Hi,
It certainly is possible to write VT100 emulation code in VB.NET. I haven't
seen any reason to do so because all commercial communications add-ons
support this emulation. Do you need a native .NET solution or is COM
Interop satisfactory? I know that Sax Software is working on a .NET control
(www.saxsoft.com), however their Comm Objects 8.0 works in .NET, as do other
add-ons developed for VB(earlier).
I might consider writing a VT100 emulation (.NET native), if I could justify
the development effort. I'd estimate that it would require about 100 hours
to do it "right".
There certainly is noting in .NET that does this for you, automagically.
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