OL98: (IMO) Winfax Pro Update Utility Available

ID: Q183120

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 98

SUMMARY

After installing the Symantec WinFax Starter Edition with Microsoft Outlook 98, you decide to upgrade to the full version of WinFax Pro. After upgrading, you notice that the Fax numbers fields are empty when WinFax Pro is set to view information from your Outlook Contacts folder.

MORE INFORMATION

WinFax Pro, version 8.x looks for fax and voice numbers in the Outlook Contacts fields, "Other Fax" and "Primary Phone." Since these fields are often unused, they appear unpopulated when viewed from the WinFax Pro phone book.

Symantec has supplied a utility, named Wfupdate.exe that corrects the condition described above. The utility does the following:

Copies Business/Home Fax numbers to the Other Fax field
Copies Business/Home phone numbers to the Primary Phone field.

If a number is exists in either of these fields, the utility will not overwrite that number.

The need for this utility exists only with the Contacts generated with the Internet Mail Only (IMO) installation option of Outlook. WinFax Pro 8.x phone book correctly displays these phone number fields in the Corporate/Workgroup (CW) installation of Outlook.

Downloading Wfupdate.exe

To obtain the WinFax Pro Update utility, use either of the following methods:

Use a Web browser to connect to the Symantec Web site: http://service.symantec.com/winfax/files_winfax.html

Use either an ftp client or Web browser, to connect to the Symantec site: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/winfax_pro

The WinFax Pro Update utility is also available on the Outlook 98 compact disk in the Valupack folder.

REFERENCES

WinFax Pro is manufactured by Symantec, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 98


Keywords          : kb3rdparty Intp3rdPty 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 28, 1999