VB.net and the RS-232 port

[Alan P. Summerlin]

Hello All,

I am about to start a new job and one of my first tasks will be to port an
old VB (for DOS) application to VB.net. I have quite a bit of experience
with VB 6.0 and no experience with VB.net (or VB for DOS). This application
requires communications with external devices over the serial port (RS-232).
I have written applications with VB 6.0 that perform serial communications
over the serial port using the MSComm control, and I am quite comfortable
using the MSComm control. I've read that ActiveX is not supported under
VB.net, therefore I assume that the MSComm control will not be supported.
The application needs to be capable of running on Win9x, Win2K, WinMe and
WinXP. Here are two basic (no pun intended) questions:

What OS'es support VB.net applications?

How does one access the serial port (RS-232) using VB.net?


Thanks in advance!

Alan

 

[Pieter Philippaerts]

I've read that ActiveX is not supported under VB.net

Sure they are.

The application needs to be capable of running on Win9x, Win2K, WinMe and
WinXP. What OS'es support VB.net applications?

VB.NET applications run on Windows 98, ME NT4, 2K, XP and 2K3. They do not
run on Windows 95.

How does one access the serial port (RS-232) using VB.net?

http://www.codeworks.it/net/VBNetRs232.htm

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

What OS'es support VB.net applications?

How does one access the serial port (RS-232) using VB.net?

Thomas Scheidegger's (aka NETMaster) Serial Port FAQ
<http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2FE42E83>