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I have a weigher which outputs ASCI data to a printer via an RS 232 port.<br />
Is it possible to connect this to a com port and read this data into a VB database thus enabling a file of the data to be kept?
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I have a weigher which outputs ASCI data to a printer via an RS 232 port.
Is it possible to connect this to a com port and read this data into a VB database thus enabling a file of the data to be kept?

Aquiring External Data

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.