After almost 15 years of sys admin and tech support, I'm learning VB.Net programming by taking on a project and then learning the tools as I go. 
My learning project is to capture the text being streamed through a COM port on my W2K3 server from my phone system call logs.
I have a text capture program, ComCap from Magenta, installed as a service that writes the log files to disk. I put together a console that parses through the text files and loads the info into an Access database, as a scheduled task each morning.
I would like to put that parsing code into a service that captures the stream and loads it into the database "live".
A search of Tek-Tips finds a thread about MSCommLib but MSCommLib was built for earlier versions of VB and Windows, so I wonder about compatibility. thread796-534025
A Google search gives a Google ad for SerialTools < The price is reasonable if it saves me time and protects me from compatibilty issues, but I'm not sure it I need it.
Any guidance greatly appreciated!!
My learning project is to capture the text being streamed through a COM port on my W2K3 server from my phone system call logs.
I have a text capture program, ComCap from Magenta, installed as a service that writes the log files to disk. I put together a console that parses through the text files and loads the info into an Access database, as a scheduled task each morning.
I would like to put that parsing code into a service that captures the stream and loads it into the database "live".
A search of Tek-Tips finds a thread about MSCommLib but MSCommLib was built for earlier versions of VB and Windows, so I wonder about compatibility. thread796-534025
A Google search gives a Google ad for SerialTools < The price is reasonable if it saves me time and protects me from compatibilty issues, but I'm not sure it I need it.
Any guidance greatly appreciated!!
