SerialPort access in visual basic express ed

Hello,
I am trying to write a code to read/write from/to a microcontroller via a serialport terminal using visual studio express edition. Has anyone done it before and can provide sample code?.

Thanks

Hi, Gary

Have a look here : www.rentron.com/VisualBasic.htm

Alain

Hey Alain...and yes i am everywhere ;)
Thanks for the Link...i still have to convert from Vb6.0 code to the new visual basic express.Have you tried it it's free
Rocky

Hi,

In .NET 2.0, the functionality of the MSCOMM control is restored in the form
of the SerialPort control (located under the Components tab in the Toolbox).

See this article + sample code:
http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/3...ticle&trk=MSCP

Best regards,

Luciano

Thanks luciano for the great link..I learned a lot from it. But i still have one thing that i can't quiete figure out which is how to recieve the data from the microcontroller. I am currently sending one byte at a time. and what is the idea behind the delegate?
thanks

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Originally Posted by Luciano

Hi,

In .NET 2.0, the functionality of the MSCOMM control is restored in the form
of the SerialPort control (located under the Components tab in the Toolbox).

See this article + sample code:
http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/3...ticle&trk=MSCP

Best regards,

Luciano

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Hooray :)

I looked at VBdotNET when it first came out and was totally stumped. Without exception, ALL my VB 6 projects have at least one Comm port in them and even the Microsoft import wizard gave up on trying to convert my projects.

I have also only ever worked on one ASPdotNET project. Someone at work decided that a project with a pretty short deadline should be done in ASP.NET even though non of us had any experience of it although a couple of people had been on a course.

Because I was familiar with ordinary ASP, I created a mockup of what I wanted the project to look like and it was fully functional within a day.

Trying to get the same thing done in ASP.NET took weeks and even then a couple of things that were a doddle in my mockup couldnt be achieved. It may well have been possible but non of us had enough experience to make it happen.

I might be persuaded to take another look at .NET now it has matured a bit and there is probably a bit more info on the internet by now :)