If you are developing Visual Basic« applications requiring serial line communications, terminal emulation or support for modems - Crescent PDQComm« gives you all the tools you need to develop robust serial communications applications in the Visual Basic programming environment. Dial up an online provider or Bulletin Board Service (BBS). Run your own BBS. Provide remote access services to your users. PDQComm makes it easy.
No other toolset compares to PDQComm's full array of custom controls, subroutines and functions for serial communications. Now there is a way to extend your applications to include advanced functionality only accessible via serial communications. It's easy. It's reliable. It's PDQComm.
Visual Basic's MSComm control is useful for simple serial communications applications, PDQComm extends and enhances these capabilities significantly. How ? By giving you both low- and high-level serial communications services that reduce development time and overhead. And its support for multiple serial ports is unique in the industry.
Here's what you get :
A robust Library of Communications Functions - PDQComm brings you an exceptional collection of tools that let you take on a wide range of communications functions - including setting UART registers, event handling, error handling and handshaking.
Support for TAPI - PDQComm supports the Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI) provided by Windows 95«. Now you can simplify modem set-up and configuration, call location support and device sharing.
Simplified File Transfers - With PDQComm, it's never been easier to transfer files. All it takes is a single line of code to build this capability into any VB application. PDQComm eliminates tedious coding for file transfers. And an optional file transfer status box gives users a clear status indicator.
Advanced Terminal Emulation - PDQComm uses pre-programmed source code to make terminal emulation faster and easier for you. A built-in window supports ANSI, TTY, VT52, VT100 and VT220 - so you are assured of compatibility. Modem protocols supported include X-modem, Y-modem and Z-modem - as well as CompuServe« B+.