What happen to the COM port in Toolbox under components in VS2013?

Question

1.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

I have used the COM ports in the past to communicate with outside processors STM32. I am glad to see COM ports are still in VS2010. I just cannot remember what Reference to use?

Posted 1-Dec-14 2:51am

Member 11275466

Add a Solution

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Marcin Kozub · Answer 1 · 2014-12-01T03:02:00

Hi,

You need only reference to System in your project.

Then in using clause add System.IO.Ports.

Class name is SerialPort and you don't have to put it on your form. You can instantiate it from your code:

C#

var sp = new SerialPort();
sp.BaudRate = 9600;
sp.PortName = "COM1";
..

[Update]
I just arrived home from work and run Visual Stusio 2013 Express. There is a tab 'Components' visible by default and there is SerialPort item on it.
If you don't have this item simply just click Right Mouse Button on that tab and select option Choose Items. Then go to the .NET Framework Coponents tab and start typing Serial Port on Filter textbox. Then just click on item SerialPort on the list above to highlight that item and then Click 'OK' button.
Another option is to select Reset toolbox option to get back to defaults.

Cheers!