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Send ASCII String to Serial Port?

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GDGarth

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Aug 5, 2000
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How can I send an ASCII string to a serial port in VB 4?

Can I do in in Access '97, using VBA?
 
Here's a particial "copy" of VB 4 help file section dealing with serial coms...


The communications control provides [red]serial[/red] communications for your application by allowing the transmission and reception of data through a serial port.

File Name

MSCOMM16.OCX, MSCOMM32.OCX

Class Name

MSComm

Remarks

The communications control provides the following two ways for handling communications:



If you want to read the rest of it, check VB4 help files. Use the INDEX tab and search for serial.

Good Luck.
--MiggyD It's better to have two heads to solve a problem from different angles than to have tunnel vision to a dead end.
 
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