>I am trying to get data from the serial ports and use it
>in my program. Anyone know how to best to do this. I am
>using Visual C++ 6.0 to develop.
Joe,
For starters, have a look at the fairly comprehensive MTTTY serial
comms example program on MSDN.
Dave

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Look over to mtty sample in MSDN. Its a nice sample which will clear u about the serial communication.
----- Joe wrote: -----
I am trying to get data from the serial ports and use it
in my program. Anyone know how to best to do this. I am
using Visual C++ 6.0 to develop.