>Is there abnything provided with VFP 7.0 to read inputs from a serial port, or must an Activex control be purchased to achieve this functionnality?
John,
You have to use an ActiveX control in Windows but you can do it with the VFP included control, MSComm.Ocx. Check out File#
9336 as an example of how to do it.
HTH.
Larry Miller
MCSD
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