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Article #7507Re: where is the comport lib gone?
From: Jim Dodd
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:19
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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