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> From: Daniel Boyer
> 
> I assume that when you say VB Express you mean the new one with .NET 2.0 ...

I think so.  I'm using "Visual Basic 2005 Express".  As I understand it, this is
a free version of Visual Basic 2005 .NET without the ability to generate web
applications.

> If that is the case then what you want to do is super easy.  I have some
> code laying around that is in C# that I used to send commands to my
> butterfly; receiving is just as easy.  Just search the help file(s);
> basically you just add a SerialPort component to your application from the
> toolbox, set your com port settings via properties and then make a
> DataReceived event handler (the event is already defined in properties). .... 

Thanks, I'm slogging my way through it at the moment ... <g>

Cheers,

Chuck Hackett
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