>Anybody have a good tool to use with VFP for catching a data string coming in from a com port?
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>I have a scale that will send me via RS232 the weight of a package. I want to grab the weight compare it to what the weight should be and then pass or stop the package on the screen.
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>Any help would be appreciated.
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>Thanks in advance
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>Alan

Use the MSComm32 control. You can create an OLEControl subclass of it and use the OnComm event. This fires when data is present in the buffer.