Windows 2003 faxcomex api problem

[dhhms]

[I hope this is the appropriate group. I selected it because the fax service
APIs are documented under "Win32 development > Network communication" in the
msdn library.]

I have a 2003 server, named ds9, with a fax modem attached to it.

I am using the following vbs script to send a fax through ds9 from another
machine:
Set objFaxServer = CreateObject ("FaxComEx.FaxServer")
objFaxServer.Connect "ds9"
MsgBox objFaxServer.ServerName & ", " & objFaxServer.MajorBuild
Set objFaxDoc = CreateObject ("FaxComEx.FaxDocument")
objFaxDoc.Body = "c:\temp\test.txt"
objFaxDoc.Recipients.Add "(123)123-4567", "test"
objFaxDoc.ConnectedSubmit(objFaxServer)

When I run this script on my XP Pro workstation, it runs fine.

When I run it on another 2003 server (an app server), Windows Script Host
gives this error:
Line: 7
Char: 1
Error: Operation failed.
Code: 800710D8
Source: FaxComEx.FaxDocument.1

This error might relate to not having a fax device installed (ms kb 841714).
I don't have a physical fax device on the 2003 app server, but I DO have a
fax printer configured for the shared fax on ds9, called \\ds9\fax.

I AM able to send faxes from the app server, through ds9, by printing to
"Fax on ds9" from notepad. The "Send a fax..." wizard also works.

The only thing that doesn't work on the 2003 app server is the above script
(and the script does work from XP Pro).

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Darin

[Rhett Gong [MSFT]]

Hello Darin,
From the error code 800710D8, it seems that you don't have "FaxComEx.FaxDocument" correctly registered in your
Windows 2003 app server.
I suggest you remove and re-add the Fax Services through Windows Components Wizard. After Fax Services are
installed, you should find following key from registry. Then run your script again.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F3F9F91-C838-415E-A4F3-3E828CA445E0}

Please let me know if my answer helps you resolve the problem. If there is anything more I can assist you, please feel free
to let me know.

Thanks,
Rhett Gong [MSFT]
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[dhhms]

Rhett,

Thanks for the suggestion. After reinstalling Fax Services, however, I'm
still getting the same error in my script.

The values in the registry key you mentioned are as follows. They were the
same both before and after the reinstall.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F3F9F91-C838-415E-A4F3-3E828CA445E0}]
@="FaxDocument Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F3F9F91-C838-415E-A4F3-3E828CA445E0}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\fxscomex.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F3F9F91-C838-415E-A4F3-3E828CA445E0}\ProgID]
@="FaxComEx.FaxDocument.1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F3F9F91-C838-415E-A4F3-3E828CA445E0}\Programmable]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F3F9F91-C838-415E-A4F3-3E828CA445E0}\TypeLib]
@="{2BF34C1A-8CAC-419F-8547-32FDF6505DB8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F3F9F91-C838-415E-A4F3-3E828CA445E0}\VersionIndependentProgID]
@="FaxComEx.FaxDocument"

Thanks,
Darin

"Rhett Gong [MSFT]" <v-ra...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Rhett Gong [MSFT]]

I use your code to make a test in my Window2003 sp1 and it does work. Could you try other 2003 machine to see if it exhibits the same? And do you get any error
message when installing the fax services?

in addition, could you manually register fxscomex.dll again to see if it helps? --- to do so, you need to use cmdline regsvr32 fxscomex.dll.

[dhhms]

You mentioned that your test system had SP1. I installed SP1 on my app
server and now it also works.

Thanks for the suggestions!

(Prior to sp1, re-registering fxscomex.dll did not help. There must have
been another issue that was fixed in SP1.)

"Rhett Gong [MSFT]" <v-ra...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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[Rhett Gong [MSFT]]

Thanks for your feedback. Glad to know it works when you installed sp1.

Have a nice day!