How to access serial ports in VB .NET 2003 ?

[John]

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

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

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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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

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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/[email protected]>

..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>