Access serial port on a client via web?

[Bill Belliveau]

Hello all,
I'm trying to determine if I can access and read information with a web
application/service from a PDA attached to a remote client. From my
searches it seems like the answer is yes, but with the obvious need for an
ActiveX control on the client machine.

Any idea on the feasibility of this? I found a number of products but
nothing is an exact fit so a link would be great.

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Dick Grier]

Hi,

This DOES require an ActiveX control that executes on the client. Thus,
there are security and deployment issues. A number of people have used
NETComm.ocx (from my homepage) for this. However, I, personally, have not
done so, so I cannot offer any specific advice. Sorry.

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 3rd
Edition ISBN 1-890422-27-4 (391 pages) published February 2002.

 

[Bill Belliveau]

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out.

Bill