It looks like MSCOMM32.OCX wasn't installed properly on your computer.
Try to reinstall it or try on another PC.

>I'm trying to add the Microsoft Communication control to a form. All the installation of of this control went without trouble. Marc Grajower's article on UT titled "Basic Serial Communication with MSCOMM32.OCX" has been very helpful.
>
>After adding the control to a form and opening the properties window, I see this
>error on several of the properties:
>
>"OLE error code 0x800a018a: Unknown OLE status code." The help on this error
>is useless, says the solution depends on the problem.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Karl