Re: SerialPort.Open [Polling]?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 04/06/2024 à 03:49, T Lee Davidson a écrit :
> https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.net/serialport/open describes the 
> SerialPort.Open method. But, it does not explain what the optional 
> Polling parameter is/does.
>
> Looking at the source code, it appears to be the interval, in 
> milliseconds with a default of 50ms, between polls of the serial port, I 
> assume, to see if there is data available to be read. Is this correct?

According to the source code, polling is only used if you handle one of 
the 'XXXChange' event. Detecting data availability is always done, and 
not by polling.

Beware it does not work if you change the event observer of the 
SerialPort object after having created it.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.