Thanks CoderJeff. Is there any work around for this? What does "Thanks, Fixed in CVS." mean? (sorry for the newbie question. After all, I am posting in the beginners forum) I know that I could do it with Windows API calls. I was just hoping that I could avoid that as id would get way more ...

OK, my program will open ports below com16, but when I try anything higher it doesn't work for me. If I reassign the port to a port under com16 it works. This is a problem as windows will quite often assign higher port numbers.
Any ideas?

Does the open com"comX" support ports over com16?

Thanks

For anyone who's interested, I added the serial port input function to my program to make it a wedge program. I also corrected some of the ASCII to keyboard mappings. To use the program you hook a serial device up to COM1 at 9600 baud (can be changed in program. Run the program and the load Excel (o...

Thanks to MichaelW. This code has helped me on a project I'm working on along with the code from darxide to check the state of the Caps lock. Here is an example of what I've done so far. My next step will be to take characters from the serial port and send them to the active window (Excel). This wil...

I thought that I might explain my problem a little more thourougly. I don't have any problem opening or communicating with the Bluetooth virtual serial port. The problem occurs if I don't get a connection with the serial Bluetooth device on the other end. (device is off or out of range) I need to kn...

Just an update. I haven't given up yet. The GetCommModemStatus gives the same results whether I have a Bluetooth connection or not. I checked the Widcomm website, which has been bought by Broadcomm. They don't support software packaged as an OEM product. This software came with a Belkin USB/Bluetoot...

I'm completely lost with respect to the Windows API. How would I use the GetModemStatus function. I believe that might tell me if I have a connection. Example code would once again be greatly appreciated. Forgive me for being such a noob with regards to API programming. Can anyone recommend a good r...

I've been trying to avoid using the windows API. Mainly because it confuses the heck out of me. If anyone could give me an example using the API to check port staus I would greatly appreciate it. BTW, I have mainly programmed using PB 3.5 for DOS. I have found that porting to FreeBASIC for Windows h...

OK, now I can check to see which ports can open. However, when using a Bluetooth USB adapter and Widcomm software, it uses a virtual serial port. I need a way to check if the virtual serial port has a Bluetooth connection. Right now it will always return 0 for an error when using the Bluetooth seria...

The problem was when checking the error with the following line:

print "Error: "; err

That doesn't work for me. It will always give a 0. The following works:

print "Error: " & err

I'm not sure why.

That didn't work for me.

Is there any way to use a vairiable using the OPEN COM statement for the desired com port? I have tried writing it into a string. for example:

a$="COM" + STR$(X)+":9600" ' X = PORT
OPEN COM A$ AS 1

This didn't work for me. Any Ideas?

I have a program that communicates with a Bluetooth USB to a Bluetooth serial device. It all works fine as long as the Bluetooth serial device is turned on. However, if it is not turned on the program will hang. (see code) I don't get any error. How do I check to make sure I have the Bluetooth conne...