ab2tc wrote: > > BTW you do not need any 3rd party software to do serial I/O under > Windows. Standard Windows APIs like CreateFile(), ReadFile() and > WriteFile() are quite easy to use for serial I/O and are well documented > by Microsoft.
And not used by most programmers. Programming at the Windows API level is considered too techie by most software development managers. .NET does, I believe have limited serial support, but I think it is restricted to the two onboard serial ports (I wasn't involved in the decision process that led to having to buy a third party component, but certainly for .NET, and possibly for VB, but certainly they concluded that there was no way of supporting multiple serial ports without extensive use of "platform invoke" - the fact that the component exists suggests there is a big hole in the market where Microsoft don't adequately support serial comms in .NET). -- David Woolley "The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio" List Guidelines <http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
