Faxing PDF file using .Net application

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Faxing PDF file using .Net application

I developed a windows service to fax files using VB.NET. It is working for the file formats .bmp,.jpeg. But it is not working for the file type .PDF.

I am using FaxComLib (COM .dll) to send fax. I am getting following error when the service tries to fax .PDF file. "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070483): Operation failed. at FAXCOMEXLib.FaxDocumentClass.ConnectedSubmit(FaxServer pFaxServer)

What could be the problem?

Thanks, P.Gopalakrishnan.

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asked on Stack Overflow Jul 2, 2009 by

gopal • edited Jul 2, 2009 by

gopal

3 Answers

Wouldn't you need to flatten the PDF into a sequence of page images, perhap as TIFF's?

answered on Stack Overflow Jul 2, 2009 by

Steven Sudit

There is some good code here that you can use for figuring out how to convert your pdf to image

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/PDFViewerControl.aspx

answered on Stack Overflow Jul 2, 2009 by

quimbo

I had the same problem and found that the server didn't have a Acrobat/Acrobat Reader installed. Installing Adobe Reader allowed me to use FAXCOMEXLib to send .PDF files without flattening them.

It was as simple as FaxDoc.Body = "foo.pdf".

answered on Stack Overflow Jan 7, 2011 by

John

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