[VB6] Problems with MsComm in a DLL plugin for Road Runner

DaveDevil · 05-15-2008, 02:12 PM

Hy everybody...
I'm becoming mad with a problem that I can't solve:

in my visual basic 6 program, that is a plugin for road runner (a DLL),so it has not a Form, and I must use the com port.
I initialize it with these two commands:

Code:

Dim MsComm1 As MSCommLib.MSComm
Set MsComm1 = New MSCommLib.MSComm

but while executing, the program says: "utilizzo non valido della parola chiave NEW", in english: "incorrect use of the keyword NEW"

I searched help in google, but purposed solutions can't solve my problem...

I tried this:

1.

Code:

Dim MSComm1 as MsComm
MSComm1 = CreateObject("MSCommlib.MSComm")

but the program says that it can't create the ActiveX object

2. writing only

Code:

Dim MSComm1 as MsComm

but this time the program says that the variable is not defined...

someone help me please!!!

Robby BMW · 05-16-2008, 01:09 AM

Create an invisible Form and place the MsComm control in it

DaveDevil · 05-16-2008, 01:57 AM

uhm... but how can i "load" the form, if i'm using a DLL?

I must load a invisible form every time that I call my function, and at the end close it?

or simply when the skin loads, do all the events in the dll?

DaveDevil · 05-16-2008, 04:24 AM

i think that i solved the problem:

in the net i found this

Code:

Dim MSComm1 as MsComm
MSComm1 = CreateObject("MSCommlib.MSComm")

that i pasted directly in my program.

but it's not correct, because in the second line i create an object that is already existing.

so i had to modify in this:

Code:

Dim MSComm1 as Object
MSComm1 = CreateObject("MSCommlib.MSComm")

and it works perfectly!

Thanks everybody!!!