Question

c# newbie here.

seems like this user gave me a very good solution for my problem:

serialport error

but i have no clue how to code up what he suggested. can you please help?

Answer 1

This will compile fine. You’ll have to give thePort real settings, of course.

namespace csWinFormsTest
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        static System.IO.Ports.SerialPort thePort;
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            thePort = new System.IO.Ports.SerialPort("COM1");
        }

        static void fcn()
        {
            MessageBox.Show(thePort.PortName);
        }
    }
}