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From: scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott)
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Subject: Toolbook and Serial Port
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Date: 27 Nov 90 15:59:40 GMT
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For you Toolbook pros out there: 

I have an application which I'd like to port to Windows 3.0. Since I don't 
have either MSC 6.0 or the SDK, I'm considering Toolbook as an alternate
development environment for this application. The only potential snag: the
application must be able to control an external device via a standard serial
port. My question: Can Toolbook make use of a serial port (nothing fancy, 
just 1200 bps, 81N)? I looked all through the Toolbook manual's index, as
well as the index for a 3rd-party Toolbook Book ("The Toolbook Companion" or
somesuch), but saw not mention of serial ports, COM: ports, or anything
remotely related. 

Can Toolbook handle it?

In addition to Toolbook, what else will I need to accomplish this? (i.e.
will I need some sort of Dynamic Link Library to access the serial port)?

Many thanks in advance.

-- 
Scott Coleman                                                      tmkk@uiuc.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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