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SetCommTimeouts

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This function sets the time-out parameters for all read and write operations on a specified communications device.

BOOL SetCommTimeouts(
HANDLE hFile, 
LPCOMMTIMEOUTS lpCommTimeouts);

Parameters

  • hFile
    [in] Handle to the communications device. The CreateFile function returns this handle.
  • lpCommTimeouts
    [in] Long pointer to a COMMTIMEOUTS structure that contains the new time-out values.

Return Values

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Requirements

Runs On Versions Defined in Include Link to
Windows CE OS 1.0 and later Winbase.h   Serdev.lib

Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

CreateFile, COMMTIMEOUTS, GetCommTimeouts, GetLastError, ReadFile

 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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