Sending a Fax

tamtam
edited 11:25AM in FastReport 3.0
Hi!

I want to send the reports by fax. To control the fax server I have to use a special font to send for example the fax number (in this case 123456) within the report.

The following CODE is the first line from the file when I print to file using the fax printer from a FR report. This does not work.
<StartDocument><DIN_A4><Portrait><200*200><StartPage><StartCommand><CR><EmptyLine140>      "<CR>      +FAX<CR>         :12<CR>           3456<CR>              "<CR><EmptyLine402>

This one is from a file printed from MS Word, this one does work.
<StartDocument><DIN_A4><Portrait><200*200><StartPage><StartCommand><CR><EmptyLine222>         "+FAX:123456" <CR><EmptyLine54>

The difference is that FR inserts whitespaces and (maybe) some strange chars which are being translated by the fax printer driver to <CR>

The fax number is a TfrxMemoView.

Any developer here which may comment or help? TIA.

Comments

  • foxfox
    edited 11:25AM
    I do it like this:

    1. Insert in reporttitle am frxMemo with following text and font "Courier New"

    number
    subject

    2. at runtime change Font to your "special font"

    3. Add "00494711111" and "example" to number and subject so you have

    number 00494711111
    subject example

    4. print report to FaxPrinter

    Don't use at designtime the "special font", it dosn't work in any environment!

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