> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Hensel [SMTP:russ_s_hensel@YAHOO.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 12:45 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [PIC]: PIC, VisualBasic, and Serial Comm.
>
> source= http://www.piclist.com/postbot.asp?id=piclist\2003\04\21\131803a
>
> Visual basic has an ocx, there is a free one on the net, contact me off
> list if you want the reference.  VB for this app kind of sucks, the ocx
> wants to return a string an data with a binary 0 in it my fail to pass at
> all ( an upgrade to return an array of
> chars has not ( last time i checked ) been implementd.
>
> My way around this has been to use Java, I have a bunch of code
> for this if it is a way you might want to go.
>
>
Simply set the InputMode property to comInputModeBinary.  The ocx then
returns all data as a byte array within a variant.  I have to admitt, I
don't know why so many people have trouble with the mscomm control, it's
very simple to set up and use if the help files are followed.

Mike


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