Get a value from VB.net TextBox in Arduino

Thats one possible way of doing it. But i think it moght be possible to connect the Xbee directly to the PC. I have no practical experince with Zigbee / Xbee modules, but i remember from another thread in here that it was suggested that the Xbee module could be connected directly to the PC. but you should get "a second opinion" on that.