Released on: 16, July 2007
, Author: MarshallSoft Computing
, Audience: Software related
The MarshallSoft GPS Component for Visual Basic (MGC4VB) is aWin32 DLL that allows any Visual Basic program to receive and decode standard NMEA183 sentences from a GPS receiver connected to the RS232 serial port. Requires aVisual Basic 4/5/6, Visual Basic .NET, or any VBA language.
MGC4VB includes the following:
- Uses the Windows Win32 API for serial port input.- Works with both real and virtual serial ports.- Runs as a background thread unattended.- The most current GPS data is always available on demand.- Most commonly used NMEA sentence types automatically decoded.- Does not depend on support DLLs.- Several latitude/longitude calculation functions included.
Several example programs are provided, including examples for Visual Basic 4/5/6,VBA, and VB.NET
MGC4VB can be used in the development of Win32 applications running under Windows95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vi sta. The shareware version of MGC4VB is fully functional.Registration is $105 for email delivery and includes one year free updates.Available with C source code for $195.
Also available for C/C++/C# (MGC4C).
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