Re: Comm Ports 10+

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this should work

CreateFile("\\\\.\\COM10",.....);

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"Ian Semmel" <isemmelNOJUNK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> USB devices can have a comm port number greater than 9.
>
> In these cases, what is passed to CreateFile ?
>
> I have something in the back of my mind that there is a different syntax,
but
> anyway, "COM10" doesn't appear to work.


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