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 Setting comm port configuration programmatically under Win95


How can I set the comm ports configuration programmatically under Windows 95?   

    The following example demonstrates setting the comm port under Windows95. Example:

    procedure TForm .Button Click(Sender: TObject);
    var
      CommPort : string;
      hCommFile : THandle;
      Buffer : PCommConfig;
      size : DWORD;
    begin
      CommPort := 'COM ';
     {Open the comm port}
      hCommFile := CreateFile(PChar(CommPort),
                              GENERIC_WRITE,
                              0,
                              nil,
                              OPEN_EXISTING,
                              FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
                              0);
      if hCommFile=INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
      begin
        ShowMessage('Unable to open '+ CommPort);
        exit;
      end;
     {Allocate a temporary buffer}
      GetMem(Buffer, sizeof(TCommConfig));

    {Get the size of the CommConfig structure} {as it may be different than documented} size := 0; GetCommConfig(hCommFile, Buffer^, size);

    {Free the temporary buffer} FreeMem(Buffer, sizeof(TCommConfig));

    {Allocate the CommConfig structure} GetMem(Buffer, size); GetCommConfig(hCommFile, Buffer^, size);

    {Change the baud rate} Buffer^.dcb.BaudRate := 200;

    {Set the comm port to the new configuration} SetCommConfig(hCommFile, Buffer^, size);

    {Free the buffer} FreeMem(Buffer, size);

    {Close the comm port} CloseHandle(hCommFile); end;

     



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