Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Visual Basic
Using .NET Component in Windows projects
1) On the Tools menu, click Choose Toolbox Items...
![Tools menu Tools menu](img/sdk/ax-vs2005-vb-1.gif)
2) In the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box, click the .NET Framework Components tab.
3) Select FTSPCControl and then click OK.
Note: If FTSPCControl is not displayed in the list of .NET Components, click Browse and select ftspcnet.dll from C:\Program Files\Serial Port Control\Microsoft.NET\Control\ folder.
![Toolbox Items Toolbox Items](img/products/spc/sdk/net-vs2005-2.gif)
(Will be displayed installed FTSPCControl version)
4) Now, you can create FTSPCControl objects. Just drag and drop our control on your form.
![Adding Control to Form Adding Control to Form](img/products/spc/sdk/net-vs2005-3.gif)
5) By default, VisualStudio assigns name ftspcControl1 to newly created object. You can reference methods and properties of the object in the following way:
Dim status As Boolean status = ftspcControl1.IsEnabled
Using .NET Component in Console Application Projects
1) On the Project menu, click Add Reference.
![Project menu Project menu](img/sdk/ax-vs2005-vb-4.gif)
2) In the Add Reference dialog box, click the Browse tab.
3) Select ftspcnet.dll and then click OK.
![Add Reference Add Reference](img/products/spc/sdk/net-vs2005-5.gif)
4) ftspcnet.dll will appear in the "References". Now you should enable FabulaTech.SPC namespace.
![Added Reference Added Reference](img/products/spc/sdk/net-vs2005-vb-6.gif)
5) Then, you should declare and create Serial Port Control Control objects.
Dim myControl As FabulaTech.SPC.FTSPCControl = New FabulaTech.SPC.FTSPCControl()
You can reference methods and properties of the object in the following way:
Dim status As Boolean status = myControl.IsEnabled