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    Coding (clearing the buffer)

    Adoozer: i am looping looking for a the dsr and cd lines, their state. Then i wanted to be able to disable them, after they are enabled and loop again, looking for the state again. I am not sure if this is even possible. this is what i got so far: Private Sub cmdStart_Click()...
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    Coding (clearing the buffer)

    Adoozer: thanks that worked! Now i need to know how to start a loop over after it is completed. My program is looping looking for a particular input, and when that criteria is met it displays a message. What i need to know is how to start the loop again looking for something else, and...
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    Coding (clearing the buffer)

    adoozer: this is my display http://www.surplussales.com/Bulbs-Incan-Panel/futuba.html and this is the specs for it http://www.drizzle.com/~glenn/tsd/US162SD03CB.pdf There is a clear LCD command, i believe its 02H but i don't know how to implement it.
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    Coding (clearing the buffer)

    Adoozer: Yes, I am trying to clear the LCD display, this is something that i have no idea. I though about looping something blank, hoping to clear it but to no avail.
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    Coding (clearing the buffer)

    Can anyone help me with my code? I want to clear the message from the display, and display another one to it. I thought i could clear the buffer but it doesnt want to do it. I am using the dcd and dsr line for input and i wanted to OR the two, to give various results. My first message comes...
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    (VISUAL BASIC 6)Interfacing a RS-232 DB9 serial com port on a display.

    I have been reading alot of info about Vb, but there is such an extensive amount of material. I have done a course using the book (Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enhanced Edition) but that is as far as i know about it. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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    (VISUAL BASIC 6)Interfacing a RS-232 DB9 serial com port on a display.

    Thanks sanlop: But i need to know how to basically start from scratch. I need to know where to begin, i guess right from an option explicit, the what to declare and how to store the string i want displayed.
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    (VISUAL BASIC 6)Interfacing a RS-232 DB9 serial com port on a display.

    Hello: What i need is some information on using Visual basic. I have very little exposure to VB, but am aware that MSCOMM is needed, and that is as far as i know. I have a display( http://www.surplussales.com/Bulbs-Incan-Panel/futuba.html ) that is connected to my computer via the RS-232 cable...
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