>In VFP5 I need SIMPLE way to do the following:
>Make a telephone call to a Credit Bureau
>Send a few characters of data
>Receive a large amount of data
>I'm sure there are a lot of Classes or Prgs or third party products out there to do this, but I have not been able to find them.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thanks,
>
Rudy,

The MSComm ActiveX control can do this. It is possible, however, to "roll your own". See MS KB article Q148857 for details.