basics of interfcaing in VB

hi guys! I would like to interface an 8051 to the computer through RS232. I have sufficient knowledge about the 8051 part software and hardware. But the computer side high level code still confuses me. please help me out. Say i am sending a single byte of data to the computer @ 9600 Baud, how to start writing code in VB? I searched the web for VB tutorials but could not find reference to the com port interfacing part.

read this..
http://www.8051projects.net/forum-t5021.html#post_5060

cool . that was exactly what i was looking for. thanks a lot