SerialPort

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There is a SerialPort sample on gotdotnet which seems to originate from Microsoft, and is described as being "similar to what we will be adding in a future version of the Framework"

http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/usersamples/Default.aspx?query=SerialPor

Compatibility with a future version of the framework is a compelling reason to use this component, but the comments on gotdotnet indicate that the component has a number of apparently serious bugs. Are there any plans to release an update to clear some/all of these bugs

Thanks

Joe
 
Hi,

Actually, I think that Whidbey (which provides the System.IO.Ports
namespace) implementation is VERY different than the one on gotdotnet. I
know that the serial port class that I provide in my book, which has no bugs
that I know about, is quite different than the version from Whidbey...
AFAIK, the Whidbey version is complete. That is, there are no features that
have been omitted, while most other versions, including mine, have something
missing. So, perhaps the "something missing" actually is a bug? At any
rate, I don't plan to "fix" mine, so I suspect that others have made the
same decision.

Dick

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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.
 
Come on Dick, surely you could introduce a few bugs,,,,,,,,,,ugh"features"
:-)
just kidding.
james
 
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