Fax Forward 1.0 
 
Forward Faxes from a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 PC with a 
fax/modem to another PC on the workgroup. 
 
 
 
Legal stuff (Disclaimer) 
 
Fax Forward is freeware.  It may be distributed freely.  But 
be aware: 
The Copyright Owner hereby disclaims all warranties relating 
to this software, whether express or implied, including 
without limitation any implied warranties of 
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The 
Copyright Owner will not be liable for any special, 
incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due 
to loss of data or any other reason, even if The Copyright 
owner or an agent of The Copyright Owner has been advised of 
the possibility of such damages.  The person using the 
software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of 
the software. 
 
 
 
 
Fax Forward is almost complete, except for the Help and 
About menus.  I sadly lost the code to the main form of Fax 
Forward two days after writing it (in one afternoon!).  I
hope to some day rebuild it, but you may want to try it on 
your own.  You really only need the MAPI VBX with the 
professional version of Visual Basic 3.0. 
 
 
 
From a VB point of view, all Fax Forward does: 
 
- Starts a MAPI Session for the Receiving station 
 
- At a given interval, checks the InBox for unread messages. 
It then steps through as many messages as it got (now in 
its Read buffer), and looks for "Fax" as the first three 
letters of the originator's address. 
 
- If it sees "Fax", it then puts the message in the Compose 
Buffer, and forwards it to the address specified in the 
Settings dialog.  It simultaneously adds the fax message to 
the listbox on Fax Forward's main form, and to the log file. 
 
 
 
From a operational point of view, the first time your run 
Fax Forward, it won't know what the receive station is, or the forward 
station.  Go into the Settings menu option, and enter the name of the 
fax/modem's station, the forwarding station, the interval to check 
(1 - 59 minutes are OK numbers). Fax Forward fills in a file name to 
log to; if you want to turn off logging, just clear all text out of 
the Log To File box.  You can enter a different file name, but do not 
put a new path.  Fax Forward always puts the log file in its own 
directory, and uses that knowledge to run Notepad.exe to show you 
the log file.  Now close Fax Forward and relaunch it with its proper 
settings.  If you get an error message, you may not have the correct 
name for one of the stations - check them and try again. 
 
Note that the List of forwarded faxes is cleared out every 
time Fax Forward is closed.  So the log file keeps a list of all 
forwarded faxes since Fax Forward was installed (unless you delete/edit
the file), and the list box just shows faxes forwarded this session. 
 
 
 
 
 
That's it.  I hope it works on your system.  It works like a 
charm on our small workgroup.  If nothing else, I hope it 
can get you over the shock that Microsoft didn't build this 
feature into W4WG 3.11. 
 
 
Paul Kaliciak 
CompuServe: 70242,3375 
Internet: paul.kaliciak@canrem.com