>>Mark,
>>Could you explain Why you want to use EVENTHANDLER()?
>VFP is a buggy product. That's for one.
>What should work right from the box, does not.
>So, I am trying to find a workaroud.

I have no problems when I use MSCOMMLib directly in the Form. What bothers you? You didn't receive what you expected?
Or you what to define the form not via Visual designer?
About VFP. It is not more BUGGY then everithing else. I think it is more stable. But this is onbly my oppinion.

oFrm = CREATEOBJECT("Form")
oFrm.AddProperty("InputVar")
oFrm.AddObject("MSCom","MSCom")
oFrm.Show()
ON KEY LABEL ESC CLEAR EVENTS
READ EVENTS






DEFINE CLASS MSCom AS OLECONTROL
     OleClass = "MSCOMMLib.MSComm.1"
     
     PROCEDURE Init
          this.commport = 1
          this.settings = '9600,N,8,1'
          this.dtrenable = .T.
          this.handshaking = 2
          this.rthreshold = 1
          this.sthreshold = 0
          this.rtsenable = .T.
          this.portopen = .T.
     ENDPROC

     PROCEDURE OnCom
          thisform.InputVar = this.Input
     ENDPROC
     
     PROCEDURE Destroy
         IF this.PortOpen
            this.portopen = .f.
         ENDIF
     ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE