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Re: where is the comport lib gone?

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From: Jim Dodd
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:19
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> yes, I also found it meanwhile by following a link in an old news.
> Strange, that I couldn't find it by searching "comport" in sourceforge.
> 
> But it seems, that it is no longer continued and noone cares about it 
> anymore. Right?
> 
> Can someone recommend another package still supported? I am starting a new 
> project and it feels a bit strange to use components that are already 
> discontinued.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Martin
> 
Yes, the home page for the component

http://sourceforge.net/projects/comport/

has this message,

"This component is no longer supported. If you think you need this
component, please use http://sourceforge.net/projects/tpapro/
instead. This component is NOT SUPPORTED via e-mail. The only
support you can get, is by clicking the Forum link on this page."

The forums for ComPort are fairly active and some questions are
anwered but I don't think you can expect any bug fixes or support
for newer versions of Borland products. Nor will there ever be a
dotNET version (according to a message from one of the
developers).

They do recommend TurboPower's old AsyncPro but I'm not sure how
well that is supported either. It's worth a try but it is a
package and may take time to learn. It does have a nice PDF
manual and a lot of people use it and the forums are active.

Regards,

Jim Dodd
Onset Computer Corp.
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