Thank you, this clears things up for me!
However, here is the latest I am stuck on.

In this object.class, there is a property that I need to set to true to continue. currently it is set to false and I can see that it is false in the watch list.

Here is from the help file of the component (examples are for VB)
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TColumnOn (Transducer column on or off.)
Function:
boolean = TColumnOn( mux as integer, channel as integer, errr as integer )
TColumnOn( mux as integer, channel as integer, errr as integer) = boolean

Description: Turns transducer column display update on or off.

Arguments: mux is any valid multiplexer on the port, 1 to 8.
channel is any number from 1 to 16.
errr is return error code.

Example: DM916.TColumnOn( 1, 2, errr ) = true
if DM916.TColumnOn( 1, 2, errr ) then
print “Is on”
endif
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I can run it just as it is, but if I try to set a boolean to it, fox can't handle it. It works in VB of course. I've tried many ways, including..

dm916.TColumnOn(1,1,err) = .T.

of which fox yields
Err #31
Invalid subscript reference

it just doesnt like that = .t. ...fox only see's it as a function, not a property?

Ideas?
THANKS!



>Hi Joe,
>
>See help on CREATEOBJECT and look at the ClassName parameter description. It says:
>
>OLE objects are created using the following syntax for ClassName:
>ApplicationName.Class
>For example, to create a Microsoft Excel worksheet (which supports Automation), you can use the following syntax:
>x = CREATEOBJECT('Excel.Sheet')
>
>In Windows registry, you'd find the object registered as Api916.Dm916port (the application and a class of that application). This is a standard for any OLE object.
>
>Hope this helps.
>Sylvain Bujold
>
>>Who knew I had to use a "." and refer to the object and it's class to create the object? Fox Help had NOTHING on this.
>>
>>So the correct answer was:
>>
>> dm916 = CREATEOBJECT('api916.dm916port')
>> dm916.CommPort(AsiResult) = 2
>>
>>Thanks for your help guys.