I am creating a prospecting database and would like the ability to fax from
fmp8.
Any cheap (or even better free) faxing solutions that you might recommend?

thank you,

P.L

Hi, I just wrote a process for this recently. I had to make a program
to do mass faxing. Here's how it worked out.
1 Import the one page PDF into a contain as a graphic.
2 Set up a layout where page one is the cover page: who to and who from
info, etc., and page two is the PDF container full page.
3 Have a script go to the new layout in form view, use the new "Export
as PDF" feature, and under options give the pdf a unique calculated
title like "Fax to" & FullName. Export it to desktop as Fax.pdf (you
can't export PDFs with a variable name, rrrr)
4 Run an automator script to change the PDF file name to the PDF title
and move the PDF into a newly created folder on the desktop called
"Faxes". An automator script can create the folder, can someone tell me
how to do it with applescript.
5 Run the applescript: do shell script "lp -d Internal_Modem -o
phone=#p# ~/Desktop/Faxes/#faxname#.pdf" but substitute #p# for the fax
number and #faxname# to the same calculation that set the PDF title in
step 3.
6 Go to next record loop.
7 When it runs it will make personalized two page PDFs for each
contact, export them to desktop as Fax.pdf, rename it to the embedded
PDF title, move it to a Faxes folder and run an shell script to send
the fax command to the Internal Modem program. In the internal modem
program you see the renamed PDF "Fax to Fullname" and the number in
case any error happen.

If anyone knows how to create a folder, delete temporary files, or
rename a PDF file to its embedded title with applescript so I can lose
the Automator files, let me know. I would also like to make multipage
faxes but since I'm imported the PDF to fax as a graphic it only sees
one page.

Any advice
Dave

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