Writing a COM in VB is not very difficult. Open VB, select ActiveX DLL (or ActiveX EXE) in the New tab and click Open. You can now add your methods and properties in the class module.

To instanciate MSComm, you have to select Project|Components from the menu and check Microsoft Comm Control 6.0 Then. create a new form and insert the Comm control in it. You can then manipulate it from your methods in your class module.

To create the DLL, select File|Make MyProject from the menu.

HTH

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>Care to share that code with me? Writing a com object is new to me.