>>>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.
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>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.
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>oFrm = CREATEOBJECT("Form")
>oFrm.AddProperty("InputVar")
>oFrm.AddObject("MSCom","MSCom")
>oFrm.Show()
>ON KEY LABEL ESC CLEAR EVENTS
>READ EVENTS
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>DEFINE CLASS MSCom AS OLECONTROL
>     OleClass = "MSCOMMLib.MSComm.1"
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>     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
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>     PROCEDURE OnCom
>          thisform.InputVar = this.Input
>     ENDPROC
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>     PROCEDURE Destroy
>         IF this.PortOpen
>            this.portopen = .f.
>         ENDIF
>     ENDPROC
>ENDDEFINE
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Just add mscomm control to a container and add that container to a form.
Then see if everything still works.