Depend on OCX requirements sometimes WinSock doesn't work. We make VB wrapper to it. TCP/IP for client machine and UDP for Server machine. If you like you can send us HL7 protokol and form of your application.We will make connection

>Thanks,
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>I've heard that it would be possible to do the communications with the winsock OCX, do you know something more about that ?
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>TIA,
>
>Walter,
>
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>>basically you have to parse the HL7 files or the data that comes over TCP/IP or UDP and store the data you need. An alternative to this would be to use a communication server (often provided by the manufacturer of the hospital information system), that can give you plain ASCII files instead of HL7 data. I don't know of any ready to use VFP classes for parsing HL7.
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>>HTH,
>>Armin
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>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>Has anyone experience in implementing communications with the HL7 (Health Level 7) protocol within VFP ?
>>>
>>>If so, how is this done ?
>>>
>>>Walter,