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Article #13175Retreiving COM port names
From: Martin Howell
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:42
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:42
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I am sure I came across an API call that gave me a list of all the COM ports available on the PC, however I cant find it now, can anyone help. I need it to populate a drop down list so user can select a COM port to use.
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