You had *better* figure it out (LOL). And soooon.

>I really appreciate your help! I am getting there slowly. A few more questions.
>If I am doing this connection and text data retreival programmatically, 1.Wouldn't the MyWrapper.prg get overwritten each time the code ran?
>2. I am at a dilemma on where this code goes for (the oMSCOMM & oVFPCOM),
> is the define class DMSCommEvents put in the init?
>There is an article at support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q140/5/25.asp that uses the MSComm32.ocx for a serial connection. Again, I get the portopen property to true, but the CommEvent buffer is empty.
>
>Maybe I am defining my classes wrong. Should I be writing in my main.prg
>or the init of a form?
>DEFINE CLASS ComConn CUSTOM OLEPUBLIC
>PROCEDURE OnComm
>with this
> .commport=1
> .settings="9600,e,7,1"
> .portopen=.t.
> .rthreshold=1
>endwith
>
>if this.CommEvent>2
> thisform.pBuffer=thisform.pBuffer+this.input
>endif
>endproc
>
>Then hold do I get the buffer to text file..mytext.dat, in either case?
>
>As you can see "I am going to figure this out". I apprecioate your patience.
>Thanks, Chuck