Visual Basic Server Component Samples

These samples demonstrate some common tasks using components.

In This Section

• COM Port Sample
  Demonstrates how to control a communications port.

• Event Log Sample
  Demonstrates how to create and delete event logs, and how to read and write to system event logs and custom event logs.

• File Notification Sample
  Uses the FileSystemWatcher class to respond when files are created, deleted, modified or renamed.

• Managing Processes Sample
  Uses objects in the System.Diagnostics namespace to gather information about a running process.

• Message Queue Sample
  Shows how to send and receive message-queue messages from Windows Forms applications.

• Performance Counters Sample
  Shows how to read from and write to performance counters.

• Process Control Sample
  Illustrates some of the ways to launch and monitor processes using the Process class of the System.Diagnostics namespace.

• Responding to System Events Sample
  Uses the SystemEvents class, which allows an application to react to events raised by system activity.

• Service Manager Sample
  Shows how to control Windows Services.

• WMI Sample
  Uses objects in the System.Management namespace to access Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Reference

• Process
  This class is used to start and stop processes.

• FileSystemWatcher
  This class triggers events when files change.

• SystemEvents
  This class triggers events when display settings change.

Related Sections

• Visual Basic Application Samples
  These samples demonstrate project, user, and assembly tasks.

• Data Samples
  These samples demonstrate data access.

• Visual Basic Windows Forms Samples
  These samples demonstrate Windows Forms applications.

• Visual Basic Language Samples
  These samples demonstrate Visual Basic language concepts.

• Visual Basic Security Samples
  These samples demonstrate security tasks.

• Visual Basic Sample Applications
  This page is the starting point for all Visual Basic samples included with the documentation.

• Directory Services Samples
  Contains samples that access and manage the Active Directory, showing how to do several typical directory operations.

• Server-based Components for .NET Framework Applications
  Discusses server-based components provided by the .NET Framework, such as MessageQueue and EventLog.