List COM ports

[Guest]

How can I find out what COM ports that exists on my computer?

 

[Guest]

..NET 2.0: SerialPort.GetPortNames();
..NET 1.1.: WMI with "Select * from Win32_POTSModem"

How can I find out what COM ports that exists on my computer?

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WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

 

[dllhell]

How can I find out what COM ports that exists on my computer?

string[] lPorts = System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames();

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

WMI: Win32_SerialPort
Win32_POTSModem is for a modem device.

Note also that this only returns the standard BIOS Serial ports as per
PC98/99 standards.

Willy.

message | .NET 2.0: SerialPort.GetPortNames();
| .NET 1.1.: WMI with "Select * from Win32_POTSModem"
|
| "Joachim" wrote:
|
| > How can I find out what COM ports that exists on my computer?
|
| --
| WBR,
| Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour
|
| "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do
not
| cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche
|

 

[Guest]

miss a bit

WMI: Win32_SerialPort
Win32_POTSModem is for a modem device.

Note also that this only returns the standard BIOS Serial ports as per
PC98/99 standards.

Willy.

message | .NET 2.0: SerialPort.GetPortNames();
| .NET 1.1.: WMI with "Select * from Win32_POTSModem"
|
| "Joachim" wrote:
|
| > How can I find out what COM ports that exists on my computer?
|
| --
| WBR,
| Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour
|
| "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do
not
| cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

--
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche