Fax module

[sugarcare]

How do I integrate a Fax module to the package under both LAMP or WAMP env. Under LAMP, we have hylafax. Or there any OS packages under WAMP?

Let's say, we generate a report and have an option for the user to fax/email/print.

[stevec]

hylafax sounds the best way to go. Used it a fair bit a couple of years ago and integration was reasonably straightforward (hint: if you are fax merging, make the whole doc the header page). You should be able to remotely send to a linux box from a wamp server

[efgroup]

How do I integrate a Fax module to the package under both LAMP or WAMP env. Under LAMP, we have hylafax. Or there any OS packages under WAMP?

Let's say, we generate a report and have an option for the user to fax/email/print.

WAMP has a built in fax service - just add a fax modem and configure fax services in the OS.
You can wrap the faxing portion several different ways - I'm taking the approach of an outbound fax queue table, with canned form letters writen in ms word. The merge info is taken from the outbound fax queue table, read via odbc in VFP, then VFP drives an automation piece to do the merge (even if one document), submit to the fax server queue, and then update the outbound fax queue table with other info.

FOR LAMP servers - I'm about to take the approach for automating custom pdf generation, then sending that out via email to an efax service . Not pretty, but my production SugarCRM server resides on a shared-service hosting company, and my options to 'attach a modem' are non-existent.

regards [Bill]