Re: Opening a serial device

I have used the TEXT_IO package to send data to a printer. I can see no reason why it shouldn't be used to receive data. Just use the DOS special file name (i.e. COM2:) for the file spec, and away you go....

C will give more control over the port, of course, but this should be adequate for text transfer.

Marcel Claus <Marcel.Claus_at_Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> wrote in article <6ku62b$apb_at_news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>...
> Hello,
>
> I need to get data to my forms application through COM2
> (dev2k 2.1 / forms 5). So I was looking for a procedure
> to open the serial driver, read data and close it again.
> Does anybody know if this is supported directly by
> forms. I search the docu and didn't found anything.
>
> Otherwise I would have to write a program in C and
> use a user exit together with a timer and this is
> actually not what I want!
>
> Thanx in advance
>
> Marcel
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 02 1998 - 15:00:39 CEST