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

[daN baueR]

If your only problem is that you're standing in the record, why not post all
the data you need to a record in a temp file and then send the fax from that
record?

Dan Bauer

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Steve Parker <sparker at abccompuserve.com>wrote:

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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
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