Hi,

 EL> The runtime is very portable. Dataflex does run on DOS, OS/2,
 EL> Unixes and Windows (3.1, NT, 95).  The runtime is written to be
 EL> portable.

Have you used PfxPlus (aka PowerFlex) under OS/2? I find it hard to believe
it's the same PC when I compare performance of the OS/2 and DOS flavours.
Anyroad, I presume this is DataFlex v3 (I stopped using it after 2.3b), but
can't you simply:

DIRECT_INPUT "COM1" // might need to be "COM1:"
IF [SEQEOF] ;
  ACCEPT W_BARCODE
ELSE ;
  READLN W_BARCODE
CLOSE_INPUT

This could be a conditionally-compiled option for your application.

After 5 years of using xFlex products, this is the first Fido thread I've
ever encountered! 8-) Feel free to netmail or email if you need any more
info.

Mike (101624.116{at}compuserve.com)

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