Ola Jim,
I used the MSCOMM32 control successfully on a project about 2 years ago. The control was reading data from another machine's printer port - the other machine & software was printing a HCFA-1500 medical form, my MSCOMM32 captured this output and wrote it to an ASCII file.

Admittedly, while MSCOMM32 never missed a beat, I found the best documentation and examples included in the now discontinued Progress (Cresent Software) PDQComm. MSCOMM32 is(was?) a licenced subset of PDQComm.

Adios, Steven-

>Buenos Dias,
>
>Como esta?
>
>Ok, now that I've gotten the Miami influence out of me, I'll continue... < g >
>
>We're working on a project that accepts information from a hand-held unit via a com port. We're considering using a 3rd party serial communications tool like:
>
>Greenleaf CommX
>Sax Comm Objects
>SuperCom
>
>Does anyone out here have experience using them and VFP? Would the Windows COM control be a better (and cheaper) place to start or is it not worth the hassle? Is there a better component out there that we missed?
>
>Thanks!