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anthony

2004-07-07, 3:57 pm

Hi all,

Does anyone know how to create virtual serial port in VB6? I found some
ActiveX controls on the web that claim can create virtual serial port, I
tried the demo, but has limited functionality and expensive. What is the
best way to create from scatch in VB?

Thanks in advance!


Ken Halter

2004-07-07, 8:55 pm

anthony wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know how to create virtual serial port in VB6? I found some
> ActiveX controls on the web that claim can create virtual serial port, I
> tried the demo, but has limited functionality and expensive. What is the
> best way to create from scatch in VB?
>
> Thanks in advance!


According to this old post, you can't. It requires a device driver..
which is one thing VB just plain isn't made for.

Subject: Virtual Serial Port
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...e01a48c5de381ed

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Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
Please keep all discussions in the groups..
anthony

2004-07-07, 8:55 pm

thanks, the search of this subject didnt come up in this group
i knew its probably not easy to do in vb, i was just trying to save $250 =)


"Ken Halter" <Ken_Halter@Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anthony wrote:
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>
> According to this old post, you can't. It requires a device driver..
> which is one thing VB just plain isn't made for.
>
> Subject: Virtual Serial Port
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...e01a48c5de381ed
>
> --
> Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
> Please keep all discussions in the groups..



ajsri77

2005-05-25, 9:41 am

If any one got the source code to create the virtual serial com port, please sent it to my mail id.. ajsri77@yahoo.com

thanks in advance.
Galen Somerville

2005-05-25, 8:55 pm


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> If any one got the source code to create the virtual serial com port,
> please sent it to my mail id.. ajsri77@yahoo.com
>
> thanks in advance.
>
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So we do the work and send it directly to you?

Did you even try googling for virtual serial com port

Galen


Dick Grier

2005-05-25, 8:55 pm

Virtual serial ports are very hard to write. Naturally, they cannot be
written in VB! There are commercial products available that can be used
from VB (Eltima, for example).

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. See
www.mabry.com/vbpgser4 to order.


Johan

2005-05-26, 3:56 pm

And Franson has an SDK for Virtual Serial Ports as well:

http://franson.com/virtual-serial-port
http://franson.com/serialtools

/Johan

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