Comm Port Controls

[nheitz]

I'm writing a program for my company and I'm finished with everything except the final part which includes transferring the info from my database-like program to a machine on the shop floor. I'm familiar with most of the commands for opening comm ports and settings, but i can't figure out how to declare my comm port variable, or IF i need to. I'm using some sample code as a reference to help me. It looks like this:

private sub cmdGetData_Click()
dim foo as integer, thedata as string
mscomm1.comport=1
mscomm1.settings="28800,N,8,1"
mscomm1.inputlen=0
mscomm1.portopen=true
mscomm1.output="AT" + Chr$(13)
end sub

If i used code similar to this, would i need to declare mscomm1 somewhere? and what to set it as?

thanks

 

[scorpio66]

You need to use the Microsoft Comm Control (MSCOMM32.OCX)

Chaz

 

[nheitz]

Could you be a little more specific?

 

[ADoozer]

project->components scroll down to microsoft comm control 6.0 (MSCOMM32.OCX) check the box... and drag one onto your form!!

good luck!

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