VB.Net 2005 Serial communications

[Gary Frank]

I'd like to write a program in VB.Net that handles serial communications to
several devices. VB.Net 2003 does not have adequate built-in serial
communications. I heard that 2005 will have that. Has this serial
communications functionality been built into 2005 Beta yet? If so, is there
any reason I can't get the Beta and create the program with serial
communications now?

[Peter van der Goes]

Re: VB.Net 2005 Serial communications


"Gary Frank" <gary-frankREMOVE@REM OVEsbcglobal.ne t> wrote in message
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> I'd like to write a program in VB.Net that handles serial communications
> to
> several devices. VB.Net 2003 does not have adequate built-in serial
> communications. I heard that 2005 will have that. Has this serial
> communications functionality been built into 2005 Beta yet? If so, is
> there
> any reason I can't get the Beta and create the program with serial
> communications now?
>[/color]
Yes, it's there.
You can download Beta2 and create your program. You need to read the terms
and conditions in the Go-Live license here:

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/golive/

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

[TrtnJohn]

RE: VB.Net 2005 Serial communications

In the meantime, you can download some free sample code for MS that handles
serial communications using .NET 2003:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...NETSerialComm/



"Gary Frank" wrote:
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> I'd like to write a program in VB.Net that handles serial communications to
> several devices. VB.Net 2003 does not have adequate built-in serial
> communications. I heard that 2005 will have that. Has this serial
> communications functionality been built into 2005 Beta yet? If so, is there
> any reason I can't get the Beta and create the program with serial
> communications now?
>
>
>[/color]

[Jack Russell]

Re: VB.Net 2005 Serial communications

Gary Frank wrote:[color=blue]
> I'd like to write a program in VB.Net that handles serial communications to
> several devices. VB.Net 2003 does not have adequate built-in serial
> communications. I heard that 2005 will have that. Has this serial
> communications functionality been built into 2005 Beta yet? If so, is there
> any reason I can't get the Beta and create the program with serial
> communications now?
>
>[/color]
or you can buy the sax communications control I started using this
several generations of VB ago, for some reason the MS one always seemed
a bit flaky. It also offers a lot more options.

http://www.sax.net/

[Gary Frank]

Re: VB.Net 2005 Serial communications

Thanks to each of you for the information. I will be working on a project
that will take several months to finish. Therefore I have decided to get
the 2005 .net beta and use the new better serial communications code.

"Gary Frank" <gary-frankREMOVE@REM OVEsbcglobal.ne t> wrote in message
news:h1pGe.2107 $oY.1651@newssv r25.news.prodig y.net...[color=blue]
> I'd like to write a program in VB.Net that handles serial communications
> to
> several devices. VB.Net 2003 does not have adequate built-in serial
> communications. I heard that 2005 will have that. Has this serial
> communications functionality been built into 2005 Beta yet? If so, is
> there
> any reason I can't get the Beta and create the program with serial
> communications now?
>
>[/color]