From: Luke D. <cod...@ho...> - 2002-08-18 07:37:36
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If you can find C/C++ libraries for MSVC or Borland that are open = source, they should compile with Mingw without too much trouble (unless = of course they require MFC or something like that). You may already know = that you can usually use MSVC static libraries or DLLs with Mingw if = they are written in C, but not C++. When looking for open source = libraries, you should also search for cross-platform libraries (e.g. on = SourceForge). If a suitable library is not available, the Win32 API would be the next = option. Using overlapped I/O is not too difficult if you need = non-blocking serial I/O. I don't know about event-driven programming, = but multithreading is another option worth considering. Luke Dunstan ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Guidance=20 To: min...@li...=20 Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:37 AM Subject: [Mingw-users] serial port Hi, since I decided to use Dev-C++ as my primary IDE, I feel I must = join this MingW-users mail list. Hello, everybody! Is there a good solution in mingw that operate serial communication = port? I searched out some C/C++ libraries, but they only mentioned VC++ = / Borland C++ compiler, I think I must ask here for any experiences from = mingw users. How do you access serial port? What library is your favorite? Or even = pure win32 api? For non-blocking (event driven) programming, pure win32 = api must has many work to do. Am I right? Thanks! Leon Wang Join Rapid-Q & B++ WebRing now! http://citymap.getmyip.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Do You Yahoo!? = =D1=C5=BB=A2=D3=E9=C0=D6=D0=C2=CF=CA=B5=BD=B5=D7,=B5=E7=D7=D3=D6=DC=B1=A8= =BF=EC=C0=D6=B5=BD=BC=D2! |