Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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I just discovered this free program yesterday and I absolutely love it.

The one thing that is hindering me though, is that when I have no other PDF software installed, I cannot fax PDF attachments through Outlook 2003. If it matters I am using Windows XP Pro SP2. I used to create a purchase order in PDF and email it as an attachment to a fax user in Outlook. It would render the PDF image and send it out through the MS Fax Console.

Now since I uninstalled my Adobe software and installed this, it says that it cannot render the attachment. I believe this because the printto verb is missing. Is there a printto verb that I can put in the registry to make this work?

And I do know there are other ways to fax PDF's, such as printing them to a fax printer, but I have reasons for wanting to do it through Outlook.

Am I missing something that will make this work?
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Another thing I noticed that is probably related to the PDF rendering in Outlook Faxing, is the fact that when you right-click on a PDF file, it does not give you a Print option, like it would normally if you had Adobe installed. It seems that there is no printto command in the registry for this program, only an Open command.
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Yes, for now PDF-XChange viewer doesn't support printing from command line. Will add this feature into the next build.
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Re: Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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when will the next release with the print option be available
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Re: Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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Build 38 is due next week.
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Re: Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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I am opening this topic back up. When I try to fax from outlook through an email (exchange server) I get an email that says Cannot Render All Attachments. I am having an identical issue to as what is described above. When I try adding a PrintTo Verb it doesn't offer the option to add. When Adobe was set up this worked but doesn't any longer as I love this program and it is my default PDF handler! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Brent
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Re: Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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Which build of the viewer do you use ?

From the 'Abut' Window in the Menu ...

thanks
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Re: Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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Version 2.0 Build 41.4. Sorry this took so long to responod. I thought I would get an email when my post was updated but I must not have check the notify button.
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Re: Outlook PDF conversion for faxing

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Sorry, I cannot find what I need to do to fax from outlook via email. Can you give me some instructions?
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When attaching files to any message - please ensure they are archived and posted as a .ZIP, .RAR or .7z format - or they will not be posted - thanks.