LabVIEW serial port programming using the WinAPI and CreateFile() and CloseHandle()? Yes or no?

[Martin_Henz]

Nice and it may work. It's a nice learning project - but you reinvent the wheel.

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[Martin_Henz]

Nice project - but you reinvent the wheel

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[rolfk]

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@Martin_Henz wrote:

Nice project - but you reinvent the wheel

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i was already kind of wondering why you joined this thread but didn’t mention that library of yours. 😀

But figured you might have your reasons.

[3d0g]

That's why I am here.  I want to learn what I did wrong.  (Yeah, I said fix it, but I was in a rush, and that's the ultimate goal so... But I really want to know how I botched it up. ...yes, I was quite verbose, vi construction-wise, and inefficient and and ... Ok, what's wrong with my code?) I do not want to go the C dll route, but so far it's looking like I'm going to have to go that route.  I have made some mistake in the vi I've posted, and the write and read is just wrong.

You (plural) are vets. Help me fix my vi, please.  Thank you.

[3d0g]

Incidentally, in my world, open-source stops at the WinAPI.

[3d0g]

In other words, mathematically speaking, the solution must be in the range [LabVIEW (NI OEM,) WinAPI].  Outside libraries, no matter how well written are not in that range.  Please help me fix MY software based on your experience, dear LV veterans. Thank you! 🙂

[Martin_Henz]

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@rolfk wrote:

But figured you might have your reasons.

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I want so read from 3d0g what's the real reson for all these threads.

[Martin_Henz]

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@3d0g wrote:

Incidentally, in my world, open-source stops at the WinAPI.

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That's why the C sources of the library are also available for download.

[3d0g]

Either you (plural) can and will help me fix my code or you can't or won't.

[3d0g]

What's the real reason I want help with my code?  What kind of a question is that?  I'm here. I have an issue. In the past I've been told to post my code lest I (or others have heard it) can't be helped. (Frankly, I find this forum more helpful than NI. Did I say that out loud?)  I have now posted my code. There is a problem with it, and I still have yet to get it debugged. That's the reason I created this thread. If you want to get deeply philosophical about it, I exist. Frankly, I'm trying to learn and I need to learn and I don't learn by being sent away to go read something or download things. I learn by getting those more experienced than I to show me my error, how I went wrong. Now please help me by examining my code.

Incidentally, if I find my error, I will be sure to post it, here, in this thread.