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COM Interop Question regarding FAXCOMEXLib [COM Interop Question regarding FAXCOMEXLib]

CaptainOblivious — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:20:28 GMT

Can anyone please give me some help regarding how do you handle events for 
FaxServer through .NET ie C# . My problem is I would like my application to be notified of the events that have been fired. I can't get the events to fire.

Once I have called connectSubmit I would like the event, 
FaxServer_OnOutgoingJobChanged to be fired so I can view the status of the fax on wheather it has been sent or an error eg. Incorrect fax number, no dial tone on the receiver etc.

Also, I can't this to work with either a console app or a winforms app.
I have tried to use WaitHandle etc with no success. Below is the following 
code, This code does include the waitHandle object :-

using System;
using FAXCOMEXLib;   // COM32 
namespace MyFax
{
   public class Fax
    {
       private FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer _faxServer;
       private IFaxDocument _docToFax;

        public FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer FaxServer
         {
 get{return _faxServer;  }
 set{_faxServer = value;  }
         }
        public IFaxDocument Document
        {
 get{return _docToFax;  } 
 set{_docToFax = value;  }
       }

      public virtual void SendFax()
       {  
          object jobId;
          FaxServer = new FaxServerClass();
          Document = new FaxDocumentClass(); 
    
          FaxServer.Connect(string.Empty);  
         FaxServer.ListenToServerEvents   
(FAX_SERVER_EVENTS_TYPE_ENUM.fsetOUT_QUEUE | 
FAX_SERVER_EVENTS_TYPE_ENUM.fsetACTIVITY);

       FaxServer.OnOutgoingJobChanged += new    
IFaxServerNotify_OnOutgoingJobChangedEventHandler(FaxServer_OnOutgoingJobChanged);
    
     Document.Body = _fileToFax; // tiff file to fax
     Document.DocumentName = _nameOfDocument;
     Document.Priority  = FAX_PRIORITY_TYPE_ENUM.fptHIGH;
     Document.Recipients.Add(FaxNumber, Recipient);
     Document.AttachFaxToReceipt = true;
     Document.ReceiptType = FAX_RECEIPT_TYPE_ENUM.frtNONE;
/************************************************* */
// HOW TO HANDLE THIS EVENT. FAX Console/ dialer starts up
// however once this app has started up it then returns back to and   
// assigns a jobid and continues on. My question is how to stop this from       
// continuing on until I get a event from OnOutgoingJobChanged.
/* ****************************************************** */
     jobId = Document.ConnectedSubmit(FaxServer); 
   
}

   public void FaxServer_OnOutgoingJobChanged(FaxServer pFaxServer, string 
bstrJobId, FaxJobStatus pJobStatus)
    {
       // code to to log etc that a Fax event has occurred.
     }

   public Fax()
    {
      FaxServer = new FaxServerClass();
      Document= new FaxDocumentClass();
   
    }
}

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Microsoft Updater Applications Block [Microsoft Updater Applications Block]

CaptainOblivious — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:53:04 GMT

I am interested in using the Microsoft Updater application Block for an application that I'm developing and I just wondering if anyone is using this in their applications. Are there any pitfalls/ gotchas etc in using the updater block?.

From what I have read from the documentation, it looks very good, sure beats updating an application manually.

Regards,

The Captain

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convert word doc to TIFF through VBA or .NET [convert word doc to TIFF through VBA or .NET]

CaptainOblivious — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 01:41:39 GMT

Does anyone know if there is functionality through Word VBA or .NET framework to convert a word doc file into a TIF/TIFF file ?

I initially thought of using the SaveAs method on the document object but had no success, I also tried using the PrintOut method in VBA.

I don't want to use a third party component if possible.

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can FAXCOMEXLib be used on ADSL Modem [can FAXCOMEXLib be used on ADSL Modem]

CaptainOblivious — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:59:27 GMT

Can anyone confirm that the Faxcomexlib that is part of TAPI SDK WILL NOT WORK if you have a ADSL modem ?

I have read on some web pages that this lib only works with dial up modems and not on Broadband/ADSL modems.

By the way, I'm running WinXP Sp2 with no network established. I have installed Fax services onto this machine. I also have a Brother MFC3220C Fax/Copier/Scanner device attached to my machine.
ADSL modem is Thompson SpeedTouch 500 Series Multi user ADSL gateway.

If anyone has any information on this topic, I would appreciate this.

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Sending a fax through NET platform [Sending a fax through NET platform]

CaptainOblivious — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:55:07 GMT

Hi all,

I am developing an application (developed in C#) that will give the user the ability to send a fax.

However, I haven't come across any .NET libraries to do this (I am still new to the platform). From my investigations I am considering going down the path of developing a wrapper to the MAPI API in c#, is this a crazy idea?.

However, I am not too keen on this as I have no idea how long this is going to take me to do.

If anyone out there could give me any suggestions on what would be the best option to take and/or libraries in .NET, if they exist. I would greatlty appreciate this.

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SCRUM Development Methodology [SCRUM Development Methodology]

CaptainOblivious — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 04:52:44 GMT

Just wondering if any one out there is a big fan of SCRUM development life cycle.

If so, what is the biggest thing to come out of this over the other ways of developing systems.

Reason I am asking this is because I am thinking of implementing SCRUM on the next project that I working on.

Any feedback would be helpful.

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MSDN RSS Feeds [MSDN RSS Feeds]

CaptainOblivious — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:26:00 GMT

Can anyone tell me why the Microsoft has not gone by the stanard RSS feed and have included namespaces in the rss elements of the Rss Feeds.

I have looked up the spec on http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss and there is no reference to include namespaces in the Rss feed that is part of the rss element.

example of the MSDN Feed Address is for visual C#, Address is http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/rss.xml

Sample from this feed is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='rsspretty.xsl' version='1.0'?>
<rss xmlns:msdn="http://msdn.microsoft.com/aboutmsdn/rss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:msdndomain="http://msdn.microsoft.com/aboutmsdn/rss/domains" version="2">
<channel>
    <title>MSDN: Visual C#</title>
    <link>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/</link>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:00:18 GMT</lastBuildDate>
    <generator>MSDN RSS Service 1.0.1741.24049</generator>
    <ttl>1440</ttl>
    etc .....

Just wondering why have all Rss feeds that I have come across don't have this except for Microsoft's feeds?

The only reason that I came up is to display through IE or Firefox ie. in a nice format.

I thought the whole idea of Rss Feeds is to get the raw data through xml and we can do what we want with the data either through our own apps etc.

Have I missed the point here somewhere ? or am I just living up to my name, Captain Oblivious!!!!!!

I would be interested in hearing from you guys out there if you have had any dramas or comments with your Rss feed readers?

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