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Open Serial Port in Windows Service

Subject:	Open Serial Port in Windows Service
Posted by:	"Roger Lascelles" (rogerlasatoptusnet.com.au)
Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:13:13 +1000

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I am using CreateFile to open a serial port, but no luck inside a Windows
Service. Should I expect this to work ?

Could this be a security issue ? I notice that CreateFile takes a
lpSecurityAttributes parameter.

The code works when run in a console app.

Thanks
Roger Lascelles

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Replies:

Re: Open Serial Port in Windows Service posted by Brian Cook on Mon, 1 Aug 2005
Re: Open Serial Port in Windows Service posted by Raghu on Mon, 1 Aug 2005
- Re: Open Serial Port in Windows Service posted by Roger Lascelles on Mon, 1 Aug 2005