MarshallSoft GPS Component for VB 2.1
GPS LIBRARY TOOLKIT FOR VB PROGRAMMERS.
MarshallSoft GPS Component VB (and VB.NET) library toolkit (MGC4VB) reads and decodes industry standard GPS NMEA 183 sentences from the RS232 serial port as well as computing great circle distances and bearings.
Features of MGC4VB include: The most current GPS data is always available on demand * Runs as a background thread unattended * Works with Bluetooth virtual serial ports * Works with USB serial ports (with a USB to serial converter) * The most commonly used NMEA navigation sentence types (GPGGA, GPRMC, GPGLL, GPGSV, GPVTG, GPBOD, and GPWPL) are automatically decoded * Includes Visual Basic and VB.NET example programs * Can be used with VBA application (32-bit EXCEL, ACCESS, WORD, etc.) * Uses the Windows Win32 API for serial port input - no special Windows driver or support libraries are required * Can also be used with C, C++, C#, Delphi, Visual FoxPro, Visual dBase, Xbase++, PowerBasic and COBOL * Can be ordered with or without C source code for the DLL * Free technical support and updates for one year * Includes 3 manuals: Programmers Manual, Reference Manual, and Users Manual (Online and printed). * Runs under Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista * Royalty free distribution with your compiled application.
The evaluation version of MGC4VB is fully functional and can be downloaded from www.marshallsoft.com/mgc4vb.htm. The C/C++/C# version (which used the same DLL as the C/C++ version) can be downloaded from www.marshallsoft.com/mgc4c.htm.
The Win/CE (Pocket PC) version can be downloaded from www.marshallsoft.com/mgc4evc.htm.
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 Studio (VB.NET), or any VBA language.
MGC4VB includes the following:
- Works with both real and virtual serial ports.
- 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 $115 for email delivery and includes one year free updates. Available with C source code for $195.
Also available for C/C++/C# (MGC4C).
What is new in 2.1 software version? - Added support for GPBOD and GPWPL sentences.. What is expected in the future? Newly-made MarshallSoft GPS Component for VB 2.2 be downloaded from current page, we also looking forward to unconfirmed 2.3 release build. You may download mgc4vb21.zip directly, estimated download time by ISDN or CDMA [~128 kbit/s] is 0:00:23. Just write the reviews of the MarshallSoft GPS Component for VB. System requirements are Visual Basic or VBA. Program has been scanned and verified by the several antivirus and anti-spyware applications and MarshallSoft GPS Component for VB found to be clean. The following languages are supported by MarshallSoft GPS Component for VB: English.
