Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Visual Basic

Using .NET Component in Windows projects

1) On the Tools menu, click Choose Toolbox Items...

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.

(Will be displayed installed FTSPCControl version)

4) Now, you can create FTSPCControl objects. Just drag and drop our control on your form.

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.

2) In the Add Reference dialog box, click the Browse tab.

3) Select ftspcnet.dll and then click OK.

4) ftspcnet.dll will appear in the "References". Now you should enable FabulaTech.SPC namespace.

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