C#

StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(@"test.ged");
            string[] lines;
            string file_content = reader.ReadToEnd();
            lines = file_content.Split(Environment.NewLine.ToCharArray()[0]);
            this.Text = lines.Length.ToString();

            TreeNode currentperson = new TreeNode();
            foreach(string line in lines)
            {
                string newline = line.Replace("\n", "");
                newline = newline.Replace("\r", "");

                try
                {
                    if (newline[0].ToString() == "0")
                    {
                        //MessageBox.Show("newperson wotwot!");
                        newline = newline.Replace("@", "");
                        newline = newline.Replace("0", "");
                        newline = newline.Replace("INDI", "");
                        TreeNode newperson = new TreeNode(newline);
                        gedcomtree.Nodes.Add(newperson);
                        currentperson = newperson;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        TreeNode currentnode = new TreeNode(newline);
                        currentperson.Nodes.Add(currentnode);
                    }
                }
                catch { }
            }

<DockPanel x:Name="MainWindow">

        <Menu Name="dropDownMenu"
              DockPanel.Dock="Top">

            <MenuItem Name="dropDownPage1" Header="File">
                <MenuItem Header="Page1" Click="dropDown_Page1"/>
            </MenuItem>

            <MenuItem Name="dropDownPage2" Header="File">
                <MenuItem Header="Page2" Click="dropDown_Page2"/>
            </MenuItem>

        </Menu>
        
        <Grid Name="gridMainContent" DockPanel.Dock="Top">
            <TextBlock>placeholder main content</TextBlock>
        </Grid>
        
        <Grid Name="gridStatusBar" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom">
            <TextBlock>placeholder statusbar</TextBlock>
        </Grid>
    </DockPanel>

SerialPort sp = new SerialPort("COM1");

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    sp.NewLine = "\r\n";
    sp.Parity = Parity.None;
    sp.DataBits = 8;
    sp.StopBits = StopBits.One;
    sp.DtrEnable = true;
    sp.WriteBufferSize = 1024;

    sp.Open();
    sp.WriteLine("ATE0");
    sp.BaseStream.Flush();
    sp.DataReceived += new System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(sp_DataReceived);
}

void sp_DataReceived(object sender, System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
{
    string str;
    str = sp.ReadLine();
    if (str == "RING")
    {
        sp.WriteLine("ATA");
        sp.BaseStream.Flush();
    }
    System.IO.File.AppendAllText("c:\\log_receiver.txt", str + "\r\n");
}

private void Form1_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
    sp.Close();
}

SerialPort sp = new SerialPort("COM8");

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    sp.NewLine = "\r\n";
    sp.Parity = Parity.None;
    sp.DataBits = 8;
    sp.StopBits = StopBits.One;
    sp.DtrEnable = true;
    sp.WriteBufferSize = 1024;

    sp.Open();
    sp.WriteLine("ATE0");
    sp.WriteLine("ATDT6632");
    sp.BaseStream.Flush();
    sp.WriteLine("My string to be sent");
    sp.BaseStream.Flush();
    sp.DataReceived += new System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(sp_DataReceived);
}

void sp_DataReceived(object sender, System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
{
    string str;
    str = sp.ReadLine();
    File.AppendAllText("C:\\log_sender.txt", str + "\r\n");
}

private void Form1_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
    sp.Close();
}