Re: Detecting virtual comports

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From: Giuliano
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:17

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Il Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:47:43 +0100, "Anton" <acvoosten@zeelandnet.nl> ha scritto:

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>However when I try to open the USB-to Serial Port (COM11 etc) from my GPS 
>CreateFile fails.
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You have to put the prefix \\.\ in front of the COM[n] string. 

For example: "\\\\.\\COM11".

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