Re: Reading data from RS232 port

Hi Suren
 I've agree with that point of view 100%. I also don't know how to 
accomplish this, and would like to know if you can provide me with the 
information, and investigations that you've done. I will need it to write a 
Port Listner for incoming messages from a card scanner (Access Card).
 Regards
 Jaco.

 On 8/31/05, Suren Sarathkumara <[email protected]> wrote: 
> 
> Hi,
> HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH SERIAL PORT'
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> 
> Yes, using a third party component is a greate solution. But i surely know 
> that it is not a solution for the lack of your knowladge about serial 
> communication. Before four months i also was in the same plight, got offered 
> many many components for free as well as for money. But finally i decided to 
> go through MSDN and do it by windows APIs. So finally, I learnet lot about 
> serial communication, communication related API methods and how i can wrap 
> them up with delphi. I just wanted to access a PABX system, I didnt use any 
> components, so now i can even communicate with sockets (Windows Networking) 
> using the same APIs, thanks to my ground level exploration. 
> 
> So Handoko, I can offer you what I have reserched and found. Reply me if 
> you are interested, then ill take you through it step by step upto the most 
> complex serial communication algorithm.
> 
> Suren
> Sri Lanka 
> 
> Handoko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to ask about reading the data from RS232 port using Delphi, i want 
> to
> use for read data from devices like fingerscan.
> Thank you very much for your help.
> 
> Regards,
> Handoko
> 
> 
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