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FaxServer.CreateDocument method

The CreateDocument method creates a FaxDoc object for a specified FaxServer object. The FaxDoc object allows a user to create and transmit a document to one or more fax recipients.

Syntax

FaxServer.CreateDocument( _
  ByVal FileName As String, _
  ByRef retVal As Variant _
) As Long

Parameters

FileName [in]

Type: String

Specifies a null-terminated string that contains the fully qualified path and name of the file that contains the fax document to transmit. The path can be a UNC path or a path beginning with a drive letter.

This parameter can contain any valid local or remote file name. The file must be a properly registered file type, and the fax server must be able to access the file.

retVal [out]

Type: Variant*

Pointer to a VARIANT structure that receives an IDispatch interface pointer to a FaxDoc object. The method returns a pdispVal member with a VT_DISPATCH data type.

Remarks

The CreateDocument method retrieves an IDispatch interface pointer to a FaxDoc object. A fax client application can also access the IFaxDoc interface directly by calling the IUnknown::QueryInterface method to retrieve an interface pointer. The IFaxDoc interface allows a user to set the properties for a fax document, and then transmit the document.

A fax client application should not call the CoCreateInstance function to retrieve an IFaxDoc interface pointer because it will not be instantiated correctly.

Requirements

Minimum supported client
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header
Faxcom.h
DLL
Faxcom.dll

See also

FaxServer

Fax Service Client API for Windows 2000

Fax Service Client API Interfaces

FaxServer

FaxDoc

IUnknown::QueryInterface