Anybody had the "pleasure" of handling Winfax FXM files on Linux?
I've just moved from desktop Windows to desktop Linux, with VMWare for incompatible Windows apps, but because I get faxes arrive as email (and the email client is running in Linux) it would be much better to find somethuing to view them in Linux than have to somehow transfer them to the VM for viewing.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 11:34:40AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
Anybody had the "pleasure" of handling Winfax FXM files on Linux?
I've just moved from desktop Windows to desktop Linux, with VMWare for incompatible Windows apps, but because I get faxes arrive as email (and the email client is running in Linux) it would be much better to find somethuing to view them in Linux than have to somehow transfer them to the VM for viewing.
Hmm - I don't suppose that: convert faxxyfile.fxm faxxyfile.pdf
Works, does it?
Brett Parker wrote:
Hmm - I don't suppose that: convert faxxyfile.fxm faxxyfile.pdf
Works, does it?
convert: no decode delegate for this image format `FAXXYFILE.FXM'
I guess that means "no" :-(
But thanks for the suggestion.
NB: $ file FAXXYFILE.FXM FAXXYFILE.FXM: data
If file doesn't recognise the file type, that's not good is it?
Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk wrote:
Anybody had the "pleasure" of handling Winfax FXM files on Linux? [...] I get faxes arrive as email [...]
I've been getting faxes as email for years. They now arrive as PDF, but before that, I think they were TIFF 3g files. I've never seen FXM. Can you change settings or upgrade the fax-email gateway?
Regards,
Its a bit clunky and probably already considered but perhaps one of the various programs that will convert fxm files under windows such as http://www.imageconverterplus.com/help-center/work-with-icp/examples/how-to-... might play nicely under wine?
Not perfect but i couldnt find anything that natively supports it under linux
Ricky
On 9/12/07, MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk wrote:
Anybody had the "pleasure" of handling Winfax FXM files on Linux? [...] I get faxes arrive as email [...]
I've been getting faxes as email for years. They now arrive as PDF, but before that, I think they were TIFF 3g files. I've never seen FXM. Can you change settings or upgrade the fax-email gateway?
Regards,
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Ricky Bruce wrote:
Its a bit clunky and probably already considered but perhaps one of the various programs that will convert fxm files under windows such as http://www.imageconverterplus.com/help-center/work-with-icp/examples/how-to-... might play nicely under wine?
Not perfect but i couldnt find anything that natively supports it under linux
Considered, yes, but I've not found a candidate that appeals to me.
There is, of-course, the option of installing WinFax itself under Wine (or trying to!) Given how badly WinFax supports XP and Vista anyway there's a good chance it'll work better under Linux than under current flavours of Windows anyway!
Of-course a native solution would be preferred, but it looks like I'm going to be unlucky there.
MJ Ray wrote:
I've been getting faxes as email for years. They now arrive as PDF, but before that, I think they were TIFF 3g files. I've never seen FXM. Can you change settings or upgrade the fax-email gateway?
Ideal world I'd agree with you (and since I have control of the fax server, and would love to get it working with hylafax, even in this world I have a lot of sympathy for that view).
Unfortunately Winfax is there and "working" (insofar as WinFax ever really "works") for everyone else, so changing that is not an option, at this stage at least.
Just ignoring the faxes and letting other people with them is an option though :-)
Mark Rogers
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