>>I recently moved from VFP 3 to VFP 5. Now I would like to use the MSCOMM
>>OCX OLE control to send and receive data through serial comm port.
>>
>>I create an OLE control and chose the "MS Comm control" from a list. But
>>the
>>property list for the control doesn't show PortOpen. Then how can I open
>>the
>>comm port?
>>
>>Or anyone has experience doing serial communication, pls help, ASAP.
>>Thank you very much.
>>(if possible, pls indicate the detail steps)
>
>Check out a couple of article in Microsoft Knowledge base:
>Q140525 how to receive using mscomm32
>Q139526 how to send using mscomm32

Alvin,
After reading the MS articles, go to your form, right-click on the OLE control, then pick the "MSCOMM Properties" choice (I probably have the wrong title, but it will be in addition to the regular 'properties' entry). You can also get to the Help file for the OCX this way.

HTH