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user19232186

Reputation:

C# - SerialPort does not exist in the current context - System.IO.Ports

My code:

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO.Ports;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace MyProject
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            foreach (object portName in SerialPort.GetPortNames())
            {
                comboBox1.Items.Add(portName);
            }
        }

Everything works fine apart from the error: The name 'SerialPort' does not exist in the current context

I don't understand because I have using System.IO.Ports; .NET 6.0 Windows Forms C#

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2029

Answers (1)

djv
djv

Reputation: 15782

In .NET core you will need to install the NuGet package System.IO.Ports.

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You can do it via either the intellisense or in the NuGetPackageManager for your application

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Make sure nuget.org is selected in the NuGet Package Manager

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and make sure that your nuget.org source is https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json (in Visual Studio 2022, C# 6, as of Oct 2022)

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If you had taken code from a sample based on .NET Framework, the reference is added by default and the using statement would be enough.

Upvotes: 2

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