Accessing the Computer's Ports

The My.Computer.Ports object provides a property and a method for accessing the computer's serial ports.

In This Section

• How to: Show Available Serial Ports in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to show available serial ports.

• How to: Dial Modems Attached to Serial Ports in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to dial a modem attached to the serial port of a computer.

• How to: Send Strings to Serial Ports in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to send a string to a computer's serial port.

• How to: Receive Strings From Serial Ports in Visual Basic
  Demonstrates how to receive a string from a computer's serial port.

Reference

• My.Computer.Ports Object
  Describes the My.Computer.Ports object and its members.

• My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames Property
  Describes the SerialPortNames property, which gets a collection of the names of the serial ports on the computer.

• My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort Method
  Describes the OpenSerialPort method, which creates and opens a System.IO.Ports.SerialPort object.

Related Sections

• SerialPort
  Describes the .NET Framework SerialPort class.