Get/Send data through a COM port ?

[Kamikaze15]

Hi, I was wondering how can I get/send data to a COM port ??
i.e. I have a remote control that is plugged on COM1, how can I
get the data it is sending to the COM port when I press a button
on the remote control ??

[kuphryn]

Here is one solution from MSDN.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfiles/html/msdn_serial.asp

Kuphryn