Communicating through winsock and comm 3

[Guest]

Hi Interesting one this.
I have an external piece of equipment that I need to access through the comm
port. This can be done through Hyperterminal etc. What I need is to find out
if I can get access to the comms port via VBA, is there a third party control
etc. so I can talk directly to the external unit via code.
Second is it fiesable to access tcpip, like winsock through a control in vba?

well hopefully there are many out there that have done this and I will get
loads of answers. O I do know it can be done through full VB but am trying to
keep things contained.

Thanks for your time

Mike J. Soames

 

[Guest]

MsComm is Microsoft ActiveX allowing you to communicate with COM port. You
can use googlel to search for MsComm