Microsoft provides sample of using MSComm Active X.
Simply include this .ocx file mscomm*.ocx to the project using (menu)
project-components... and click
Microsoft Comm Control 6.0

The help of this control is available using F1 in the properties/mothods
browser.
After read the help is is worth to look and leanr the sample project which
is also
available in MSDN/MS Visual Studio 6.0.

The folder of the sample is Mscomm

it demonstrates how to use the control properly.

Regards,
-Agus

PS. For me it is interesting to using VBA or Automation from VB
to create and manipulating the reports.

----- Original Message -----
From: <Rowenap@w...>
To: "professional vb" <pro_vb@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: [pro_vb] using VB6 to capture data from PABX system


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven.Arockiaraj@p...
> [mailto:Steven.Arockiaraj@p...]
> Sent: 24 August 2000 12:18
> To: sarahb@w...
> Subject:
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I need your advise. I have a PABX system called Meridien 1(NorthTel). I
> want to use Visual Basic 6 to write a program  to capture raw data from
> the
> PABX system using the com port.
>
> How do i go about doing this task ?
>
> tq
>