Released on = July 16, 2007, 1:10 pm

Press Release Author = MarshallSoft Computing

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = GPS library VB (.NET) toolkit reads and decodes standard GPS
NMEA 183 sentences

Press Release Body = 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).

Web Site = http://www.marshallsoft.com/mgc4vb.htm

Contact Details = Address: POB 4543, Huntsville
United States of America

Phone Number: 256-881-4630
Email: info@marshallsoft.com