Re: Opening COM10 and COM15

Kevin Urben wrote:

> What a coincidence ! I had that same problem today !
> 
> I use this API call to open a ****t:
> 
> hComm::=CreateFile('COM10',  GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE,   0,  NIL, 
> OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);
> 
> it returned hComm=INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE.
> 
> Must be a problem with this API call for COM>9.
> 
> 
> 
There is one thing people keep leaving out..
  and that is the ":"
  'COM10:';
etc///
also...
   the last time I knew, you could only open the ****t in
one directly per handle.
  you are doing it in both.
it's also possible the OS didn't map it in the registry which it should
have..
using the "\\\.\\xxxx" may be required but I don't see why.


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