Hi William,
You can use the MSCOMM32 control. The help file is typically in c:\windows\help\comm98.chm. It gets installed with Visual Studio 6 (if you have it)
>Hello :
>
>Can you giveme sobre tips to send commands to ports(COM1, COM2, ETC), i am currently implementing a SMS app to send text messages trough a GSM movil phone.
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>your help is great appreciated.
>
>att
>William
Nick Neklioudov
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3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro
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