Serial Port ActiveX Control - Methods Overview

Serial Ports ActiveX Control provides next methods to control serial port:

 

Method

Brief Description

Open

Open port

Close

Close port

Read

Receive data from port

Write

Send data to port

ReadStr

Receive string from port

WriteStr

Send string to port

ReadVariant

Receive data from port and store it in VARIANT array

WriteVariant

Send data stored in VARIANT array to port

PurgeQueue

Discards all characters from the input buffer

InitString

Serial port initialization string

SetXon

Causes transmission to act as if an XON character has been received

SetXoff

Causes transmission to act as if an XOFF character has been received

GetPortName

Returns serial port name by its number


See also

Serial Port Events Overview, Serial Port Properties Overview