Re: Serial (com) port problems

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From: Pete Fraser
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:00

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Try   CreateFile("\\\\.\\COM10", and see if that works.
HTH Pete

"Janne S" <jan.sahlen@spminstrument.se> wrote in message 
news:41b48244@newsgroups.borland.com...
> If I try to open a com port "com10" or higher I get an run-time error. Com 
> port "com1" - "com9" works fine.
>
> (I use virtual comports from Tibbo, and when I use Microsoft�s 
> HyperTerminal it actually works)
>
> Here is my code to open the comport!
> Works fine for "com1" to "com9".... What is wrong?
> //---------------------------------------------------------
>
> hComm = CreateFile("COM10",
>                      GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
>                      0,
>                      0,
>                      OPEN_EXISTING,
>                      0,
>                      0);
>
>   // IF THE PORT CANNOT BE OPENED, BAIL OUT.
>   if(hComm == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
>      Application->Terminate();
>
> //---------------------------------------------------------
> Regards Jan
>

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