What’s New in This Version Serial Port ActiveX Control

Serial Port ActiveX Control 4.0

Build 4.0.245 [Released: June 30, 2011]

  • Fixed: incorrect value returned by IsOpened property when the serial port is closed after the device removal. Now “false” is returned.
  • Fixed: registration failure of 64-bit version of Serial Port ActiveX Control, caused by erroneous DLL loading
  • Much improved: behavior of OnPortAdded and OnPortRemoved events when a serial port is added to or removed from the system

Serial Port ActiveX Control 4.0

Build 4.0.0.239 [Released: May 11, 2010]

  • Added: 64-bit version of Serial Port ActiveX Control in OEM installation package
  • Added: examples for Visual Studio .NET 2005 and 2008 (C#, VB.NET, C++)
  • Added: examples for Delphi 2007/2010 and C++ Builder 2007/2010
  • Added: example for Microsoft Access
  • Added: PortIsAvailable method to quickly verify serial port availability
  • Added: SetLatencyExpiry method to specify a period of time after which the corresponding event will be called, if no data was received during this period
  • Added: OnPortAdded, OnPortRemoved and OnChangePortsList events to notify of the changes made to serial ports list
  • Added: EnableAutoDetectPorts property to call the corresponding events in case the list of serial ports changes

Serial Port ActiveX Control 3.0

Build 3.0.0.143 [Released: July 29, 2008]

  • Several internal improvements
  • Fixed: OutBufferSize property is set properly
  • Fixed: rare bug during the installation process
  • Fixed: several minor bugs and glitches

Serial Port ActiveX Control 3.0

Build 3.0.0.142 [Released: April 29, 2008]

  • Improved: stability within all major OS
  • Fixed: Read method returns the number of bytes to Count properly
  • Fixed: several bugs and glitches

Serial Port ActiveX Control 3.0

Build 3.0.0.141 [Released: April 11, 2008]

  • Updated: WriteVariant method is modernized to correct work with VBScript
  • Improved: overal stability
  • Fixed:several bugs and glitches

Serial Port ActiveX Control 3.0

Build 3.0.0.136 [Released: July 16, 2007]

  • Added: More than 10 new properties and methods
  • Added: ActiveX Control and all its modules are digitally signed now
  • Added: Full support of Windows Vista
  • Now you don’t need a special compilation to re-install the licensed ActiveX Control in your IDE
  • Added: Overcoming port’s block mode limitation to prevent data losses
  • Added: FullDeviceName property
  • Added: MaxInQueue and MaxOutQueue properties
  • Added: MaxBaud property
  • Added: ProvSubType, ProvCapabilities, SettableParams, SettableData and SettableStopParity properties are also new
  • Added: SetXon, SetXoff methods in relation to flow control
  • Added: Ring property
  • Improved: OnRing event was expanded
  • Fixed: Break property behavior has been fixed and enhanced
  • Fixed: InBufferSize and OutBufferSize properties have been fixed
  • Plenty of other fixes and stabilizations in various platforms

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.5.93 [Released: November 13, 2006]

  • Fixed: XonChar and XoffChar initialization mechanism
  • Fixed: Several non-critical bugs

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.5.91 [Released: August 28, 2006]

  • Added: Quiet redistribution procedure
  • Fixed: OnCommError event handling
  • Fixed: Several minor issues

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.5.87 [Released: August 8, 2006]

  • Improved: “\\.\” sequence is automatically added to COM port names when open them. From now on you may open COM9 and higher without the problem
  • Fixed: Events handling in Borland CBuilder and Delphi examples

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.5.82 [Released: July 17, 2006]

  • Fixed: OnRxChar handling in JavaScript example

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.5.81 [Released: March 24, 2006]

  • Fixed: Serial Port AX now works under not privileged user accounts

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.5.77 [Released: February 22, 2006]

  • Fixed: ActiveX Component unloading issue

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.5.75 [Released: February 8, 2006]

  • Fixed: WriteVariant is correctly returns the number of written bytes
  • Added: IE installation CAB file example

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.4.67 [Released: January 23, 2006]

  • Added: New samples for ASP (VB script and javascript)

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.4.52 [Released: January 12, 2006]

  • Fixed: C# sample application code

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.4.51 [Released: December 28, 2005]

  • Fixed: FlowControl selection issue in Microsoft Visual Basic

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.4.50 [Released: December 12, 2005]

  • Fixed: RaiseEvent event mechanism for Microsoft Visual Basic 6

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.4.49 [Released: December 5, 2005]

  • Added: ReadVariant method
  • Added: WriteVariant method

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.3.44 [Released: November 30, 2005]

  • Fixed: Some IObjectSafety issues

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.3.43 [Released: November 28, 2005]

  • Added: Possibility to change MonitorEvents property dynamically
  • Added: Possibility to specify ActiveX properties directly from GUI IDE

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.3.39 [Released: November 25, 2005]

  • Event variable in OnCommEvent now is known as lEvent to avoid conflicts in VB6
  • MonitorEvents description is changed

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.3.38 [Released: November 8, 2005]

  • The bug in WriteStr method is fixed. Now it returns the correct number of written bytes

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.9

Build 2.9.3.37 [Released: September 23, 2005]

  • Few bugs in VB6, VB.Net and C# examples were fixed
  • Fixed bug with default parameters settings in case port is not opened
  • updated in manual
  • CountPorts property and GetPortName method were added

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.8

Build 2.8.2.18 [Released: August 12, 2005]

  • Few bugs in code examples were fixed
  • “Open” method was updated in manual

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.8

Build 2.8.2.17 [Released: July 14, 2005]

  • New method InitString is introduced

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.7

Build 2.7.2.15 [Released: July 12, 2005]

  • Fixed a bug in a “Close” method while working with ActiveX control using Remote Desktop

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.7

Build 2.7.2.14 [Released: July 5, 2005]

  • Some minor bugs are fixed
  • Security update applied

Serial Port ActiveX Control 2.7

Build 2.7.2.13

  • Memory leaking during read operations fixed
  • Advanced security issues added
  • Ability to set timeouts for reading and writing to port