> Thanks Bruce, I did look your page before but unfortunately it wont import 
> into either VB5 or VB.NET so I cant get a feeling of what to do.
> I'll have a look at your files with a text editor to see if I can glean 
> anything from your files.

You can mix VB/SoftWire controls all you want. SoftWire throws up "Warning
this is not a SoftWire supported control", but it's simple to make them all work
together. I simply dropped the MSComm control on the form, and added my own
code.

Private Sub MSComm1_OnComm()
CLed3.Value = True     ' Ping the LED to indicate serial activity
If MSComm1.CommEvent = comEvReceive Then
 sData = MSComm1.Input ' Grab inbound serial data
 If Right$(sData, 2) <> vbCrLf Then ' Look for CR, LF
    sData = vbNullString
 Else
    CAnalogMeter1.Value = Left$(sData, 5) ' Grab 5 bytes before CR LF
    Counts = Counts + 1                   ' Increment sample counts
    Me.Caption = "   Sample Count [ " & Counts & " ]"
 End If
End If
Pause 5
CLed3.Value = False
End Sub
 
> any other suggestions?

I would try to get VB6 unless you prefer to go with .Net. I've tried .Net, and I'll
stick with VB6.

-Bruce
http://www.rentron.com
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