Serial Port not loading Correct in Combobox

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I am Trying To Load Serial port numbers of my system in combo box com1 and com2 are loaded in correct form but other loaded like COM6 COM7 i am not getting the what is that box Symbol after no

this Code I am using to load the serial port

C#

string[] ports = SerialPort.GetPortNames();


            foreach (string port in ports)
            {
                cboPorts.Items.Add(port);
            }

Posted 25-Nov-13 23:55pm

murkalkiran

Updated 26-Nov-13 0:14am

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OriginalGriff 26-Nov-13 6:08am

This is not a good question - we cannot work out from that little what you are trying to do.
Remember that we can't see your screen, access your HDD, or read your mind.
Without the code fragment you are using to load the combo box, we can't even begin to help you fix this.
Use the "Improve question" widget to edit your question and provide better information.

murkalkiran 26-Nov-13 6:15am

Sorry for incomplete question this is the code i am using
string[] ports = SerialPort.GetPortNames();

foreach (string port in ports)
{
cboPorts.Items.Add(port);
}

murkalkiran 27-Nov-13 0:28am

Thanku very much OriginalGriff

murkalkiran 28-Nov-13 2:19am

Hi Friend Your Solution Is working fine, but now i tried in windows 8 but there are serial port in windows 8 do have any idea how it can be done in windows 8

Fortyseven203 16-Aug-15 23:44pm

Having this same problem, myself. The gibberish is a single, seemingly random character, and coming straight from the GetPortNames() method. (So it's not related to the ComboBox.)

string[] ports = SerialPort.GetPortNames();

if ( ports.Length == 0 ) {
MessageBox.Show( "No serial ports reported.", "Device Error" );
return;
}

foreach ( string port in ports ) {
cbPort.Items.Add( port );
}

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-26T00:44:00

You need to look at your system as a whole, and examine the ports you have fitted - it would seem that some of them are using drivers which report the name incorrectly - we can't duplicate that here as we do not have access to your system.

If you can't do anything about it, then one way to "hide" the problem would be to use a regext to get rid of any "rubbish" at the end.

C#

string[] ports = SerialPort.GetPortNames();
foreach (string port in ports)
    {
    string cleaned = Regex.Match(port, @"COM\d+").Value;
    cboPorts.Items.Add(cleaned);
    }