My.Computer.Ports Property 

Gets an object that provides a property and a method for accessing the computer's serial ports.

' Usage
Dim value As Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Ports = My.Computer.Ports
' Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Ports As MyPorts

Return Value

This property returns the My.Computer.Ports object.

Remarks

This property provides easy access to the My.Computer.Ports object. For more information, see My.Computer.Ports Object.

Example

This example describes how to send strings to the computer's COM1 serial port.

The Using block allows the application to close the serial port even if it generates an exception. All code that manipulates the serial port should appear within this block, or within a Try...Catch...Finally block with a call to use the Close method.

The WriteLine method sends the data to the serial port.

Sub SendSerialData(ByVal data As String)
    ' Send strings to a serial port.
    Using com1 As IO.Ports.SerialPort = _
            My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort("COM1")
        com1.WriteLine(data)
    End Using
End Sub

For more information, see How to: Send Strings to Serial Ports in Visual Basic.

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices

Class: Computer

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Availability by Project Type

Permissions

No permissions are required.

See Also

Reference

My.Computer Object
My.Computer.Ports Object