CAPTURE DATA THROUGH COM(1/2) FROM OMRs 1

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Solomon, (Visitor)

I am writing a program in Foxpro 2.6 dos ver. and need to capture data from an OMR (optical mark Reader) through COM ports 1 or 2 . How do I solve this , I will be pleased if code segments are added to explain the answer.

Thanks in advance.


SOLO.

 

[rgbean]

Solo,
If this was 10 years ago, and you were running strictly in DOS, I'd tell you to get SilverComm from SilverWare - I did just that back then. But they are now out of business, and most everyone is actually running under Windows in a DOS window (or worse a DOS emulation in NT/2000), and the hardware is very much different.

Consider doing this in VFP, there are many possible solutions for this environment.

Rick

 

[dgrewe]

Try this site. They still have a 2.6 ver available

http://www.hallogram.com/commtool/

David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644

 

[idontunderstand]

as i remember the commtool cost about 300$,
there are another tools by "marshall-soft" and "compusolve"
with the "comet". - try find them in the internet.
eliezer.