retreiveing data from a serial port 1

[procom]

I need to retrieve data from a serial port into a form. A scale will be sending the weight to the serial port which needs to show in a field on a form which can be edited if necessary.

 

[GrigoreDolghin]

Hello.

Try using the MSCOMM.OCX (it came with the Visual FoxPro). I've used it, and the thing works. If you want more information, reply and I can e-mail to you a sample code about how to do this.


Hmmmmm... Maybe I should write a FAQ about this isssue... The TekTips gurus! What do you think?

Grigore Dolghin

 

[Diederik]

Unfortunatly, the "keyword search" functionality is down, as an almost identical question was answered some time ago (including example code).

As Grigore stated, your best bet is using the MSCOMM.OCX

Diederik Vermeeren
verm1864@exact.nl

 

[rgbean]

Some VFP / MSCOMM32 sample code is available in

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q140/5/25.asp

- HOWTO: Receive from the Serial Port by Using MScomm32.ocx.
Also useful may be

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q139/5/26.asp

- HOWTO: Send to the Serial Port by Using Mscomm32.ocx.
And of course,

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q154/7/41.asp

- HOWTO: Transmit and Receive Binary Data using MSCOMM32.

Rick

 

[Walid]

Hi
Read my reply for the Bar Code Scanner it will help you.
It uses the same control you need.
Thanks
Walid

 

[dgrewe]

I know of Three FoxPro 3rd party software libraries that do this:
1. Comet, (available from just any shareware site) - Problem is tech support
2.

http://www.magnacartasoftware.com/

3.

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

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