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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:06:15
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From: "Rik Strobbe" <rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject: Re: LF: VERY TECHNICAL: Comports and Delphi
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Hi John,

What do you want to do ?
If you just want to 'toggle' 1 or 2 lines in order to key a TX or so you
can easily write the code yourself, but if you need real RS232
communication I would suggest to use one of the many freeware components
instead of indulging yourself into windows API.

I had a look on the HD and saw that I have collected about 8 components
that support serial communication, if you're interested I can mail them
directly to you (it's about 1MB all together). Most of them can be used
from Delphi 3 upward but at least one can be used from Delphi 1 upward.
If you just want to 'toggle' some lines I can send you a piece of code I
used with the QRS software.

73, Rik  ON7YD

At 11:53 10/04/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi fellow programmers,
>Sorry to use the reflector for this purpose, but I know there are a lot of
>Delphi programmers out there.
>Can anyone tell me how to read from the COM1 port using Delphi and 32-bit
>Windows? It has got to be simple, but I just can't find it amongst the
>mountain of information. Regrettably C++ answers won't help.
>Many thanks in advance,
>John, G4CNN
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