Does VB.net STANDARD have...

[P]

Serial port communication? I have VB6 so I can use mscomm if required.

TCP/IP - not simply web stuff. I have an embedded controller with tcp/ip
that I want to send commands to and get data back from.

Remote database access. Hook up to a postgres database on a remote machine.

If standard doesn't do these, where can I find a pro version? Visual
studio.net is far out of my price range so thats not an option.

I ask this because the MS site is so entirely vague about vb.net features
that it makes me think they've crippled it compared to vb6 pro.

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide!

 

[Cindy Winegarden]

Hi P.,

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/howtobuy/choosing.aspx,

"Visual Basic .NET does not include a Professional Edition, so it is
recommended that existing Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition customers
obtain Visual Studio .NET Professional Edition." The "Professional" version
is only available as part of VS.Net Professional.

Maybe someone else will help with an exact feature list.

 

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi P,

There is not yet any support for serial comms in the .NET Framework.

Here's a reply to a similar question from our drop-in comms expert.

Regards,
Fergus

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Topic: Is there any MSComm in Visual Basic . Net

Hi,

You can download NETComm.ocx from my homepage. It wraps MSComm32.ocx, so
that it may be used without any restrictions under .NET. See the other
replies for other links.

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 3rd
Edition ISBN 1-890422-27-4 (391 pages) published February 2002.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Serial port communication? I have VB6 so I can use mscomm
if required.

Thomas Scheidegger's (aka NETMaster) Serial Port FAQ

TCP/IP - not simply web stuff. I have an embedded controller
with tcp/ip that I want to send commands to and get data back from.

Remote database access. Hook up to a postgres database on
a remote machine.

Should work, because this functionality doesn't depend on the IDE.

If standard doesn't do these, where can I find a pro version?
Visual studio.net is far out of my price range so thats not an option.

There is only VS.NET Professional and VS.NET Standard. Noting between.

I ask this because the MS site is so entirely vague about
vb.net features that it makes me think they've crippled it
compared to vb6 pro.

The Standard Edition of VB.NET is not the same as the Professional Edition
of VB Classic. It's intended for learning purposes.