Re: flexfax: WHFC under NT Terminal Server

[Greg Skafte <skafte@worldgate.com>]

did you remember to  "change user /install" .....

I've found that most of the time packages don't work for me under terminal
server it's because I've forgot to ....


Quoting Carl Patten (cpatte@trimodalinc.com)
On Subject: flexfax: WHFC under NT Terminal Server
Date: Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 12:37:48PM -0500

> 
> My desire is to make WHFC 1.0.5 work under Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0
> (service pack 4) with Citrix MetaFrame 1.8.  Needless to say, this is a bit
> tricky, but I'm so close it hurts.
> 
> What I did: installed WHFC as administrator.  Set up printer named "HylaFAX"
> using print driver Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS, connected to port
> "WHFCFAX:".
> 
> Here's how it's behaving:  if WHFC is already running, I can print to the
> HylaFAX printer and the WHFC send fax dialog windows comes up normally.  If
> WHFC is not running I get no send fax dialog; instead I get the following
> error on the console:
> 
> WHFC.EXE - DLL Initialization Failed
> Initialization of the dynamic link library M:\WTSRV\system32\KERNEL32.dll
> failed.  The process is terminating abnormally.
> 
> This is followed by a blank Error dialog box on the console with OK and
> Cancel as options.  The HylaFax printer status shows it's deleting the job,
> but hangs until I click OK or Cancel at the console.
> 
> Incidentally, I checked permissions on kernel32.dll; "everybody" has "read"
> access.
> 
> I have a workaround which is to send the print job to a text file, then call
> WHFC through OLE and Perl.  I'd prefer to print jobs directly to the
> printer.  The behavior doesn't change when I try it from a Citrix ICA client
> connection rather than at the Windows NT console, so it's something between
> Terminal Server and WHFC.
> 
> Any ideas?  Hate to give up when I'm this close...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> Carl Patten
> Systems Administrator
> Trimodal Inc.
> 

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