George,

Wondered if I could get your opinion on something.

Have purchased an active X control that allows VB, VC+, VFP to control a broadcast videotape machine. One of the key features is that it monitors a comm port every 10mS for timecode readings and machine status messages. No matter how I tweak it, my VFP6 runs this very sluggish. Is VFP's inherent overhead simply to much to allow this rapid port monitoring?
Would VFP 7 or 8 be a dfferent story? The sample VB app they supply handles it fine.

Bruce Covey