Software enables GPS decoding from serial port input.
Press Release Summary:
GPS Component for Visual Basic, MGC4VB, acts as Win32 DLL that allows any Visual Basic program to receive and decode standard NMEA 183 sentences from GPS receiver connected to RS232 serial port. Requiring Visual Basic 4/5/6, Visual Basic .NET, or any VBA language, solution uses Windows Win32 API for serial port input and works with real and virtual serial ports. Most current GPS data is always available on demand, and most commonly used NMEA sentence types are automatically decoded.
Original Press Release:
Version 2.0 of the "Marshallsoft GPS Component for Visual Basic" Released
The MarshallSoft GPS Component for Visual Basic (MGC4VB) is a Win32 DLL that allows any Visual Basic program to receive and decode standard NMEA 183 sentences from a GPS receiver connected to the RS232 serial port. Requires a Visual 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 Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista. 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).
