Thanks for clarifying that.

So, do you think it can be used for the functionality I'm talking about?

>They have nothing in common. It's similar to working with Word or Excel using automation.
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>>Hmmm... Not sure how that would work then. This class will be used to send a data stream from my code/form to a port. I'm setting/calling different properties of the class. Will this be like passing parameters to an EXE? If so, how is it different than a service?