How can I communicate with an sd card ?

[Big Ralph]

I need to communicate with an sd card thru VB.net how can I do that? any suggestions?

BiG RaLpH

[nishkarsh_k]

U can directly connect by using ports and device I/O You do not have to directly connect to the card reader.. The card reader comes with a SDK and driver interface which lets u do it.. Good Luck

[Big Ralph]

thx for ur help but the card reader is a USB Device. what can I do? thx again

BiG RaLpH

[nishkarsh_k]

Dose it not have a SDK along.. I had connected with a smart card not with SD card... i hope the SDK will do the trick The long way is identify the device ID given by OS and try to connect.. I am not having any samples to give ... sorry for that.. I had connected to a Tablet with the tablet dll available in the SDK.. Thats all i can tell u..

[Big Ralph]

Thx I will try it. I will let u know if it works.

BiG RaLpH

[Dave Kreskowiak]

You can't communicate with the card. It's considered media, not a device. The card read/write is the device. But that's neither here nor there. When inserted, the contents of the card will be exposed as part of the file system, usually a FAT32 volume. You can use any of the normal file/volume operations to get at the card.

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[Big Ralph]

I want to read it as a binary file all of it this will help me get to where i want in the file. any Ideas on how to do that? thx a lot.

BiG RaLpH

[Steppo]

Use the normal I/O operation to read the file inside the SD. Use the object File under the namespace System.IO Byez