It's possible that we'll rewrite the K3 Downloader software application
in VB6, etc., so that .NET won't be needed. The only reason we use .NET
now is that I'm a C programmer, and the quickest way for me to get the
downloader working was to use Microsoft's C# programming environment.
NO - Please *not* in VB6! The only reason for this might be to support
old versions of Windows, but for modern platforms there are better
solutions, e.g. C#, VB.Net, etc. together with .Net technology. I want
to be able to run the loader under systems other than Windows!
For a multi-platform solution with serial communication one ought to use
the .Net System.IO.Ports classes, which according to Mono status
<http://mono.ximian.com/class-status/mono-HEAD-vs-fx-2/class-status-System.html>
are almost complete.
Also see the following <http://www.mono-project.com/HowToSystemIOPorts>.
In other words, serial communications should not really be a problem. I
have not tried this in Mono yet.
If System.IO.Ports is in GNU's PNet, I don't know.
I do fair amount of .Net stuff at work, and it is one of the few
Microsoft developments which I actually think is good.
vy 73 de toby
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