C Carlos Padilla Jul 9, 2003 #1 Hi!, I am new in VS .NET. What control or Class work in VS with serial communications? Thanks!
T Thomas Scheidegger [MVP] Jul 9, 2003 #2 My Serial Port FAQ: ..NET 1.0/1.1 has no support for legacy ports (COM/LPT). There are plans to add support for serial ports in a future version: http://groups.google.com/groups?&selm=O#vQLn9bCHA.392@tkmsftngp09 "this sample is very similar to what we will be adding" : http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=SerialPort (note, project built with beta VS.NET, read gotdotnet comment) Future Directions for Visual C# http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_032103.asp "We will add support for Serial ports to the framework..." With 1.0/1.1 you have to use PInvoke or Interop : First understand the Win32 API as described here (C++): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnfiles/html/msdn_serial.asp MSDN article for .NET (mostly C#): http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/ PInvoke samples for C#: http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=SerialPort http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/ http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=SerialStream or for VB.NET: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnvssamp/html/vbcs_usingthecomportinvbnet.asp http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=rs232 http://www.allapi.net/classlib/class.php?id=15 http://www.corradocavalli.cjb.net/ or you can use the "Managed Extensions for C++" and write wrappers. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vcmex/html/vcconMCOverview.asp http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/cplusplus/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dncscol/html/csharp12192002.asp on your VS.NET path: ...\VC7\managedextensionsspec.doc ...\VC7\migration_guide.doc MC++ Sample: http://www.codeproject.com/managedcpp/howtocomport.asp or reusing the VB6 MSComm ActiveX is easy, but it has some 'problems' (license) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318597 http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx?tutorial_id=320 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/richard_grier/NETCommOCX.htm commercial: http://www.sax.net/dotnet/communications/ http://www.winsoft.sk/ncomport.htm for Compact Framework (Windows CE) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/richard_grier/CFSerial.htm for Interop, use newsgroup: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.interop
My Serial Port FAQ: ..NET 1.0/1.1 has no support for legacy ports (COM/LPT). There are plans to add support for serial ports in a future version: http://groups.google.com/groups?&selm=O#vQLn9bCHA.392@tkmsftngp09 "this sample is very similar to what we will be adding" : http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=SerialPort (note, project built with beta VS.NET, read gotdotnet comment) Future Directions for Visual C# http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_032103.asp "We will add support for Serial ports to the framework..." With 1.0/1.1 you have to use PInvoke or Interop : First understand the Win32 API as described here (C++): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnfiles/html/msdn_serial.asp MSDN article for .NET (mostly C#): http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/ PInvoke samples for C#: http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=SerialPort http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/ http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=SerialStream or for VB.NET: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnvssamp/html/vbcs_usingthecomportinvbnet.asp http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=rs232 http://www.allapi.net/classlib/class.php?id=15 http://www.corradocavalli.cjb.net/ or you can use the "Managed Extensions for C++" and write wrappers. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vcmex/html/vcconMCOverview.asp http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/cplusplus/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dncscol/html/csharp12192002.asp on your VS.NET path: ...\VC7\managedextensionsspec.doc ...\VC7\migration_guide.doc MC++ Sample: http://www.codeproject.com/managedcpp/howtocomport.asp or reusing the VB6 MSComm ActiveX is easy, but it has some 'problems' (license) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318597 http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx?tutorial_id=320 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/richard_grier/NETCommOCX.htm commercial: http://www.sax.net/dotnet/communications/ http://www.winsoft.sk/ncomport.htm for Compact Framework (Windows CE) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/richard_grier/CFSerial.htm for Interop, use newsgroup: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.interop
