Not sure. The VFP Help file is not very helpful:
Record your recent actions while using Visual FoxPro and then call Microsoft Support.Conflicting settings in the Device Manager for this port? Do you have another port you can try?
>I tried
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fp = fopen('COM1',12)
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>in VFP 7,8 & 9 beta and got an invalid seek offset error.
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>Why ?
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA