Re: Help with com routine

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 03-31-92 (07:08)             Number: 181
From: BOB PERKINS                  Refer#: NONE
  To: TRENT SHIRLEY                 Recvd: NO  
Subj: Re: Help with com routine      Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

 TS> I dont seem to be able to use a variable to open the com
 TS> port, and was hoping someone could tell me how to do this,
 TS> or an alternate way to acheive the same purpose.

  What happens when you try to use a variable?  The open
statement below works just fine here.  If you're getting a
device timeout error try using "cs0,ds0" in your open
statement.

  comport$ = "com1:2400,n,8,1,cs0,ds0"
  OPEN comport$ FOR RANDOM AS #1



--- Msg V4.5
 * Origin: Reciprocity Failure  (1:124/4115.236)