>Hi,
> who knows haw I can manage COM1 or COM2 in VFP, I need to read a string through COM1. (sorry about my poor english)

The easiest way is to use the MSCOMM32 ActiveX control. there is no native VFP function to directly access the comm ports; while you may be able to do it with a set of API calls, it's troublesome at best, and not easily supported. There are samples in the UT FAQ that demonstrate the use of the MSCOMM32 control; try FAQ entry #342 What support for serial port data input/output does Microsoft(r) Visual Foxpro(r) offer?