Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Visual Basic

Using .NET Component in Windows projects

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

Tools menu

2) In the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box, click the .NET Framework Components tab.

3) Select FTVSPCControl and then click OK.

Note: If FTVSPCControl is not displayed in the list of .NET Components, click Browse and select ftvspcnet.dll from VSPK SDK folder.

Toolbox Items

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

Adding Control to Form
5) By default, VisualStudio assigns name ftvspcControl1 to newly created object. You can reference methods and properties of the object in the following way: 

Dim status As Boolean
status = ftvspcControl1.IsEnabled

Using .NET Component in Console Application Projects

1) On the Project menu, click Add Reference.

Project menu

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

3) Select ftvspcnet.dll and then click OK.

Add Reference

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

Added Reference
5) Then, you should declare and create Virtual Serial Port Control Control objects. 

Dim myControl As FabulaTech.VSPC.FTVSPCControl = New FabulaTech.VSPC.FTVSPCControl()

You can reference methods and properties of the object in the following way: 

Dim status As Boolean
status = myControl.IsEnabled