>>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)

Shouldn't be, Frank. I used to toy around with modem-modem comm under VFP 5.0. Try the OnComm event, need to know current control, use ActiveControl, just append to control.Value. Good Luck, and keep at it, you'll get it. Kenneth.