Communicating with another application/device

[chandu]

I have a project in which I need to send info to/get info from a RS-232 port of the server depending on the client clicks on a asp web page.

How can I access a serial port from the ASP code itself. I tried to use MSCOMM... But it is not working. Is there any way to do this?

As an alternative mechanism, we planned to shift all the communication related stuff to Visual C++ application which sits as a service in the Server and do the necesary communication stuff whenever it receives any request from an ASP page. We planned to use socket communication between ASP page and VC++ application if we go with this way. What are the other ways that a VC application and a ASP application can talk to each other...?

[Jeff Dillon]

Define "not working"

Wrap MSCOMM into a VB dll, and then in your ASP page, use
Server.CreateObject.

Jeff

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I have a project in which I need to send info to/get info from a RS-232 port of the server depending on the client clicks on a asp web page.
How can I access a serial port from the ASP code itself. I tried to use MSCOMM... But it is not working. Is there any way to do this?
As an alternative mechanism, we planned to shift all the communication related stuff to Visual C++ application which sits as a service in the
Server and do the necesary communication stuff whenever it receives any
request from an ASP page. We planned to use socket communication between ASP
page and VC++ application if we go with this way. What are the other ways
that a VC application and a ASP application can talk to each other...?

[Alexander Popkov]

I have a project in which I need to send info to/get info from a RS-232
port of the server depending on the client clicks on a asp web page.

There are some free and commercial components to do so.
You can find them on www.aspin.com

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WBR, Alexander Popkov
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