>>>I am interested in developing a communications mechanism for a client
>>>of mine, whereby the VFP app will establish a dial up connection to
>>>a WIN95 or WIN NT machine. Upon establishing the connection, I
>>>desire the app to transfer files to the host machine, and download
>>>files from it, then terminate the connection.
>>>
>>>I thought Comm Tools looked like a viable basis for a solution.
>>>
>>>Anyone utilized Comm Tools or any other mechanism or developed a
>>>form class to handle this type of communication?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>Wesley
>>
>> I developed an application that does just that using PDQcomm's
>>ActiveX control from crescent software.
>>
>>Gary
>
>
>I'm using CommTools w/ VFP 5.0a.
>I built a class to do our communications stuff but it's specific to our bbs and is not
>generic at all.
>I had a few problems with it but i was able to overcome all of them in one way or another.
>if you have a specific question about how to do something with commtools in vfp
>i may be able to help

Gray:

You mentioned some problems - anything major? Any tips of what pitfalls to look out for in using
Comm Tools?

Thanks very much for the response.

Wes.