MSCOMM and VB V6 Learning Edition

[vbman7]

I am currently using VB V6 Learning Edition. Unfortunately, the Learning Edition does not come with the MSCOMM control which lets you communicate with a COM port. Does anyone know what other functions are available in VB V6 Learning Edition that will let me communicate with the COM port.

[Mad Compie]

Yes: none!
But their are other solutions:
1) use API instead of the OCX
2) use a 3rd party DLL like VBIO.DLL to handle serial and parallel IO

The API is very difficult to implement if you are a beginner. I don't know any link for the moment, but try perhaps: http://www.vbapi.com or http://www.allapi.net

The 2nd solution is to use the internal registers (like i.e. 03F8h, 03F9h, ...). But if you don't know what these registers do, then...

Perhaps it could be recommended to upgrade to the Pro version (or even Enterprise).