Newbie - accessing My.Computer.Ports from web app

[itg-assistant]

Darren asked 2018-03-29 13:32:46 UTC

Hi there,

I'm brand-new to wisej, so excuse any silly questions!

I've built a simple web app. and want to access system port names. Here's the VB.NET desktop code:

Sub GetSerialPortNames()

**    ' Show all available COM ports.**

**    For Each sp As String In My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames**

**        ListBox1.Items.Add(sp)**

**    Next**

End Sub

However, the web app doesn't recognise .Ports, so how else do I achieve this?

Thanks

Regards,
Darren

[itg-assistant]

edmond girardi answered 2018-03-29 19:21:12 UTC

WiseJ is for creating Web Based applications. Keep in mind even if you could access the COM ports - they would be com ports on the web server - not your client machine. Your VB code executes on the server itself under IIS.

[itg-assistant]

Darren answered 2018-03-29 21:06:19 UTC

Hi Edmond & thanks for the reply.

Yes, I realise wisej is for web apps & that serial port access is on server only. That's fine.

Since I posted this question I found that you can retrieve port names from device manager, but it's odd how my.computer.ports isn't available.

Cheers,

Darren