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| Adron | "jun" <xj137@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u5AVJMoqDHA.2440@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > I want to write a application on a serial device in Win2000, and the device > has a driver, but I don't know how to use this driver in my application;By > the way,I want to know how the serial device and it's driver and Win2000 > work together.Can Win2000 recognized the serial device and it's driver,if > so,how?and when(when Win2000 starting)? All versions of windows have a driver called SERENUM that will read the PnP id from an attached device using an obscure protocol. Most drivers support an interface that uses CreateFile, ReadFile, WriteFile, and/or DeviceIoControl. You can apply either of these general strategies to learn what you need to know: Plan A: By means of a prodigious feat of mentation, possibly involving telepathic contact with the author of the driver, deduce the correct interface. Plan B: Obtain documentation from the hardware vendor about how to use their driver. -- --- Walter Oney Training and Consulting http://www.oneysoft.com | November 17, 2003, 5:28 PM |
| iago | I'd go with plan A, but first I would need either a cell from their body (either from a hair follicle or a sample of their blood) to use for my witchcraft. | November 17, 2003, 6:32 PM |
| Hostile | [quote author=iago link=board=4;threadid=3669;start=0#msg29705 date=1069093926] I'd go with plan A, but first I would need either a cell from their body (either from a hair follicle or a sample of their blood) to use for my witchcraft. [/quote] iago, you're really out of date. Should go get Teach Yourself Telepathy in 21 Days from your local book store. | November 19, 2003, 11:48 PM |