Comm Ports and Access 2000

Hank

Hello,

I would like to get some opinions on using the Comm Port with
Access 2000. We have a few jobs coming in that require us to interface
with a PLC via the Comm Port. My partner feels we should use a Visual
Basic Front End and the VB component as opposed to Access.

Has anyone had good luck interfacing to a Comm Port using
Access?

Thanks,
Hank Reed

Oct 4 '06 #1

Tom van Stiphout

On 4 Oct 2006 04:17:12 -0700, "Hank" <ha********@aol.comwrote:

Both environments work equally well, because you would use the same
component: mscomm.ocx.

-Tom.

>Hello,

I would like to get some opinions on using the Comm Port with
Access 2000. We have a few jobs coming in that require us to interface
with a PLC via the Comm Port. My partner feels we should use a Visual
Basic Front End and the VB component as opposed to Access.

Has anyone had good luck interfacing to a Comm Port using
Access?

Thanks,
Hank Reed

Oct 4 '06 #2

Terry Kreft

You use the same OCX control whether it's in Access or VB.

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Terry Kreft
"Hank" <ha********@aol.comwrote in message
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Hello,

I would like to get some opinions on using the Comm Port with
Access 2000. We have a few jobs coming in that require us to interface
with a PLC via the Comm Port. My partner feels we should use a Visual
Basic Front End and the VB component as opposed to Access.

Has anyone had good luck interfacing to a Comm Port using
Access?

Thanks,
Hank Reed

Oct 5 '06 #3