Basic example of serial communication with Windows XP/win32

Question

I am working with a peripheral device that needs to be communicated through serial. I can send it commands using HyperTerminal, but now I need to write programs that will let m

Answer 1

I believe you will find plenty of sample code for C# as well if you find VC6 too ancient. I think there are also a bunch of "free" serial/COM port wrappers but I just wrote my own when I wrote an RS232 device controller piece of software.

google C# and serial port or rs232

I got these:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.ports.serialport.aspx

http://msmvps.com/blogs/coad/archive/2005/03/23/SerialPort-_2800_RS_2D00_232-Serial-COM-Port_2900_-in-C_2300_-.NET.aspx

You should have no problem finding suitable code with a google search.