Hi Viv,

The only use I have found for it is for set/get commtimeouts - an omission/bug in the control.

>Hi,
>
>>DECLARE INTEGER CloseHandle IN Win32API INTEGER hObject
>>nporthandle = form1.olecontrol1.commid
>>nerr = closehandle(nporthandle)
>
>>will close the port and drop the handle. And the control will not like it >one bit :-)
>
>Ha - never thought about the CommId property being the handle.
>So I guess I was wrong about the possibility - but right about the outcome <g>
>
>Regards,
>Viv