beginner question about mscomm32.ocx

[linar]

Hello,

I'm sorry to disturb you all with a probably dumb question. But I'm new to Visual Basic, so forgive me ...
Where can I download the mscomm32.ocx ? And do I have to add it afterwards through the project/components menu ?
Thank you very much

[peet]

hmmm think it is shipped along with visual basic. don't think it can be downloaded as a separat file.

u sure its not there ?

[linar]

Yes, I'm sure because I've opened a project which needs the mscomm32.ocx and it isn't there. But I don't have the MSDN installed , is that maybe the problem ?

[peet]

have u preformed a search on u'r disk?
It could be that its only the reference that is not correct.
do u quick search

[linar]

Yes, it can finds other ocx's under c:\windows\system\ but not the mscomm32.ocx

[peet]

what version of VB do u use?

[linar]

I use Visual Basic 6.0

[peet]

hmm... well according to MSDN, it is a part of the VB6 inst.
u use professional or entreprise version?

[shunt]

Download the file from here.
Unzip it.
Copy the file to your system32 folder.
Use the following lines to register it:

regsvr32 mscomm32.ocx

[linar]

thanks a lot!