Thanks Bruce, I did look your page before but unfortunately it wont import into either VB5 or VB.NET so I cant get a feeling of what to do. I'll have a look at your files with a text editor to see if I can glean anything from your files. any other suggestions? Richard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [OT] SoftWire is now free >> Thanks for this link Bruce it looks really nice but I have some >> questions. >> >> I've tried using the built-in comm blocks in softwire which seem to work >> but >> I have to keep polling the comms to get my data which seems very kludgy. >> >> How do I mix normal VB with softwire i.e. how do I pass variables? >> Can I use things like "MSComm1_OnComm()" > > Here's the VB source for a project I did with SoftWire using the MCSomm > control with VB6 http://www.rentron.com/PicBasic/AD_Log.htm > >> Alternatively has anyone seen any other nice GUI components to add-in to >> VB >> projects like LED's knobs graphing/scope displays. >> >> >> ps I can only use VB5 or VB.NET > > SoftWire runs on both VB6 and VB.NET. I haven't used it with .Net. > > -Bruce > http://www.rentron.com > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist