Thanks, I'll give Cardiff a call.


Ben Forta wrote:

> 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.
>
> 
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