Does anyone know how to address the serial ports ( com1, com2 ect... ) in a Visual Basic program?

I just bought Visual Basic standard edition for 95 ( never used VB before ) and the manual/on-line help does
not touch on this topic. If the explaination is too involved, how about a pointing me toward some documentation
of VB and the serial ports...

Thanks,

Anthony M Walter

Look at the custom controls that come with the Professional edition.

Check the help files for MSComm.

Jim

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don't know if this works for VB3 though?

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if you'd bought the profesianol addition of vb there is a vbx which does
all the work for you. you might be able to find an equivelant vbx
somewhere