I have just upgraded my computer to Windows XP and Visual Studio .NET
2003 from Windows 2000 and VB 6. I have been looking around VB .NET and
can't seem to find the MSCOMM componet. Has the method to access the
serial ports in VB .NET changed ? I have read that you can use VB 6 COM
objects in VB .NET but I was hoping that Microsoft had a .NET solution
for accessing the serial ports.

Also is there a good reference on how to communicate with USB devices ?

Thanks for you help.

John

Hi,

In the vb.net resource kit there is the free sax.net community
edition control. It supports sending and recieving from serial ports.
Maybe that will help.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/default.aspx

Ken
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"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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I have just upgraded my computer to Windows XP and Visual Studio .NET
2003 from Windows 2000 and VB 6. I have been looking around VB .NET and
can't seem to find the MSCOMM componet. Has the method to access the
serial ports in VB .NET changed ? I have read that you can use VB 6 COM
objects in VB .NET but I was hoping that Microsoft had a .NET solution
for accessing the serial ports.

Also is there a good reference on how to communicate with USB devices ?

Thanks for you help.

John

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb:
> Has the method to access the serial ports in VB .NET changed ?

Thomas Scheidegger's Serial Port FAQ (in German)
<URL:http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=O2UyhTLvDHA.1680%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>

..NET 2.0 will provide support for accessing the serial port:

'SerialPort' Class
<URL:http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/ref/ns/system.io.ports/c/serialport/serialport.aspx>

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