how do you read the contents of the CTS signal on VB6?

whats the simplest way(VB6 code) to read the contents or status of
rs232 input signal CTS?

you can try usin sax, activex control or you can get a few examples
(most of which might be unstables) from source sites

"electro" <electromagnetic377@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> whats the simplest way(VB6 code) to read the contents or status of
> rs232 input signal CTS?

By calling the standard Windows API function GetCommModemStatus.

Meindert

electro ha scritto:
> whats the simplest way(VB6 code) to read the contents or status of
> rs232 input signal CTS?
> 

the MSCOMM ocx component:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/comm98/html/vbproCTSHold_Comm.asp

"harshad" <tccd22@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> you can try usin sax, activex control or you can get a few examples
> (most of which might be unstables) from source sites

An activeX control????
How hard is it in VB to call one single API function and evaluate one of the
4 bits returned in a word.....

Meindert