GetComPortData

Purpose

Returns the data available at a COM port.  The data is a variant and could be a text string or an array of bytes, depending on the type of data available.  This function is not used if the COM port is opened in mode 1.  If the port is opened as mode 0, this function should be used in your callback function to get the data.

Parameters

Parameter: port
Type: integer
Description: The COM port to read or the resource number of the port to be read if OpenComPortEx was used to open it.

Returns

Return value: data
Type: variant
Description: The data available is a string of characters.

Example

None