thanks, I'll check it out.

>You can use the mscomm32 control. The help file is comm98.chm. It's in the \windows\help directory on my computer. It's a very basic control, but hopefully will work for you.
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>>Hi,
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>>I'm trying to initialize a comm port from within fox pro and can't find anything on it in the help. Does anyone have a way of doing this?
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>>thanks,
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>>Dennis