I know that XP programs written in VB6 using MSComm work just fine. As for
VB5, I have not heard of any problems, but be sure that you have at least
SP2 installed before using MSComm.  Early implementations were quite buggy.
(as far as I remember, MSComm was always buggy in VB5, regardles of OS)

Does the program in question run on other OS's?

A good MSComm troubleshooting reference is available at
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q192012  (MS
Knowledge base)

Jen

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Gary Baker
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 2:01 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [OT]: Windows XP, do programs written in Visual Basic 5 work
> ok?
>
>
> Hi,
> Windows XP, do programs written in Visual Basic 5 work ok?
>
>
>
> With the new operating system, I seem to remember something
> about compatibility problems, or was it just that you cannot
> write to serial ports etc anymore?
>
> As an example, I assume a 'Hello World' text program will
> work OK, but a program that operates using RS232 will not?
>
> Thanks Gary
>
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