Access COM Port >10

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Hi Friends,
I am new for C++.Now i am working in a COM Port Project. I have a DLL File for accessing COM Port data(sending and Receiving).Now,I access COM1 to COM9.But i can't access above COM10.Why?how can i solve this problem?please tell me.
Thanks and Regards
Naraayanan.

Posted 18-Apr-11 21:14pm

naraayanan

Updated 29-Apr-20 3:42am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Apr-11 3:19am

The nature of limitation is more or less clear, but the problem looks a bit tricky. My 5 for the Question.
--SA

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Hans Dietrich · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-18T21:31:00

CreateFile() can be used to access serial ports using "COM1" through "COM9" for the name of the file; however, the message INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE is returned if you use "COM10" or greater.

For ports > 9, the correct way to specify the serial port in a call to CreateFile() is as follows:

CreateFile(
   "\\\\.\\COM10",     // address of name of the communications device
   fdwAccess,          // access (read-write) mode
   0,                  // share mode
   NULL,               // address of security descriptor
   OPEN_EXISTING,      // how to create
   0,                  // file attributes
   NULL);              // handle of file with attributes to copy

Also, be sure the COM device you are trying to access is actually installed. You can use the freeware program SIW to verify this: http://www.gtopala.com/[^]