Tracy, Actually, I did this a while back, using OCR software. I used TeleForm from Cardiff Software (www.cardiff.com) - you need a PC with a fax card, faxes arrive, it processes them, and then can dump the data into a database (via ODBC). I had it dump the data into a SQL Server table, and then had a trigger which processed the data, validated it, and moved it to live tables.
It does not work well with totally freeform faxes, but if you create special forms where folks fill in boxes or check things then it is actually quite good. Hope this helps. --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Bost [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Fax into database I may be trying to reach too far here, but I'm wondering if anyone has attempted to parse a fax to a pc & insert into database as to eliminate all the data entry, or if even i its possible. If anyone has any ideas,suggestions, please let me know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
