Ports Class
Provides a property and a method for accessing the computer's serial ports.
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)
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For more detailed information, see the Visual Basic topic My.Computer.Ports Object.
The My.Computer.Ports object provides a straightforward entry point for accessing the .NET Framework serial port class, SerialPort.
The following table lists examples of tasks involving the My.Computer.Ports object.
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Dial a modem attached to a serial port | How to: Dial Modems Attached to Serial Ports in Visual Basic |
Send a string to a serial port | |
Receive strings from a serial port | |
Show available serial ports |
This example describes how to send strings to the computer's COM1 serial port.
The Using block allows the application to close the serial port even if it generates an exception. All code that manipulates the serial port should appear within this block, or within a Try...Catch...Finally block with a call to use the Close method.
The WriteLine method sends the data to the serial port.
Sub SendSerialData(ByVal data As String) ' Send strings to a serial port. Using com1 As IO.Ports.SerialPort = _ My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort("COM1") com1.WriteLine(data) End Using End Sub
For more information, see How to: Send Strings to Serial Ports in Visual Basic.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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