>Can someone outline a minimal procedure whereby I can use
>MSCOMM32.OCX to accept data input into a textbox, emulating
>user typed input? Is this harder than one would think? ;o)

There is an example (a simple serial terminal)
in the help file for MSCOMM32.OCX.

Create the ActiveX object on your form, highlight it
then press . Check example.

Regards,
Mr. Man-wai Chang