I downloaded VBExpress (free license) but haven't used it. I assume (incorrectly?) that if it's free from Micro$oft then it is really a tease to buy VB2005 pro.
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From: John Samperi Date: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:41 pm Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] (Was) Re: PC COM Ports > Ahhh...isn't good that we finally no longer have AVR problems,> Studio problems, JTAG, Programmers etc.. It does get a little
> boring doesn't it :-)
>
> Well if you have nothing to do and since it is Friday (Sydney time)
> you may want to try out my new Message Station software which has
> been re written using VB2005 instead of Delphi (sorry Delphians :-(
> but Borland's price for D2006 was prohibitive).
>
> It will need the new .NET 2 framework for it to install which you can
> download from M$ (link provided, 24Mb download, or the setup
> program will
> try and do it for you) and the application is downloadable from the
> download page of my updated website (only 230Kb). The application will
> communicate with our standard RS485 protocol in 9 bit MPCM mode or
> simple ASCII terminated with a carriage return.
>
> I would be interested on feed! back as f