Re: SerialPort.Open [Polling]?

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/4/24 06:22, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> 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,

Thank you, Benoît.

I've updated the Wiki.


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Lee

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