MSComm Control - Recieving text

[ssrp]

Can someone show me a quick way to receive text using the MSComm control. I can make the dialup connection but can not see any data being returned using outputfield.text=MSCommCtrl.input. Can anyone bail me out?

[AdrianH]

If you are expecting to receive text, set the InputMode property to comInputModeText, else comInputModeBinary

Also, ensure that your RThreshold property is set to 1, do NOT set a higher number for this property

To check that you are indeed connected via Modem, check the CDHolding property with a Timer control.

If CDHolding = True then test for any received serial data by testing the InBufferCount property. If the InBufferCount > 0 (Rx Serial data) then assign a string variable to the Input property. eg. RxBuf = MSComm1.Input

If you are expecting binary data then you need to declare a binary array and assign the .Input data to that array.

You can also have event-driven rx serial using the comEvReceive event via the OnComm event.

HTH
Adrian