Delphi Application fax service / api win 2000

I think the fax service is registered as a DDE service and can be accessed using a DDe client components .

How do I do this, I have no idea, please assist!

Actually there is an easier way of doing this. If you are using microsoft outlook then you can send a fax simply by sending an email using mapisendmail. You put the fax number in the To: item.

To enable outlook to send faxes all you do is File New Fax and you will be prompted for the outlook cd to add the fax software components.

I can post some mapi mail samples if you want to install the outlook fax software and send using email

Here is some mapi code to send an email too outlook as a fax , the email part was posted on another question recently . I cannot find it anymore but it is someone elses code I have modified, apologies for this.

Remember you must install the fax software in outlook. You can also send the fax to someone in the address book also.

procedure TSMTPForm.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  R: cardinal;
  mail: TStringList;
begin
  mail:=tstringlist.create;
  try
    mail.values['to']:='FAX@01224878484';
    mail.values['Subject']:='my fax subject';
    mail.values['body']:='my fax body';
    R:=sendEMail(Application.Handle,mail);
  finally
    mail.free;
  end;
end;

function TSMTPForm.SendEMail(Handle :THandle;Mail :TStrings) :Cardinal;
type
  TAttachAccessArray    = array [0..0] of TMapiFileDesc;
  PAttachAccessArray    = ^TAttachAccessArray;
var
  MapiMessage : TMapiMessage;
  R: array [0..2 ] of TMapiRecipDesc;
  Attachments : PAttachAccessArray;
  AttachCount : Integer;
  i1          : integer;
  FileName    : String;
begin
  fillChar(MapiMessage,SizeOf(MapiMessage),#0);
  Attachments := nil;
  fillChar(R[0],SizeOf(R[0]), #0);
  fillChar(R[1],SizeOf(r[0]), #0);
  if Mail.Values['to'] <> '' then begin
    R[0].ulReserved       := 0;
    R[0].ulRecipClass     := MAPI_TO;
    R[0].lpszName         := StrNew(PChar(Mail.Values['to']));
    R[0].lpszAddress      := StrNew(PChar('SMTP:' +Mail.Values['to']));
    R[0].ulEIDSize        := 0;
    MapiMessage.nRecipCount := 1;
    MapiMessage.lpRecips    := @R;
  end;
  if Mail.Values['Cc'] <> '' then begin
    R[1].ulReserved       := 0;
    R[1].ulRecipClass     := MAPI_CC;
    R[1].lpszName         := StrNew(PChar(Mail.Values['Cc']));
    R[1].lpszAddress      := StrNew(PChar('SMTP:' +Mail.Values['Cc']));
    R[1].ulEIDSize        := 0;
    inc(MapiMessage.nRecipCount);
    MapiMessage.lpRecips    := @R;
  end;
  AttachCount := 0;
  for i1 := 0 to MaxInt do begin
    if Mail.Values['attachment'+inttostr(i1)] = '' then
      break;
    inc(AttachCount);
  end;
  if AttachCount > 0 then begin
    GetMem(Attachments, SizeOf(TMapiFileDesc) * AttachCount);
    for i1 := 0 to AttachCount -1 do begin
      FileName := Mail.Values['attachment'+inttostr(i1)];
      Attachments[i1].ulReserved    := 0;
      Attachments[i1].flFlags       := 0;
      Attachments[i1].nPosition     := ULONG($FFFFFFFF);
      Attachments[i1].lpszPathName  := StrNew(PChar(FileName));
      Attachments[i1].lpszFileName  :=StrNew(PChar(ExtractFileName(FileName)));
      Attachments[i1].lpFileType    := nil;
    end;
    MapiMessage.nFileCount := AttachCount;
    MapiMessage.lpFiles    := @Attachments^;
  end;
  if Mail.Values['subject'] <> '' then
    MapiMessage.lpszSubject := StrNew(PChar(Mail.Values['subject']));
  if Mail.Values['body'] <> '' then
    MapiMessage.lpszNoteText :=  StrNew(PChar(Mail.Values['body']));
  Result := MapiSendMail(0,Handle ,MapiMessage,MAPI_DIALOG*Ord(Handle<>0) or
    MAPI_LOGON_UI or MAPI_NEW_SESSION, 0);
  // use this if you don't want the dialog box to come up
  //Result := MapiSendMail(0,Handle ,MapiMessage,0, 0);
  for i1 := 0 to AttachCount-1 do begin
    strDispose(Attachments[i1].lpszPathName);
    strDispose(Attachments[i1].lpszFileName);
  end;
  if assigned(MapiMessage.lpszSubject) then
    strDispose(MapiMessage.lpszSubject);
  if assigned(MapiMessage.lpszNoteText) then
    strDispose(MapiMessage.lpszNoteText);
  if assigned(R[0].lpszAddress) then strDispose(R[0].lpszAddress);
  if assigned(R[0].lpszName) then strDispose(R[0].lpszName);
  if assigned(R[1].lpszAddress) then strDispose(R[1].lpszAddress);
  if assigned(R[1].lpszName) then strDispose(R[1].lpszName);
end;

hey, where is stated "if you don't want to use the API", should be "... want to use Outlook"

Cheers,
  Bruno

Thanks everybody for the pointers, jduncan for the code. I think Bruno's answer is what I am looking for though, as I did not want to install any other applications such as outlook to send the fax with.

Thanks again for your help

Goodangel