for VB and c++.
>
> Following up on a previous topic, FAXCOMEXLib is not in
> FAXCOMEXLib.dll , but rather Interop.FAXCOME XLib.dll
>
> I added a reference to c:\windows\syst em32\fxscomex.d ll to the project,
> and it must translate to the above Interop.FAXCOME XLib.dll
>
> I am a little confused about adding a recipient to a fax document.
>
> I have the fax document object, but the recipients member is
> read-only?? So there must be another avenue for adding recipients that
> I am yet to discover.
>
> Here is my paltry code (based on code in another newsgroup for
> FAXCOMLib)
> <code>
> using System;
> using System.IO;
> using System.Componen tModel;
> using System.Collecti ons;
> using System.Runtime. InteropServices ;
> using System.Diagnost ics;
> using System.Threadin g;
> using System.Windows. Forms;
> using FAXCOMEXLib;
>
> namespace csFaxComponent
> {
> public class csFax
> {
> protected FaxServer ofs = null;
> public static void Main()
> {
> int JobID = 0;
> csFax objcsFax = new csFax();
> JobID = objcsFax.FaxDoc ument("C:\\Temp \\any file.txt", "911");
> }
>
> private int FaxDocument(Str ing TheFile, string faxnumber)
> {
> int JobID=0;
> FAXCOMEXLib.Fax Server faxsrv = new FAXCOMEXLib.Fax ServerClass();
> try
> {
> faxsrv.Connect( "");
> //Pick up the new changed document and fax it out.
> FAXCOMEXLib.Fax Document faxdoc = new
> FAXCOMEXLib.Fax DocumentClass() ;
> faxdoc.Body = TheFile;
> //Name the document
> faxdoc.Document Name = "Fax Transmission";
> faxdoc.ReceiptA ddress = "bob@doe.co m";
> FAXCOMEXLib.Fax Recipients frs = new
> FAXCOMEXLib.Fax RecipientsClass ();
> frs.Add(faxnumb er, "John Doe");
> faxdoc.Recipien ts = frs;
> faxdoc.Connecte dSubmit(faxsrv) ;
> }
> catch
> {
> }
> finally
> {
> faxsrv.Disconne ct();
> Marshal.Release ComObject(frs);
> Marshal.Release ComObject(faxdo c);
> Marshal.Release ComObject(faxsr v);
> }
> return JobID;
> }
> }
> }
> </code>
>
> I was able to send a fax using FAXCOM but I could not seem to get a
> good status reply.
>
> I will be faxing out several hundred documents generated by a mail
> merge and if there is a problem faxing, then we want to fall back to a
> printed/posted document. So the status/jobid is important.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kim Groves
> Accidental
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