Subj : Re: COM  Ring Indicator
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Jack Sawatzky
Date : Sat Jul 16 2005 09:02 pm

Bob Gonder wrote:

>Take a look at SetCommMask()
>Something along the lines of
>
>	DWORD EvtMask
>	GetCommMask( h, &EvtMask );
>	EvtMask |= EV_RING;
>	SetCommMask( h, EvtMask );
>
>	if( WaitCommEvent( h, &EvtMask, &Overlapped ) )
>	{
>		GetCommModemStatus()
>	}
> 
>
>  
>
Should this work with  GetCommModemStatus()  alone,   or is it necessary
to use the  WaitCommEvent()?    I wanted to pole the status at regular
intervals, rather than waiting for a signal change.
I tried  adding    SetCommMask(hcom, EV_RING);   to my code, but it
didn't help.

Thanks.

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