Re: MSComm returns invalid port

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Hi,

This either is a driver problem, or (perhaps) the comport number has changed
since the restore. Open Control Panel/System/Device Manager and view the
properties of your serial port. See it it thinks it is "working." Use
HyperTerminal to open the same port... Etc.

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Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March
2006.
See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.


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