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Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications A Tutorial: Porting VB6/MSComm32 applications to Visual Basic .NET ASIN: B009AE7NZW Published September 2012 by Grier, R.

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Visual Studio .NET and its supported languages, such as VB and C# provide a modern and well supported application development environment. There are a wealth of legacy VB6 programs that can benefit from moving to VB .NET.

This tutorial is devoted to those VB6 applications that rely on serial communication to exchange data with other computers or devices. Porting VB6 based serial communication programs to VB .NET can be tricky. The tutorial guides the porting process and provides critical information and working example code to illustrate the process.

The tutorial also provides help for maintaining legacy VB6 applications by employing COM Interop controls and forms developed using VB .NET to add important capability that is best done using .NET tools. Note, the printed version of my book, Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communcations 4 still is available. It has a lot more scope than the eBook, so don't order the eBook if you need more than it provides.

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Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th Edition

Here is my 4^th edition, March 2006

Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications. Fourth edition (391 pages), published July 2004, Revised July 2006. By Richard Grier.

Naturally, I have to recommend this book. I wrote it. Read some of the book reviews that have been placed on Amazon.com by readers. I think that these will give you a good idea of what I tried to accomplish when I wrote it. I have updated the book to include coverage of VB.NET, including .NET native code. Also included is serial communications using VB .NET using the Compact Framework for the PocketPC/Windows CE/Windows Mobile and Visual Studio 2005-2010 using the built-in SerialPort object and my own Enhanced SerialPort wrapper. The 4^th edition has lots of new example code, extensive 3^rd party resources on the included CD-ROM (about 600 MB), and more! The latest information includes a remotely hosted serial port, using the Windows Communications Foundation (WCF), that allows a client (WinForms or Browser based) application to use a serial port on the host computer via the Internet.

Introduction
Forward to the Fourth Edition
Table of Contents

I have taken over the tasks of publishing and printing this book. What that means is that you have two ways to order it. You can get it through Amazon.com (click in the book image at the top-left and use the "hardandsoftware" link in the Amazon.com listing). What you really are doing is placing the order with me through the Amazon.com Marketplace . I take care of the shipping for Amazon.

Alternately, you may order it directly from me using PayPal to pay. Using PayPal saves you about $4. PayPal is the primary method that I use for orders from outside the US. My PayPal ID is hardandsoftware@comcast.net. I accept payment by check or money order drawn on US banks or US money order purveyors only. Quantity discounts are available. Contact me to purchase in quantity. I cannot ship by USPS Media Mail, after January 1, 2012. Unfortunately, International shipping rates increased in 2012, so I have had to include these increases in my charges.

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I will autograph copies upon request.

Replacement CD ROMs. I will provide replacement CD ROMs (from the 4^th Edition, revised) at cost, for owners of any edition. I will ask you for proof of ownership, either a purchase receipt, or a quote from the book (I choose a sentence for you to quote). The cost is $5 for delivery in the US. I will mail outside of the US at a higher cost. Again, I request payment via PayPal (hardandsoftware@comcast.net), or use the button below.