How to POST / WRITE a FORM to a file instead of a printer for further processing from Input Processing -- Subject: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 90, Issue 5

[Steve Parker]

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I am "back from the dead" so to speak, and back on my VSIFAX project from
ages ago! My original problem -- that of sending a properly formatted FAX
from a report format, specifically a statement -- was resolved. What I
thought would be the easier problem has me stumped so far.

I need to "send" a quote or invoice as a FAX. As I have not gotten
satisfactory results from a printer interface and the lp -d fax2 etc etc
script, but have had excellent success with the vfx commend, that is the
approach I have been using.

So in writing a process that utilizes the "system" command to run a "report"
against a single record, I find that the process will not work, even with
-u, as I am still in the record from which I wish to create the "report".
And so a thought I had was to "print" the output to a file using the "FORM"
command, or something similar. Once created, it is easy to send off in a
FAX!

Or perhaps I am just looking at this all wrong and need some input to set me
straight!

Thanks!

Steve Parker
ABC Computing Services