>Short answer is yes.
>Keep in mind that the port can't be used by another app until you close it. If you tell me in more detail what are you trying to accomplish, I may be able to help you. Feel free to use my private email.

Basically I have a VFP service that listens on a port. There is a 3rd-party client application that ongoingly picks up files from a directory and sends them to the specified port. All is well on the first send/receive, but after that the client application errors because it says that it is unable to communicate with the port. I have calls into the 3rd-party people, but there are not as responsive as people here are. <g>