Are you sure you can open the port? Are you sure you have the correct port setting? I can use the control in both VFP and VB.


>>I have NT 4 SP3 and the MS COMM control works fine for me....
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>>>>>I meant CrystalComm. Can the MSCOMM control use KERMIT? I was told not.
>>>>>Marcus.
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>>>>I don't know if MSCOMM supports kermit. For something more sophisticated, I would check out www.mabry.com.
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>>>Does MSCOMM works on WinNT 4.0 SP3? I didn't manage to get it working the last time I tried. Did you have any success?
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>Do you have any idea why I can't open the port even when Port_open = False? I am using VB. Are you using VFP to call MSCOMM32?
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>I test using:
>If mscomm1.port_open = false then
> mscomm1.port_open = true
>endif