I tried unsuccessfully to use the DataReceived event to read data from the serial port. It gives a thread exception and I cannot figure out what the error message is trying to tell me. So I put a button on the form and added:

privatevoid button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { while (serialPort1.BytesToRead > 0) { char[] c =newchar[serialPort1.BytesToRead]; for (int i = 0; i < serialPort1.BytesToRead; i++) { c[ i ] = (char)serialPort1.ReadByte(); richTextBox1.Text += c[ i ].ToString(); } } }

Which is a newbie hack kludge if I've ever seen one. Surely there is a better way.

First: Am I going to have to poll to receive serialPort data? How do I use the DataReceived event?

Second: Has anyone gotten the ReadByte or ReadChar to directly load the text in a text box? And if so, how so?

Third: How do I copy code from VS and past it in here and not have to reformat? The C# button just makes the unformated code even uglier.

Thanks
Joe