GetCommProperties (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This function fills a buffer with communication properties data for a specified communication device.

Syntax

BOOL GetCommProperties(
  HANDLE hFile,
  LPCOMMPROP lpCommProp
);

hFile
[in] Handle to the communication device, returned by the CreateFile function.

lpCommProp
[out] Long pointer to a COMMPROP structure in which the communication properties data is returned. This data can be used in subsequent calls to the SetCommState, SetCommTimeouts, or SetupComm function to configure the communication device.

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To obtain extended error data, call the GetLastError function.

GetCommProperties returns data from a device driver about the configuration settings supported by the driver.