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From: Thomas_Hornschuh@p1.f36.n245.z2.hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Hornschuh)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Cannot read from device AUX
Message-ID: <239571639@p1.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org>
Date: 27 Jun 91 10:15:21 GMT
Organization: Thomas Hornschuh, SoftStream Development, FRG
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Comment-To: Tim_Dumas@f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org (Tim Dumas)

TD>   What kind of bug causes the system error box, Cannot read from device
TD>   AUX, to appear? It comes up at arbitrary points in the execution of the
TD>   msw program I'm developping and also in some programs I ftp'd from cica.

Your are using the debugging of windows. This version reports errors to the aux 
device and request for input to continue execution. 
if there is no device that can provide input (e.g. a terminal) on your com-Port 
the error box apeears.