Thomas W. Mueller wrote in a message to Frank McCormick:


 FM> The code I use to initialize the com port is as follows;

 FM> Function ModemInit(P: Byte; var PHandle: HFile): Boolean;
 FM> var
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 TWM> This is code to open an inactive COM port. You don't need to do
 TWM> that since you have already an active handle. So just use it. Just
 TWM> for the fun of it here some of my code (used in MxXEd/2). It
 TWM> creates a custom "devicedriver" so I can just use standard Read
 TWM> and Write functions on a TEXT file variable. If you like it, feel
 TWM> free to use it but mention my name somewhere.

 TWM> UNIT uTWMComFile;

 TWM> INTERFACE

Thomas -

  Thanks for the code - I'll have to make a few changes (different
compiler) but I'll see how it works.

And I'll give you credit :)

Frank



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