Comm Port programming in VB.Net

[Stephan]

Anyone know how to program the comm port in .NET? I used the MSCOMM control
and API's in VB6, but can't seem to find any replacements in .NET.
Maybe a Namespace perhaps?

[Patrick Steele [MVP]]

In article <3cdb96db$1@10.1.10.29> (from Stephan <vb.@127.0.0.1>),
>
> Anyone know how to program the comm port in .NET? I used the MSCOMM control
> and API's in VB6, but can't seem to find any replacements in .NET.
> Maybe a Namespace perhaps?

The .NET framework does not have any native support for serial (com)
port access. Here's a few code samples that use PInvoke to access the
serial port:

http://www.gotdotnet.com/userfiles/L...rialStream.zip

JustinIO
http://www.nxys.com/justin/io.htm

--
Patrick Steele
Microsoft .NET MVP

[Dick Grier]

Hi,

There is nothing "built-in." You can download NETComm.ocx from my homepage
(completely free). I also have code examples in my book, see below,
including a native VB.NET class for serial communications. 95% of this code
uses Windows 32-bit communications API calls, but in a .NET class module;
for example, reads and writes use the FileStream type, and method
overloading is used to handle both binary and text data.

--
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.