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